Workers’ Exhibition- COP26
As historians and trade unionists of varying stripes, very early on in 2020 we were acutely aware how the narrative of the public health emergency
Workers’ Stories Blog
An ongoing series of critical reflections on your stories, the project so far, and what’s to come, written by the Workers’ Stories Project team and friends of the project
Archiving Workers’ Stories at the National Library of Scotland
As people across Scotland adjust to a significant lifting of restrictions over the coming weeks, the Workers’ Stories Project team is looking ahead to the
Workers Reunion – No Return to Normal
Lockdown disrupted work in all kinds of ways. The tasks you do at work changed. The way you do them changed. Hours and rotas were
The story is not the story
Of all the submissions to the Workers’ Stories archive, the one I have thought about the most is not, in fact, about Covid-19. It is
Giving Up The Ghost
Lock down has forced us to confront many of our own ghosts, the more we try to give them up, the more they cling on, tempting us with what our future could have been but in truth was never likely.
Reflections on 2020
We want to record the reality of life in the pandemic, and to reflect on how it has affected us all. So paint us a picture, write us a story, record us a video. All too often history is a record of the rich and the powerful. We’re making a record of how life was this year for real people.
