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Joseph Arch remembered, June 2003 Early in June, trades unionists from across the country came to Barford on their annual pilgrimage to remember Joseph Arch, the local man who founded the first union for farm workers. A couple of hundred members of the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) came to pay their respects. Wreaths were laid on his grave in Barford churchyard, before a march and rally. Peter Allenson, the T&G’s national secretary for agriculture,
said, “His message still rings true today. Rural workers are not
handed a living on a plate. We have to fight hard and campaign tirelessly
in 2003 as we did in his day”. Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael
was among those who braved the June weather to join the rally. Click on a picture below, or the description below it,
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