The History of Trade Unionism
Author: Sidney Webb
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 586
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Author: Sidney Webb
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 586
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 814
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beatrice Webb
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2022-01-17
Total Pages: 483
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author of this British book states that "The reader must not expect to find, in this historical volume, either an analysis of Trade Union organisation, policy, and methods, or any judgment upon the validity of its assumptions, its economic achievements, or its limitations." The book instead explains how, since the original publication of the book in 1890, the trade union movement has grown to encompass 60% of all workers, and how it may now form the foundation for a new political party.
Author: Henry Pelling
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Malcolm Chase
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1351942298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce the heartland of British labour history, trade unionism has been marginalised in much recent scholarship. In a critical survey from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, this book argues for its reinstatement. Trade unionism is shown to be both intrinsically important and to provide a window onto the broader historical landscape; the evolution of trade union principles and practices is traced from the seventeenth century to mid-Victorian times. Underpinning this survey is an explanation of labour organisation that reaches back to the fourteenth century. Throughout, the emphasis is on trade union mentality and ideology, rather than on institutional history. There is a critical focus on the politics of gender, on the demarcation of skill and on the role of the state in labour issues. New insight is provided on the long-debated question of trade unions’ contribution to social and political unrest from the era of the French Revolution through to Chartism.
Author: William Z. Foster
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 383
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Selig Perlman
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 330
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Craig Phelan
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9783039114108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOverview This book offers the detailed historical background required for a holistic appreciation of current problems faced and the possibilities for revitalisation. In two volumes it provides introductory overviews of trade union development since the end of World War II in 26 countries from every corner of the globe. Each chapter explains the main contours of trade union growth and development in one country from the pivotal year 1945 to the present. Each chapter assesses the often dynamic expansion of trade unionism in the 1950s and 1960s; the role of trade unionism in the movements for national liberation in the Global South and the erection of social welfare systems in the developed North; the economic shocks that resulted in membership decline and loss of political influence from the late 1970s onward; the economic restructuring and growing labour market diversity of the 1980s and 1990s that undercut the traditional bases of trade union membership; and the historical roots of the contemporary political and economic context in which revitalisation efforts are taking place.
Author: Len McCluskey
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2020-01-28
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 1788737881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this short and accessible book, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union, presents the case for joining a trade union. Drawing on anecdotes from his own long involvement in unions, he looks at the history of trade unions, what they do and how they give a voice to working people, as democratic organisations. He considers the changing world of work, the challenges and opportunities of automation and why being trade unionists can enable us to help shape the future. He sets out why being a trade unionist is as much a political role as it is an industrial one and why the historic links between the labour movement and the Labour Party matter. Ultimately, McCluskey explains how being a trade unionist means putting equality at work and in society front and centre, fighting for an end to discrimination, and to inequality in wages and power.
Author: Robert Franklin Hoxie
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Published: 1917
Total Pages: 476
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