British Trade Unions, 1707-1918, Part II, Volume 8

1912-1918

W Hamish Fraser

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781138751347
• eBook ISBN: 9781000419481
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

Drawing from a variety of libraries and archives, this collection brings together material to illustrate the history of the development of trade unionism and industrial relations. It spans the period from the early journeymen's trade societies as they emerged in the 18th-Century through to the end of the First World War. This is the final volume of 8, Part II Vol 8 spans 1912-1918.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Ben Tillett, ‘London Transport Workers’ Strike’, Dockers’ Record (September 1912)
• Guy Bowman, Syndicalism: Its Basis, Methods, and Ultimate Aim. Compiled by Norman Young from a Lecture Delivered by Guy Bowman, 6 April 1913, in Co-operative Hall, Little Newport Street, W[1913]
• G. D. H. Cole and W. Mellor, The Greater Unionism. With Special Reference to Mining, Building, Engineering and Shipbuilding, Transport and General Labour, and to the position of the General Federation of Trade Unions [1913]
• Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee, Dublin Dispute. Report of Special Conference Held at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, London E.C, Tuesday 9 December 1913 [1913]
• W. M. Geldart, The Present Law of Trade Disputes and Trade Unions [1914]
• George R. Shann, ‘Scientific Management’, Workers’ Union Record (February 1914)
• George R. Shann, ‘Taylor’s System of Scientific Management. Second Article’, Workers’ Union Record (April 1914)
• George R. Shann, ‘Taylor’s System of Scientific Management. Third Article’, Workers’ Union Record (April 1914)
• George R. Shann, ‘Scientific Management and Trade Unionism’, Workers’ Union Record (May 1914)
• George R. Shann, ‘Scientific Management. The Skilled Man and the Unskilled’, Workers’ Union Record (June 1914)
• George R. Shann, ‘Scientific Management. Our Attitude towards It’, Workers’ Union Record (July 1914)
• J. Beard, ‘The Call for Munitions’, Workers’ Union Record (July 1915)
• J. Beard, ‘Munitions of War Act’, Workers’ Union Record (August 1915)
• ‘Betrayal of the Labourers at Woolwich Arsenal’, Workers’ Union Record (September 1915)
• War Emergency Workers’ National Committee, Compulsory Military Service and Industrial Conscription. What they Mean to the Workers [1915]
• G. D. H. Cole and W. Mellor, The Price of Dilution of Labour. An Open Letter to the Members of the A. S. E Conference, 30th December 1915 (1915)
• W. F. Watson, One Union for Metal, Engineering & Shipbuilding Workers [1916]
• ‘First Triennial Conference. Full Report of the Proceedings in Birmingham’, Workers’ Union Record (July 1916)
• The Labour Party, Report of the Special Committee Appointed by the Annual Conference of the Party, Held at Manchester, in January, 1917, to Inquire into and Report upon the Circumstances which Resulted in the Deportation in March, 1916, of David Kirkwood and Other Workmen Employed in Munition Factories in the Clyde District [1917]
• Philip Snowden, Labour in Chains. The Peril of Industrial Conscription (1917)
• G. R. Carter, The Significance & Possibilities, National & International, for Industry, Commerce, Finance, Politics and Trade Unionism of The Triple Alliance of Industrial Socialism (1917)
• W. McLaine, Trade Unionism at the Cross Roads (1917)
• National Guilds, An Appeal to Trade Unionists [c. 1917]
• Ben Tillet, ‘Report on Leeds Conference, June, 1917’, Dockers’ Record (June 1917)
• A. Bellamy, ‘Industrial versus Craft Unions’, Labour Year Book 1916 (1916)
• Fred Bramley, ‘Craft versus Industrial Unions’, Labour Year Book 1916 (1916)
• Margaret G. Bondfield, ‘The Future of Women in Industry’, Labour Year Book 1916 (1916)
• Joint Committee on Labour Problems after the War, Advisory Committee on the Restoration of Trade Union Conditions, The Restoration of Trade Union Customs after the War. A Statement and Analysis of the Government Guarantees (1916)
• War Emergency: Workers’ National Committee, Labour After the War: First Report [1916]
• ‘Memorandum of Conference between the Engineering Employers’ Federation and Stream Engine Makers’ Society [et al.]’, Workers’ Union Record (January 1918)
• J. T Murphy, The Workers’ Committee: An Outline of Its Principles and Structure (1918)
• J. T Murphy, Compromise or Independence? An Examination of the Whitley Report with a Plea for the Rejection of the Proposals for Joint Standing Industrial Councils [1918]
• Explanatory Notes
• Permissions
• Consolidated Index