What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sefydlwyd y blaid lafur yn sgil streic Rheilffordd Dyffryn Taf ym 1900, a sbardunwyd gan yr erlid ar un o undebwyr y lle hwn. John Ewington railway trade unionist worked here. The Taff Vale Railway strike of 1900 fuelled the rise of the Labour Party Recorded plaque organisation: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council.
John Ewington was a railway trade unionist who played a role in the Taff Vale Railway strike of 1900, an event that significantly contributed to the rise of the Labour Party in Britain.
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