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Trades Union banner for the 'Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Workers Union, Somerset & Dorset Region.' One side features 'TILE WORKERS', 'TIMBER WORKERS', 'BRICKWORKERS' and 'CORPORATION WORKERS'. Logo of a star in a circle states 'EACH FOR ALL ALL FOR EACH'. The portrait of 'S.J. PLUMMER, District Secretary from 1912' is shown at the top. A ship called ['Erica'] is at the centre, shown in the water alongside a docks railway. Taped up in several places. Very fragile.

Other side shows five men from around the world and an angel. They surround a globe labelled 'SOLIDARITY OF LABOUR'. 'FRATERNITY/ EQUALITY/ AFRICA/ ASIA/ AMERICA/ EUROPE/ AUSTRALIA/ THE WORLD IS OUR COUNTRY. MANKIND ARE OUR BRETHREN. TO DO GOOD ONE TO ANOTHER IS OUR RELIGION'. Very torn.

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