   the ulster unionist labour association was an association of trade unionists founded by edward carson in june 1918, aligned with the ulster unionists in northern ireland. members were known as labour unionists. 1918 and 1919 were the years of intense class conflict throughout britain. this period also saw a large increase in trade union membership and a series of strikes. these union activities raised fears in a section of the ulster unionist leadership, principally edward carson and r. dawson bates. carson at this time was president of the british empire union, and had been predisposed to amplify the danger of a bolshevik outbreak in britain.paul bew, peter gibbon and henry patterson, northern ireland: 1921 / 2001 political forces and social classes, serif (london 2002), isbn 1-897959-38-9, pg.16â17 ==founding== the ulster unionist labour association was made up of trade unionists and ulster unionists and was founded by carson along with john miller andrewsjohn miller andrews chaired uula meetings later becoming a minister of labour from 1921 to 1937. he was minister of finance from 1937 to 1940, when on the death of lord craigavon, he became the second prime minister of northern ireland.brian lalor, the encyclopaedia of ireland, gill & macmillan (ireland 2003), isbn 0-7171-3000-2, pg. 23â24 as a means of instigating a purge from the local trade union movement of 'bolsheviks' and republicans. both carson and bates feared this class conflict and the development of a militant sinn fÃ©in would threaten the class alliance with dissolution which had been embodied in the old ulster volunteer force. by sounding the counter-revolutionary alarm, it would be a call to 'loyal workers' against the twin threats of socialism and republicanism.paul bew, peter gibbon and henry patterson, northern ireland: 1921 / 2001 political forces and social classes, serif (london 2002), isbn 1-897959-38-9, pg.16â17 the grouping adopted as formal policy an opposition to socialism, but was seen by many as an attempt to show that the unionist party had the interests of the working class at heart.john f. harbinson, the ulster unionist party, 1882â1973, p.67 members included tommy henderson, later an independent unionist mp. ==1918 general election== during the 1918 general election the aims of the uula were set out by r. dawson bates. in a letter to carson he stated that they would be used as a means of distracting younger members of the working class from the independent labour party, who held views which were very different from t
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