The trade unions : what are they? /
The Trade Unions-What Are They? is a primer of the trade union movement in Britain and examines the convolutions of industrial negotiations as well as the intricacies that have to be unraveled by those handling the problems-whether of the application of the Incomes and Prices policy or of restrictiv...
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Pergamon Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | [1970] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
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Commonwealth and international library. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080065168 |
Summary: |
The Trade Unions-What Are They? is a primer of the trade union movement in Britain and examines the convolutions of industrial negotiations as well as the intricacies that have to be unraveled by those handling the problems-whether of the application of the Incomes and Prices policy or of restrictive practices. This book traces the history of British trade unions and presents the biographies of five great trade union leaders of the past. Four famous trade-union cases are also highlighted, along with some important events and statistics. This monograph is comprised of 13 chapters and begins wit. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages). |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781483139395 1483139395 |
Index Number: | HD6664 |
CLC: | D415.61 |
Contents: |
Front Cover; The Trade Unions-what are they?; Copyright Page ; DEDICATION; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Trade Unions; Part I: Short Biographies of Five Great Trade-union Leaders of the Past; Chapter 2. Tom Mann; Chapter 3. John Burns; Chapter 4. Ben Tillett; Chapter 5. Will Thorne; Chapter 6. Ernest Bevin; Part II: Four Famous Trade-union Law Cases; Chapter 7. The Tolpuddle Martyrs; Chapter 8. The Taff Vale Case; Chapter 9. The Osborne Verdict; Chapter 10. Rookes vs. Barnard; Part III: Recent Events and Various Statistics. Chapter 11. Trade-union LawChapter 12. Prices and Incomes; Chapter 13. Main Events in the History of the British Trade Union Movement; FOURTEENTH CENTURY; FIFTEENTH CENTURY; SIXTEENTH CENTURY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; Appendixes; Appendixes 1: Finances of Registered Trade Unions of Employees in Great Britain; Appendixes 2: Average Annual Contribution per Trade Union Member, Analysed by Industry; Appendixes 3: Distribution of Trade Union Members among Unions of Different Sizes (end 1966). Appendixes 4: Trades Unions with over 100,000 MembersAppendixes 5: Number of Employers and Estimated Number of Trade Union Members in Different Industry Groups; Appendixes 6: Number of Employees in Employment in Different Industry Groups, 1959, 1964, 1965 and 1966; Appendixes 7: Total Trade Union Membership, 1945-66; Appendixes 8: Stoppages of Work Beginning in Each of the Years 1914-68; Appendixes 9: Number of Stoppages per 100,000 Employees in Various Countries, 1959-63; Number of Stoppages per 100,000 Employees in Various Countries, 1964-6. Appendixes 10: Days Lost Due to Stoppages per Thousand Persons Employed in Various Countries in 1955-67Appendixes 11: List of Affiliated Organisations and Membership at December 1967; Appendixes 12: Trade Groups and their Membership, 1967; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |