Labour relations
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 491 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1926 - 22 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/104/140-141
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Typescript copy of a letter from Arthur Cook, Secretary of the Federation, to the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, on the final decision of the Miners' Federation on the coal dispute, informing Baldwin that the miners had voted to reject the Government's terms for a settlement, by 460,806 votes to 313,200. Cook forwards the resolution passed by the Federation Conference recommending all districts to immediately open negotiations with the local mine owners with a view to finding an agreement,...
Dates:
20 Nov 1926 - 22 Nov 1926
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(Untitled), 15 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/105/78-81
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Note of a meeting between representatives of the Miners' Federation and Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland [Minister of Labour], on the settlement of the coal dispute, particularly the loss of benefits to striking miners.
Dates:
15 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1926 - 12 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/105/82-83
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Extract from a discussion between the Cabinet Coal Committee (particularly Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland [Minister of Labour], Winston Churchill [Chancellor of the Exchequer] and 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and representatives of the Miners' Federation, on the settlement of the coal dispute. Subjects discussed include: the miners' request that there should be no victimisation after the strike; unemployment relief for those put out of work, under the existing Unemployment Insurance...
Dates:
11 Nov 1926 - 12 Nov 1926
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Open
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(Untitled), 03 Sep 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/113/24-25
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Letter from Arthur Cook, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, to Winston Churchill [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on the settlement of the coal dispute, asking Churchill on behalf of the Executive Committee and Special Delegate Conference of the Federation to convene and attend a meeting of the Federation and Mining Association. Cook states that the Federation was willing to enter into negotiations for a new national agreement, with a view to reducing labour costs. Also includes a copy of a...
Dates:
03 Sep 1926
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/114/3-4
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Letter from the Miners' Executive Committee to the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, giving the Committee's reply to the proposals of the Coal owners in the coal dispute. The Committee notes that the owners propose a return to the minimum wage percentage of 1921 (a uniform reduction of 13.3 % from the standard wage), conditional on the extension of working hours over three years. The miners unanimously reject these proposals, but feel that proposals submitted on the Trades Union Congress...
Dates:
30 Apr 1926
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Open
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(Untitled), 19 Aug 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/114/71-72
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Two pamphlets giving the minutes of proceedings of a meeting between the Central Committee of the Mining Association and the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation on the coal dispute, particularly on: working hours; wages; a National Agreement as opposed to local wage settlements; coal prices at home and abroad.
Dates:
19 Aug 1926
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Open
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/114/73-109
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Notes of a meeting between Government Ministers (Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, and also Thomas Jones, Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet) and the Miners' Federation on attempts to settle the miners' strike, including: the Government's refusal to give further financial aid to the industry; the effects of...
Dates:
26 Aug 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/115/91-92
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Typescript copy of correspondence between the Mines Department and the Mining Association on the coal dispute (3-4 September), including: letter from Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Mines Department, to William Lee, Secretary of the Mining Association, forwarding a letter from Arthur Cook, Secretary of the Miners' Federation, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [Winston Churchill], and stating that Cook's letter was a basis for restarting negotiations; Cook's letter to...
Dates:
06 Sep 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/118/84-96
Scope and Contents
Typescript notes of a conference between the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, and representatives of the Miners' Federation, on district negotiations by the mine owners, rather than national negotiations, particularly on wage settlements and contracts of service.
Dates:
15 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/119/1-36
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Notes of a meeting on the coal situation between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation. Subjects discussed include: a national minimum wage; likely...
Dates:
23 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/120/1-9
Scope and Contents
Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley], Sir Horace Wilson, Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Christopher Hurst, Assistant Secretary, Mines Department, and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation. Subjects discussed include: terms for negotiations between the...
Dates:
27 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 25 Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/133
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Copy of a letter from [Lord Northcliffe, formerly Alfred Harmsworth] to WSC in which he discusses labour relations, suggests that [the War Office] needs a press agent and says that he would be prepared to allow Sir Andrew Caird to work on this.
Dates:
25 Jul 1918
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From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/223/30
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Telegram from [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary, Cairo, Egypt] to Private Office marked "Advance Copy", "From: Argonaut", and "Jason 560" passing on a message from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] thanking him and the delegates of the World Trade Union Conference for their encouragement [in the Yalta Conference negotiations].
Dates:
16 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), [Aug 1907]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/64-66
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Part of a letter from WSC (12 Bolton Street [London]) [to Lady Randolph Churchill] including: discussion of financial affairs; his involvement in a strike in Manchester; a tree house he has constructed at Salisbury Hall; his success in securing o5 million for the Transvaal railway [South Africa] and o2 for the Nigerian railway and in making the Cabinet agree with his opinion about [Louis] Botha's diamond; "Lulu" [Lewis] Harcourt's success in land legislation; and his advice about excluding...
Dates:
[Aug 1907]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 09 Dec 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/115/14-16
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (2 Connaught Place [London]) to James Keir Hardie declining an invitation to speak on the Labour Question in Ayrshire [Scotland]. He explains that he does not feel confident of speaking about the regulation of working hours by the State; recommends an article by Sidney Webb [later Lord Passfield]; discusses his support for an Eight Hours Bill drafted by Webb which he describes an ideal for "democratic legislation" as it would reduce unemployment and the...
Dates:
09 Dec 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers. Acquired Papers. Archival material (mainly letters from Lord Randolph Churchill) donated to WSC and correspondence relating to the donations. Includes a several letters from Lord Randolph and WSC to J Moore Bayley.
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"What the Conservatives will do: a shortened version of the Conservative and Unionist Party's policy: General Election, 1951", 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/123/3
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet detailing Conservative election policy under a number of headings: "Pillars of Peace" on measures to support the British empire and Commonwealth (including an Empire economic conference, imperial preference), the unity of the English speaking peoples, the United Nations and hopes that Soviet Russia will join it, and support for the rearmament programme; "Increase national output"; "Halt to nationalisation" including industrial measures, and the repeal of the Iron and Steel Act,...
Dates:
1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open