Labour relations
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 490 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Cabinet: Trade Unions Bill: Prints and papers., Oct 1910 - May 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/21
Scope and Contents
Printed Cabinet papers on subjects including: Trade Union rules on parliamentary and municipal representation; the Osborne judgement (under which Trade Unions were not allowed to make a compulsory political levy) and observations by Sidney Webb [later Lord Passfield] on the implications of the judgement; and draft copies of the Trade Union Bills.Also includes manuscript notes by WSC on Trade Unions and letters from: Sir Rufus Isaacs [later 1st Lord Reading] on funding for the Labour Party;...
Dates:
Oct 1910 - May 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Policy Committee: Conclusions., 10 Jul 1928 - 18 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/215
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Includes committee minutes of statements made by: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health; and Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour. Measures discussed include: the reduction of...
Dates:
10 Jul 1928 - 18 Jul 1928
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Official: Cabinet: War Policy Committee: statement by David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions]., 16 Aug 1915 - 18 Aug 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/56
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Includes 3 copies of a statement by Lloyd George on the manufacture of munitions covering requirements for the war, estimated dates of completion, calculations of wastage on the Western Front, labour problems including the employment of women and the deployment of trained engineers in the army, the possible effect of compulsory military service. Also includes a statement by Lloyd George on the supply of guns.
Dates:
16 Aug 1915 - 18 Aug 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Colonial Office: Correspondence., 06 Jun 1921 - 30 Jul 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/7
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Correspondents include: Herbert Samuel [High Commissioner in Palestine] on the sentiments of the Jews and difficulties in Palestine (2); Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] on expenditure on British troops in Transjordan [later Jordan]; Sir Lawrence Guillemard [Governor of Straits Settlements (later Singapore and part of Malaysia) and High Commissioner for the Malay States, later part of Malaysia]; Stanley Baldwin [President of the Board of Trade] on payments to...
Dates:
06 Jun 1921 - 30 Jul 1921
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence, much on South African affairs., 01 Nov 1906 - 30 Nov 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/17
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Correspondents include: Sir Charles Eliot asking to be considered as successor to Sir Frederick Lugard as [High Commissioner and Commander in Chief of Northern Nigeria]; 9th Lord Elgin and Kincardine [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (3) on subjects including honours in Natal [South Africa], WSC's comments on departmental minutes and Colonel Sir Percy Girouard; Mackenzie King [Deputy Minister of Labour, Canada] sending a memorandum on strike breakers being brought into Canada from Great...
Dates:
01 Nov 1906 - 30 Nov 1906
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence, much on South African affairs., 02 May 1907 - 29 May 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/25
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Correspondents include: Louis Botha [Premier of Transvaal, South Africa] (3) on subjects including his stay in London; Salvatore Zammit on Maltese affairs; Josiah Wedgwood MP and ?Charles Strachey on taxation in northern Nigeria; 4th Lord Grey [Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada] on subjects including Canadian affairs; Francis Hopwood [later 1st Lord Southborough, Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies] (4); Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson [Governor and Commander in Chief, Cape...
Dates:
02 May 1907 - 29 May 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Home Office: Newport Strike: South Wales Riots. Correspondence and papers., 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
INTRODUCTION TO CHAR 12: THE HOME OFFICE: GENERAL The Home Office papers contain correspondence, printed material and papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Home Secretary. The papers have been arranged into correspondence and subject-based files. The Home Office papers form a departmental sub-class of the official class of the Chartwell Papers which was divided according to the various offices held by WSC. Files containing varying numbers of items were...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Official: Home Office: Shops Bill. Correspondence and papers., 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/5
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From the Series:
INTRODUCTION TO CHAR 12: THE HOME OFFICE: GENERAL The Home Office papers contain correspondence, printed material and papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Home Secretary. The papers have been arranged into correspondence and subject-based files. The Home Office papers form a departmental sub-class of the official class of the Chartwell Papers which was divided according to the various offices held by WSC. Files containing varying numbers of items were...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Official: Home Office: Strikes and Labour Disputes: Correspondence, papers and newspaper cuttings., 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/12
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
INTRODUCTION TO CHAR 12: THE HOME OFFICE: GENERAL The Home Office papers contain correspondence, printed material and papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Home Secretary. The papers have been arranged into correspondence and subject-based files. The Home Office papers form a departmental sub-class of the official class of the Chartwell Papers which was divided according to the various offices held by WSC. Files containing varying numbers of items were...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Official: Munitions., 20 Oct 1917 - 29 Nov 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/8
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Minutes of meetings of Employers' Advisory Committee, chaired by WSC, 20 Oct, 14 and 29 Nov 1917.
Dates:
20 Oct 1917 - 29 Nov 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., 26 Jan 1918 - 24 Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/9
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Minutes and papers of meetings of Employers' Advisory Committee, chaired by WSC, Sir Stephenson Kent, and F G Kellaway, 26 Jan, 1 Feb, 5 Mar, 23 May and 24 July 1918.
Dates:
26 Jan 1918 - 24 Jul 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., 11 Sep 1917 - 28 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/10
Scope and Contents
Trade Union Advisory Committee - Minutes and Papers.
Dates:
11 Sep 1917 - 28 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Munitions., 07 Jan 1917 - 31 Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/11A-B
Scope and Contents
Trade Union Advisory Committee - Minutes and Papers.
Dates:
07 Jan 1917 - 31 Jul 1918
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Official: Munitions., 07 Nov 1917 - 20 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/12
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Womens' Trade Union Advisory Committee - minutes and papers Initial meeting chaired by WSC, other meetings chaired by Frederick Kellaway MP, members included Lady Gertrude Crawford; Margaret Bondfield and Ernest Bevin.
Dates:
07 Nov 1917 - 20 Dec 1917
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Official: Munitions., 03 Jan 1918 - 14 Mar 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/13
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Womens Trade Union Advisory Committee -minutes and papers. The meetings were occasionally chaired by WSC, other members included John Hills MP, Lady Gertrude Crawford and Margaret Bondfield, Sir Stephenson Kent and Frederick Kellaway MP.
Dates:
03 Jan 1918 - 14 Mar 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., Nov 1917 - Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/158
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WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos. 601-743 Correspondents include: Wedgwood Benn (later Lord Stansgate); Major-General Sir William Furse; Lord Robert Cecil (later Lord Cecil of Chelwood), Foreign Office; Walter Long Colonial Office (3); Sir Abe Bailey; Lord Killanin, complaining about treatment by the Priority Dept., Ministry of Munitions; Lady St Aldwyn, on the death of her husband and son; Louis Loucheur, French Minister of Munitions (2); Lord Cowdray on his...
Dates:
Nov 1917 - Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., Mar 1917 - 31 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/106
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L (Labour) Various papers including voluntary registration of men between the ages of 18 and 61 under the National Service Scheme; papers on coal strike at Ebbw Vale, South Wales; correspondence with Sir Stephenson Kent, particularly on the recruitment of munitions workers for the Army; minutes of meeting of the Psychological Committee on causes of national unrest; papers on agreement between the Minister of Munitions and the Executive Council of the Cumberland Iron-Ore Miners and Kindred...
Dates:
Mar 1917 - 31 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., 01 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/107
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L (Labour) Various papers including cuttings of articles by Alex Thompson [acting editor of the Clarion] on the labour situation; Ministry of Munitions Labour Department Special Report on Labour; report on visit to National Aircraft Factory at Croydon, where 2500 men were on strike; memoranda on responsibilities of the seven Government departments dealing with Labour; Cabinet Paper by WSC on the labour Position in the munitions industries; correspondence with Sir Auckland Geddes, Department...
Dates:
01 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
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Official: Munitions., [Dec] 1917 - Feb 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/111
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L (Labour) Papers on payment of 12.5% bonus to skilled munitions and shipbuilding workers on time rather than piece rates, with list of impending and existing strikes.
Dates:
[Dec] 1917 - Feb 1918
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Official: Munitions., Oct 1917 - Feb. 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/112
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L (Labour) War Cabinet papers on payment of 12.5% bonus to skilled workers on time rates in the munitions and shipbuilding industries.
Dates:
Oct 1917 - Feb. 1918
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Official: Munitions., Mar 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/113
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L (Labour) Correspondence with George Barnes, Minister without Portfolio, on payment of 12.5% bonus to skilled workers on time rates in the munitions and shipbuilding industries.
Dates:
Mar 1918
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Official: Munitions., Jan 1918 - Apr 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/115
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L (Labour) Papers on discharge of munitions workers owing to reduction in the munitions programme, including notes on demand for women's labour in non-munitions industries, and list of discharges of women from munitions work; magazine "The Labour Woman, a monthly paper for Working Women".
Dates:
Jan 1918 - Apr 1918
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Official: Munitions., Mar 1918 - Apr 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/116
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L (Labour) Correspondence and papers on WSC's appeal to munitions factories to work through the Easter holidays to replace serious losses guns, machine guns and ammunition resulting from the German Offensive in France. Including handwritten draft of WSC's message, and letters and telegrams from individual factories, and handwritten draft of WSC's message of congratulation to the Ponders End Munitions Factory.
Dates:
Mar 1918 - Apr 1918
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Official: Munitions., Jun 1918 - Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/117
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L (Labour) Correspondence and papers on embargo on recruitment of skilled workers for munitions work.
Dates:
Jun 1918 - Jul 1918
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Official: Munitions., [Jan] 1918 - Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/118
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L (Labour) Correspondence and papers on strikes in the aircraft manufacturing industry, including: note on the sheet metal workers' strike; ; memo by Sir William Weir on position created by strike of aircraft sheet metal workers in the London area; memo on strike at the Waring and Gillow factory in Hammersmith, caused by the dismissal of a female Shop Steward in the Varnish Room: papers on strike at Alliance Aircraft Company works.
Dates:
[Jan] 1918 - Jul 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open