History of trade unions in the United Kingdom TUC General Council. He focused on racial issues. British unions collaborated with the AFL–CIO in the United States on international projects. In the 1980s, worldwide union attention focused on the Solidarity union movement in Poland, which finally succeeded in breaking the communist control of that country. Norman Willis, the general secretary of the TUC, vigorously promoted union support for Solidarity. The nuclear disarmament movement, which played a major role in Labour Party internal politics in the 1980s, was primarily a middle-class movement that had little support in the labour movement. Major strike action by British unions during the 1978–1979 Winter
Solidarity (Industrial Workers of the World) had moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where it remained until March 3, 1917. The newspaper began publishing in Chicago, Illinois, on March 10, 1917. The first issue of "Solidarity" was published on December 18, 1909, and publication lasted until March 18, 1917. In November, 1917, publication of "Solidarity" was suspended and replaced by "Defense News Bulletin", which chronicled the IWW's legal campaign to defend union members and leaders who had been arrested under the government's anti-syndicalism campaign. "Defense News Bulletin" continued publication until July 1918. The following members of the Industrial Workers of the World were editors of "Solidarity": Solidarity (Industrial