Bradford will honour one its greatest citizens on Tuesday 19th December at 1.30pm when a plaque to Julia Varley will be unveiled in Centenary Square by retired bus driver Mohammad Taj of Unite the union and who was TUC President in 2013-14.
The funds for the Bradford Civic Society plaque have been donated by UNITE NEYH region and the union has also agreed to republish copies of the booklet Julia Varley - trade union organiser and fighter for women's rights booklet written by myself.
Amongst those speaking at the ceremony will be councillor Taj Salam. a Unite member and bus driver, Simon Cunningham of Bradford Civic Society, Sheila Coleman of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign plus a female local councillor.
The date of the event has been chosen as it marks the 132nd anniversary of the start of the Manningham Mills strike during which Varley was an active participant.
The words for the plaque are as follows:-
Bradford Civic Society
Julia Varley OBE
Suffragette and pioneer of the trade union movement, daughter of Bradford.
Julia devoted more than 50 years to achieve a living wage and improve conditions for generations of workers.
1871-1952
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