The Ambridge Socialist: Tolpuddle 2018 special issue
All the news of the class struggle in Borsetshire
Tolpuddle 2019 special
In 1834 six Dorset labourers were sentenced to be transported to Australia for 7 years for trying to form a trade union. They became known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
The issue of proletarians in rural Borsetshire remains a key one and much under reported by the BBC. The Archers remains obsessed by the affairs of the Borsetshire bourgeoisie while demeaning the honest working class of Ambridge from Eddie Grundy to Jazzer as uncouth simpletons
Fruit pickers
Adam, who voted Leave, has continued to struggle with fruit pickers this year as workers from the rest of Europe have steered clear of Ambridge. He has been forced to try and recruit local labour which given the low wage rates he pays is no easy matter
Neil Carter Patrician
Neo-liberalism doesn’t rule in every area of Ambridge. Despite attempts to undermine his authority Neil Carter manager of the Berrow Farm pig
Trade Unions
Our main concern is that there is so little obvious sign of trade union organisation in Ambridge. There is work for Unite the Union to do. Mike Tucker was an effective local union organiser but since then, nothing it seems.
We say:
Organise, Organise, Organise
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