Abstract
When the first real upsurge of agricultural trade unionism occurred in England during the years 1871–2, the farm labourers of Warwickshire were among the most enthusiastic for the cause. Indeed, largely as the result of agitation in that county, the first national organisation for farm workers was established at the end of May 1872. This new body - the National Agricultural Labourers' Union (N.A.L.U.) - had its headquarters at Leamington; all its early leading officials were either Warwickshire-born or had lived in the county for a number of years. Pre-eminent among them was the Union's President, Joseph Arch, a former prize-winning hedgecutter from the South Warwickshire village of Barford and a Primitive Methodist local preacher.
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