Typically, these meetings discussed a minimum wage and maximum hours for which the labourers were prepared to work.
It was named the Lincolnshire Amalgamated Emigration and Migration Labour League, with William Banks as secretary,[1][3] and offices on Witham Street in Boston.
At the same time, the National Agricultural Labourers' Union (NALU) was established, based in Warwickshire, attracting many members in surrounding counties, but relatively few from Lincolnshire.
[3] The Labour League began building up branches in Norfolk and Suffolk, and by 1874 had reached a peak membership of about 15,500, spread over 25 districts.
It nearly collapsed in 1880, but relocated its office to its strongest remaining area of Eye, Suffolk, and had about 200 members throughout the decade.