"Spirit of Trade Unionism" -- Trades Union Congress Building, Camden, London, UK - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

"The Spirit of Trade Unionism" by Bernard Meadows is an impressive sculpture at the entrance to the Trades Union Congress Building along Great Russell Street in the Camden borough of London.

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"Congress House is the headquarters of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), a British organisation that represents most of the UK's trade unions.

In 1948, David du Roi Aberdeen won an architectural competition to design the new TUC headquarters building in Great Russell Street, London. Staff began to move into the offices in 1956 and the building was officially opened in 1958. The building is Grade II* listed.

Congress House was officially opened on 27 March 1958 along with the unveiling of a giant ‘pieta’ style statue of a woman holding her dead son, carved in place in the internal courtyard by Jacob Epstein, it was intended as a memorial to the dead trade unionists of both world wars.

The front of the building is dominated by a bronze sculpture by Bernard Meadows representing the spirit of trade unionism with the strong helping the weak.

Congress House was one of the earliest post-war buildings to be listed at Grade II*, in 1988."

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: "Spirit of Trade Unionism" Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Bernard Meadows Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1958 Materials used: bronze Location: Congress House

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