Bergh / Robinson / Athelstan Spilhaus The Trade Unions-What Are They?

The Commonwealth and International Library
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-3939-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Web PDF

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 with a brief historical account of trade unions in Britain before presenting biographical sketches of five great union leaders: Tom Mann, John Burns, Ben Tillett, Will Thorne, and Ernest Bevin. The next section examines four famous trade union cases: the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the Taff Vale case, the Osborne Verdict, and Rookes vs. Barnard. The remaining chapters discuss some major events and statistics relating to the British trade union movement from the 14th to the 20th centuries, including laws, prices and incomes, the enactment of the Ordinance and Statute of Labourers in 1349 and 1351, and the strike staged by signalmen of the Taff Vale Railway in 1901. This text will be of interest to trade union officers and members as well as industry and government officials.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bergh, Tony van den

Robinson, Robert

Athelstan Spilhaus, Dean

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Trade Unions—what are they?;4
3;Copyright Page ;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;DEDICATION;6
6;PREFACE;10
7;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;18
8;Chapter 1. A Brief History of the Trade Unions;20
9;Part I: Short Biographies of Five Great Trade-union Leaders of the Past;32
9.1;Chapter 2. Tom Mann;34
9.2;Chapter 3. John Burns;48
9.3;Chapter 4. Ben Tillett;62
9.4;Chapter 5. Will Thorne;77
9.5;Chapter 6. Ernest Bevin;94
10;Part II: Four Famous Trade-union Law Cases;112
10.1;Chapter 7. The Tolpuddle Martyrs;114
10.2;Chapter 8. The Taff Vale Case;127
10.3;Chapter 9. The Osborne Verdict;138
10.4;Chapter 10. Rookes vs. Barnard;152
11;Part III: Recent Events and Various Statistics;168
11.1;Chapter 11. Trade-union Law;170
11.2;Chapter 12. Prices and Incomes;185
11.3;Chapter 13. Main Events in the History of the British Trade Union Movement;210
11.3.1;FOURTEENTH CENTURY;210
11.3.2;FIFTEENTH CENTURY;210
11.3.3;SIXTEENTH CENTURY;211
11.3.4;SEVENTEENTH CENTURY;211
11.3.5;EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;211
11.3.6;NINETEENTH CENTURY;212
11.3.7;TWENTIETH CENTURY;221
12;Appendixes;248
12.1;Appendixes 1: Finances of Registered Trade Unions of Employees in Great Britain;250
12.2;Appendixes 2: Average Annual Contribution per Trade Union Member, Analysed by Industry;251
12.3;Appendixes 3: Distribution of Trade Union Members among Unions of Different Sizes (end 1966);252
12.4;Appendixes 4: Trades Unions with over 100,000 Members;253
12.5;Appendixes 5: Number of Employers and Estimated Number of Trade Union Members in Different Industry Groups;254
12.6;Appendixes 6: Number of Employees in Employment in Different Industry Groups, 1959, 1964, 1965 and 1966;256
12.7;Appendixes 7: Total Trade Union Membership, 1945-66;257
12.8;Appendixes 8: Stoppages of Work Beginning in Each of the Years 1914-68;258
12.9;Appendixes 9: Number of Stoppages per 100,000 Employees in Various Countries, 1959-63;260
12.9.1;Number of Stoppages per 100,000 Employees in Various Countries, 1964-6;261
12.10;Appendixes 10: Days Lost Due to Stoppages per Thousand Persons Employed in Various Countries in 1955-67;263
12.11;Appendixes 11: List of Affiliated Organisations and Membership at December 1967;264
12.12;Appendixes 12: Trade Groups and their Membership, 1967;268
13;BIBLIOGRAPHY;270
14;INDEX;272