The Labour Standard was a short-lived trade unionist newspaper in London, published between May 1881 and July 1885. It described itself as 'the recognised industrial journal of the organised trades of the United Kingdom'.[1]
The paper's initial editor was George Shipton, Secretary of the London Trades Council. In February 1884 Shipton was replaced by William Barnett, who edited it until its closure.[2]
The paper was published every Saturday and sold for one penny. Each edition consisted of eight pages.[3]
The paper is principally remembered for publishing a number of articles by Frederick Engels. Engels ceased to be a contributor after Shipton complained that an article by Karl Kautsky was "too strong"; Engels remarked that as some of his own articles would be even stronger, it would be best if he did not submit further articles.[4]
The Labour Standard online edit
- "A Fair Day's Wages for a Fair Day's Work" Fredrick Engels No. 1 7 May 1881
- "The Wages System" Fredrick Engels No. 3, 21 May 1881
- "Trades Unions, part 1 & part 2" Fredrick Engels No. 4, 28 May, & No. 5, 4 June 1881
- "The French Commercial Treaty" Fredrick Engels No. 7, 18 June 1881
- "Two Model Town Councils" Fredrick Engels No. 8, 25 June 1881
- "American Food and the Land Question" Fredrick Engels No. 9, 2 July 1881
- "The Wages Theory of the Anti-Corn Law League" Fredrick Engels No. 10, 9 July 1881
- "A Working Men's Party" Fredrick Engels No. 12, 23 July 1881
- "Bismarck and the German Working Men's Party" Fredrick Engels No. 12, 23 July 1881
- "Cotton and Iron" Fredrick Engels No. 13, 30 July 1881
- "Social Classes — Necessary and Superfluous No. 14, 6 August 1881
References edit
- ^ Harrison, Royden (1977). The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970. Humanities Press. p. 268.
- ^ Harrison, British Labour Periodicals, p. 268.
- ^ Brake, Laurel; Demoor, Marysa (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. ISBN 9789038213408.
- ^ Henderson, W. O. (2013). Friedrich Engels. Routledge. p. 742. ISBN 9781136275562. Retrieved 7 May 2018.