Peter Dorey

Comrades in conflict

Labour, the trade unions and 1969's In Place of Strife

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first in-depth academic study of the Labour Governmentâ s 1969 attempt to introduce industrial relations to curb strikes by trade unions. Using archival sources, this book explains how this attempt provoked strong opposition in the Party, and from the unions, to the extent that it was abandoned in a humiliating climb-down. -- .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781526138286
• ISBN-10: 152613828X
• Artikelnr.: 55082886

Autorenporträt

Peter Dorey is Professor of British Politics in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1
Emergence and Identification of the Problem 2 The Donovan Commission and
its Report 3 The Initial Political response 4 Cabinet Demurrals and
Diminishing Ministerial Support 5 Increasing Antipathy in the Parliamentary
Labour Party 6 The Trade Unions' Implacable Hostility 7 A 'Solemn and
Binding' Agreement Conclusion Bibliography Index