British Trade Unions 1707–1918 | 1865–1880 | W Hamish Fraser | Taylor

Book

British Trade Unions 1707–1918

ABSTRACT

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. Part II, Volume 5 spans 1865-1880.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |2 pages

To the Trades’ Unionists of the United Kingdom.

chapter |8 pages

Mr. Potter and the London Trades’ Council.

chapter |76 pages

Trades’ Societies and Lock-Outs.

chapter |2 pages

The Tailors’ Strike and the System of Picketing.

chapter |22 pages

The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners

chapter |44 pages

Report of the Vabious Proceedings Taken by the London Trades’ Council and the Conference of Amalgamated Trades, in Betebence to the Royal Commission on Trades’ Unions, and Other Subjects in Connection Therewith.

chapter |24 pages

Report of St. Martin’s Hall United Kingdom Trades’ Conference Commitee on the Trades’ Union Inquiry Commission Till 7th August, 1867.

chapter |8 pages

To the Trades’ Unionists’ of Great Britain and Ireland.

chapter |64 pages

Trades’ Unions and the Cost of Labour. Speech Delivered by Thomas Brassey, Jun., M.P. in the House of Commons 7th July 1869.

chapter |32 pages

Trades Unions: an Inquiry into Their Rules and Working, Based on the Evidence Before the Royal Commission; Showing the Folly of All Attempts to Raise Wages by Violence and Strikes, and the Beauty and Excellence of the Divine Laws Governing Workmen and Employers.

chapter |16 pages

Trade Union Bill, 1871. A Letter by Mr. W. P. Roberts, (of London and Manchester, Solicitor.) to Mr. George Potter, Mr. William Allan, Mr. Alexander M’donald, and Others Interested in Trades’ Societies.

chapter |13 pages

Report of the Conference of Trades Delegates, Held in the Town Hall, Leeds. On December 2nd, 1871. Called to Consider the Statements Made by Wm. Newmarch, Esq., In his Address to the Social Science Congress Lately Held in Leeds.

chapter |14 pages

The Advantages of Trades Unions

chapter |12 pages

The President’s Address.

chapter |20 pages

The Criminal Law Amendment Act. A Memorial to the Right Honourable Henry Austin Bruce, M.P., Ap pendix of Cases Under the Criminal Law Amendment Act.

chapter |22 pages

Bishopsgate Institute. Tracts for Trades Unionists.—No. IV. The National Federation of Associated Employers of Labour. Report Upon the Memorial Presented to the Home Secretary by the National Federation of Associated Employers of Labour, December 13th, 1873.

chapter |24 pages

The Agricultural Lock-Out of 1874 with Notes Upon Farming and Farm-Labour in the Eastern Counties

chapter |13 pages

Extraordinary Meeting of Council Held inthe Mechanics’ Institution, David Street Manchester, 24th February, 1875.

chapter |1 pages

The Wages Agitation on the Clyde.

25,000 Men to be Locked Out.

chapter |8 pages

Address from the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, &c., To their Fellow Workmen throughout the United Kingdom, the British Colonies, and Foreign Countries.

chapter |10 pages

Trade-Union: their Nature, Character, and Work.