Organisers say the Tolpuddle ... The festival celebrates the forming of the first trade union in 1834. Headline acts include Billy Bragg and speakers including Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner.

That sycamore tree — the Martyrs’ Sycamore — still stands in Tolpuddle ... will get a discount with their festival wristband. Political speakers across the whole weekend include shadow education ...

writes Education for Tomorrow editor ROBERT POOLE WHEN the six poor Tolpuddle farm workers met to form a trade union in 1834, little did they know how their story of injustice would continue to ...

The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival rally is a free part of the event which celebrates trade unionism A record number of 10,000 people have turned out for the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and rally in ...

It is an important year for the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival in Dorset due to UK government austerity measures, according to the TUC. The TUC said the current high level of cuts to public service ...

Thousands of trade unionists are flocking to the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival this weekend, riding high on the wave of optimism following Labour's pledge for enhanced workers' rights. The festival ...

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, in Dorset, celebrates six farm workers who started the first trade union in 1834. A group of activists, co-operative farmers and artists walked from Plymouth ...

A popular festival celebrating trade unionism is set to return this weekend. The Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival will run from Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21 in the Dorset village of Tolpuddle.

The festival ... leader Angela Rayner. Organiser Nigel Costley said: "It's a challenging period and even with the cost of living crisis we're getting a lot of public support. "Tolpuddle is a ...