Wages Policy in the British Coalmining Industry

Wages Policy in the British Coalmining Industry

Author: L. J. Handy

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1981-03-26

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780521235358

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Monograph on national level wage policy in the coal mining public enterprise in the UK - discusses environment for wage determination, wage payment systems, wage structure, the 1966 collective agreement on wage rates, collective bargaining strategy, etc. Bibliography pp. 304 to 307, graphs and references.


The NUM and British Politics

The NUM and British Politics

Author: Andrew Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1351963678

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From its formation in 1944, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was one of the most powerful and important players on the British political and industrial stage. Whilst the nation relied upon coal for its electricity production, domestic heating and railway transportation, the miners and their unions would always play a central role in national politics with the ability to cause massive disruption to the nation, should they decide to strike, as they did in 1972 and 1974. However, as the country began to move towards other forms of energy, such as oil and gas, the power of the mineworkers correspondingly decreased, leaving the once mighty union to come to terms with a very different world by the early eighties. The NUM and British Politics makes use of union material and party and government archives as well as oral testimony, much of it highly confidential, to present the first overall account of the evolving nature of the tripartite relationship between the miners, the NUM and the state.


Monthly Labor Review

Monthly Labor Review

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1981-12

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.


Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership

Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership

Author: William A. Robson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-01-26

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1000544818

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First Published in 1960, Nationalized Industry and Public Ownership is concerned with the state of nationalized industries in Britain in the context of the wider sphere of public enterprise in the world. It critically examines themes like the motives and background of nationalization; the state of public corporation in Britain; public utilities as monopoly; parliamentary debates and questions regarding government control; the idea of public accountability; the status of consumers’ councils, and the link between labour relations and public ownership. This book is an important historical document for scholars and researchers of public administration, political economy, British economy, labour economics and British labour history.


The Politics of the Yorkshire Miners

The Politics of the Yorkshire Miners

Author: Andrew Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1000373835

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First published in 1984, The Politics of the Yorkshire Miners examines all aspects of political activity of the Yorkshire Area of the NUM. The book was written using original research from the archives of the Yorkshire Area combined with the author’s personal experience. It explores developments from 1945 onwards, and looks at internal politics within the Area, discussing the nature of policies on both industrial bargaining and wider political aims. It considers the role of sponsored MPs and their relationship to the Area, as well as the NUM’s ‘special relationship’ with the Labour Party. The structure of the Area and its role within the NUM nationally are also discussed, and detailed analysis is given to the strikes of 1972 and 1974.


The Durham Miners, 1919–1960

The Durham Miners, 1919–1960

Author: W.R. Garside

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-21

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 1040121748

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The Durham Miners (1971) examines the Durham miners’ movement and of its organization – its economic, social, financial and political development. It looks at the miners’ demands for nationalization and for improved working and living conditions, and the outcomes of trade union negotiation and of industrial dispute.


A Bibliography of Industrial Relations

A Bibliography of Industrial Relations

Author: G. S. Bain

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1979-03-29

Total Pages: 700

ISBN-13: 9780521215473

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Reference book comprising a bibliography aiming to bring together secondary source interdisciplinary material on labour relations in the UK between the years 1880 and 1970 - covers employees attitudes, trade unions and employees associations, employers organizations, the labour market and working conditions, etc.


UK Energy

UK Energy

Author: Richard Bending

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780521267083

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This book provides a detailed assessment of the current UK energy situation, future needs and energy policies. Past policies have often taken too little account of uncertainty, and have therefore quickly become outdated. The book concludes that the need for a positive energy policy is increasingly urgent. The book is in three parts. The first part sets the UK in the world energy context, reviews the history of UK energy policy and institutions, and describes the current pattern of fuel use. The second part contains detailed analysis and discussion of UK energy demand and supply. The third part of the book reviews policies for energy conservation and discusses the overall energy prospects for the UK. The concluding chapter examines energy policy objectives, relating them to the problems and issues identified in the book. The authors are amongst the leading authorities on UK energy, and are co-authors of Energy Economics (also published by Cambridge University Press).


Strikes and Solidarity

Strikes and Solidarity

Author: Roy A. Church

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-05-09

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521894036

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In this important contribution to the study of industrial relations, Roy Church and Quentin Outram present research into the strike activity of British coalminers from the late nineteenth century to the mid-1960s. The authors consider not only the major national strikes and lock-outs which made the industry a byword for industrial militancy, but also the multitude of small-scale strikes which formed a routine part of British colliery lifes. Strikes and Solidarity, first published in 1998, is multi-disciplinary in approach and views coalfield conflict from the perspectives offered by sociologists, industrial relations specialists, and economists, as well as social and economic historians. Church and Outram have successfully blended quantitative and qualitative investigations to explain the long-standing issues presented by industrial relations in the coalfields.


The Shadow of the Mine

The Shadow of the Mine

Author: Huw Beynon

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2024-03-19

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1839767987

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No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday – and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. The Shadow of the Mine tells the story of King Coal in its heyday, the heroics and betrayals of the Miners’ Strike, and what happened to mining communities after the last pits closed. No one personified the age of industry more than the miners. Coal was central to the British economy, powering its factories and railways. It carried political weight, too. In the eighties the miners risked everything in a year-long strike against Thatcher’s shutdowns. Their defeat doomed a way of life. The lingering sense of abandonment in former mining communities would be difficult to overstate. Yet recent electoral politics has revolved around the coalfield constituencies in Labour’s Red Wall. Huw Beynon and Ray Hudson draw on decades of research to chronicle these momentous changes through the words of the people who lived through them. This edition includes a new postscript on why Thatcher’s war on the miners wasn’t good for green politics. ‘Excellent’ NEW STATESMAN ‘Brilliant’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ‘Enlightening’ GUARDIAN