British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics: The High Tide of Trade Unionism, 1964-79 (Studies in Labour History) download epub

The High Tide of British Trade Unionism: Trade Unions and .

Article in Twentieth Century British History 19(4):546-549 · October 2008 with 22 Reads. 1 It has become one of the most contentious contemporary issues in trade and labour policy circles and debates. 2 The idea of using international labour standards to protect workers from economic exploitation was first promoted by individual social reformers in Europe in the first half of the 19th century at the early stages.

John McIlroy, Nina Fishman, Alan Campbell. eBook Rental from £1. 0. First published in 1999, this book discusses trade unionism in Britain from 1964 to 1979. 5. The Labour Party and the Trade Unions, Andrew Thrope. 6. The Conservative Party and the Trade unions, Andrew Taylor. 7. What are we here for?

First published in 1999, this book discusses trade unionism in Britain from 1964 to 1979.

First published in 1999, this book discusses trade unionism in Britain from 1964 to 1979. Stores ▾. Audible Barnes & Noble Walmart eBooks Apple Books Google Play Abebooks Book Depository Alibris Indigo Better World Books IndieBound.

Alan Campbell is an instructor at the University of Liverpool. Campbell and McIlroy are coauthors of "Party People.

Churchill hoped ‘to work with the trade unions in a loyal and friendly spirit’ . These books provide ample evidence for the effectiveness of trade union action in determining wages and conditions.

Churchill hoped ‘to work with the trade unions in a loyal and friendly spirit’ while the TUC in its turn stated its intention of treating the new government on its merits. When the Tory government succeeded Labour in 1970, it also embarked on an attempt to police the unions.

Arthur Horner: A Political Biography, by Nina Fishman (2010), Volume 1 1894–1944, Volume 2 1944–1968.

John McIlroy, Fishman Mcilroy, Campbell. Exploring the exciting, turbulent period in labor history from 1964 to 1979, this volume of path-breaking analysis recalls an era of popular mythology and political discourse, examining how workers unions nearly drove Britain into the ground. It cites as a proponent such figures as Transport Workers’ leader Jack Jones and reveals how this turbulence eventually set the stage for Thatcherism and 1980s reform.

The relationship between British trade unions and the Labour Party is explored in L. Minkin, The Contentious Alliance: Trade Unions and the Labour Party (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1991);Google Scholar.

This path-breaking analysis provides an excellent guide to the trade unionism and militancy of the 1960s and 1970s.