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#Museum30 movement. Lets talk about Jewish Trade Unions! The London Jewish Baker’s Union began in 1905 and was the longest lived Jewish trade union, it closed in 1970.
This banner was made in 1925 by the London Jewish Bakers Union. This Union was set up to fight for better working conditions for Jewish bakers. The Trade Union was unhappy about how the bakers were treated by their employers, often working too many hours for very little money
This object was made to remind shoppers to only buy bread with the union label on it as this guaranteed that it was baked under acceptable working conditions. The banner is full of inspiring imagery and slogans.
FUN FACT! It has a side in Yiddish! Many Jewish immigrants couldn’t speak or read English when they arrived in London so the banner had to have a language that all it’s shoppers could understand, that is why one side is English and one side is Yiddish.
