Rural Conflict and Strikes

HOP-PICKING Rural Conflict and StrikesThe Hop-pickers Work Who were the Migrant Pickers Work Place Regulation The Payment System The Dynamics of Conflict Conclusion References Hop Production in the UK Reading

Kentish Gazette 17th September 1887 Kentish Gazette The above newspaper cutting is one of the many accounts of disputes reported in the Kentish Gazette between 1885-1932 which ocurred in hop fields in Kent. Details of many other disputes which occurred between hop-growers and migrant workers are documented on the pages of this site. Further information regarding the incidence of strikes can be found on the pages listed below.

HOP-PICKING | Rural Conflict and Strikes | The Hop-pickers Work | Who were the Migrant Pickers | Work Place Regulation | The Payment System | The Dynamics of Conflict | Conclusion | References | Hop Production in the UK | Reading

Derek Bright walk@walkawhile.co.uk
Date Last Modified: 21/11/03