Which one of the following statements about the New Model Unions is are correct 1 The new model unio...........

History (NDA) Modern History ( 1857-1947)

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Which one of the following statements

about the New Model Unions is/are correct?

1. The new model unions were formed in the 1850s

2. The new model unions were formed in the 1880s

3. The new model unions comprised a Labour Party idea

4. The new model unions excluded women in the 1920s

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

1 only

2 only

3 and 4

3 only

Explanation:

) New Model Trade Unions (NMTU) were a variety of Trade Unions prominent in the 1850s and 1860s in the UK. The term was coined by Sidney and Beatrice Webb in their History of Trade Unionism (1894), although later historians have questioned how far New Model Trade Unions represented a 'new wave' of unionism, as portrayed by the Webbs