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Jan 23, 2023 · A second Employment Act restricted what counts as a “trade dispute”, effectively outlawing secondary, or “sympathy” strike action. Unions could no longer ballot in support of each other ...
- Steven Daniels
Sep 21, 2015 · A widespread workers' consciousness formed in the UK from the peak of the Chartist movement in the 1830s, leading to a wave of strikes in 1842. Those strikes have been viewed as the first time...
Jan 11, 2023 · In 1871 Britain legalised trade unions for the first time by passing the Trade Union Act. That same year, however, its Criminal Law Amendment Act outlawed peaceful attempts to encourage workers to strike.
- Anoosh Chakelian
Oct 11, 2023 · 1964-79: In Place of Strife and the Industrial Relations Act. In 1964, the Labour Party came back to power for the first time since 1951. The TUC pushed the incoming Labour government to reverse the effect of the Rookes vs Barnard judgment (1964), resulting in the very short 1965 Trade Disputes Act.
Jan 3, 2023 · Recent months have seen thousands of workers – including nurses, railway employees and postal staff – go on strike around the United Kingdom. Richard Toye explores the nation’s history of industrial action, and the extent to which it has been driven by political ideology or practical concerns.
- Elinor Evans
David Miliband claimed the votes of the majority of Labour MPs and ordinary party members, but Ed crucially secured the backing of three of the four biggest trade unions to win by the slimmest of...
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Jan 5, 2023 · The UK is facing widespread strikes that have drawn comparisons with the 1979 winter of discontent - but what has previous industrial action achieved?
