History of British trade unionism. 3rd ed. - Middlesex

By:

Pelling, Henry

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: England; Penguin Books; 1984Edition: 3rd edDescription: 327 pSubject(s):

Trade- unions- Great Britain-History. 2.Trade-unions

DDC classification:

331.88 PEL

Summary: Today trade unionism plays a more important part in the nation's economy than ever before. Its problems of internal reform and its relations with the government and the public are constantly under discussion. But its present structure can only be understood in relation to its long history. Henry Pelling, a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and author of The Origins of the Labour Party, leads the reader through a vivid story of struggle and development covering more than four centuries: from the medieval guilds and early craftsmen's and labourers' associations to the dramatic growth of trade unionism in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He shows how powerful personalities such as Robert Applegarth, Henry Broadhurst, Tom Mann, Ernest Bevin, and Walter Citrine have helped to shape the pattern of present-day unionism; and for this edition Henry Pelling has added a chapter on 'The Industrial Relations Act and After (1971-6).

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Today trade unionism plays a more important part in the nation's economy than ever before.

Its problems of internal reform and its relations with the government and the public are constantly under discussion. But its present structure can only be understood in relation to its long history.

Henry Pelling, a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and author of The Origins of the Labour Party, leads the reader through a vivid story of struggle and development covering more than four centuries: from the medieval guilds and early craftsmen's and labourers' associations to the dramatic growth of trade unionism in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

He shows how powerful personalities such as Robert Applegarth, Henry Broadhurst, Tom Mann, Ernest Bevin, and Walter Citrine have helped to shape the pattern of present-day unionism; and for this edition Henry Pelling has added a chapter on 'The Industrial Relations Act and After (1971-6).

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