The Agricultural Labourers Union of Southwestern Slovakia was a trade union of Hungarian agricultural labourers in Slovakia. It was affiliated to the Hungarian-German trade union council Union. Gyula Nagy, an important figure in the leftwing in Slovakia at the time, was the secretary of the Agricultural Labourers Union (as well as being the secretary of Union and a parliamentarian of the Hungarian-German Social Democratic Party).[1][2]
| Location | |
|---|---|
Key people | Gyula Nagy (Secretary) |
| Affiliations | Union |
The Agricultural Labourers Union held a congress on April 4, 1920, in Bratislava. At the congress Gyula Nagy argued that reaching collective wage agreements and land reform were more pressing issues than revolutionary struggle.[3]
References
edit- ^ Duin, Pieter van. Central European Crossroads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921. New York: Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 364
- ^ Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. Studia historica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 110-125. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1975. p. 25
- ^ Duin, Pieter van. Central European Crossroads: Social Democracy and National Revolution in Bratislava (Pressburg), 1867-1921. New York: Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 366