The TUC : from the general strike to new unionism /
"The book highlights the key union leaders who helped to shape the TUC since the 1926 General Strike. These include Walter Citrine, the founder of the modern TUC; Ernest Bevin, the apotheosis of Labourism who worked closely with the TUC during the Second World War; George Woodcock, the working-...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave,
2000.
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| Summary: | "The book highlights the key union leaders who helped to shape the TUC since the 1926 General Strike. These include Walter Citrine, the founder of the modern TUC; Ernest Bevin, the apotheosis of Labourism who worked closely with the TUC during the Second World War; George Woodcock, the working-class intellectual who tried to reform the TUC in the 1960s; Vic Feather, the jolly Yorkshireman who fought to save the TUC from state intervention; Jack Jones, the architect of the controversial Social Contract with Labour during the 1970s; and John Monks, inventor of New Unionism. This is the first modern history of the TUC."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 299 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0333930657 0333930665 (pbk.) 033391953X |