Strikes
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 316 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 02 Aug [1913]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/62/48
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Letter from R G Hickling (79 Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]) to WSC commenting on the settlement of the dock strike and giving advice about the best astrological conditions for actions such as an address in Canada or the launching of a battle ship. Annotated with comment by WSC about the accuracy of Hickling's prediction about the ending of the dock strike.
Dates:
02 Aug [1913]
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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), 12 Apr 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/204/28
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Letter from Clare Sheridan (1 Rue Bonapart, [Paris, France]) to WSC asking him to try to get her a job writing letters for the press on the situation in France, affirming her commitment to furthering Anglo-French relations, referring to strikes and tension in France and reporting that 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] hates women and has refused to let her do his bust.
Dates:
12 Apr 1934
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), 12 Aug 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/81/81
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Letter from Charlotte Knollys [Bedchamber Woman to Queen Alexandra](Studeley Royal, Ripon [Yorkshire]) to Mrs West [Lady Randolph Churchill] enclosing the name of the cabinet maker in charge of the carving school [at Sandringham, Norfolk] and discussing the Queen's travelling difficulties which have been created by industrial action.
Dates:
12 Aug 1912
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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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. Letters to Lady Randolph Churchill from various correspondents and draft letters from Lady Randolph Churchill. The file chiefly relates to the organisation of "Shakespeare's England", an exhibition at Earl's Court. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 19 Aug 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/100/20-47
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Notes of a meeting between the Central Committee of the Mining Association and Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation on the state of the industry and the miners' strike, and particularly on: working hours; wages; a National Agreement as opposed to local wage settlements; coal prices at home and abroad.
Dates:
19 Aug 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/100/55-93
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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], and Sir Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department) 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 the strike upon the country; the miners' refusal to...
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 22/101/57-58
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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
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Open
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(Untitled), 06 Oct 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/102/4-5
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Typescript copy of a letter from Ronald Waterhouse, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, to the Secretary of the Miners' Federation [Arthur Cook], stating that in order to help settle the coal dispute, the Government had made a conditional offer to the Federation of setting up a National Arbitration Tribunal to review any settlement under which miners were asked to work more than seven hours. Waterhouse goes on to say that the Federation had rejected this offer once, and that the...
Dates:
06 Oct 1926
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Open
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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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 15 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/105/78-81
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Open
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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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/114/73-109
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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
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Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/120/10-41
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, representatives of the Central Committee of the Mining Association and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation....
Dates:
27 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 28 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/120/42-103
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, representatives of the Central Committee of the Mining Association and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation....
Dates:
28 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/121/116-122
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, representatives of the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners'...
Dates:
30 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/60-67
Scope and Contents
Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Neville Chamberlain, 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, representatives of the Industrial Committee of the Trades Union Congress and...
Dates:
30 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/68-95
Scope and Contents
Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 4th Lord Salisbury, Lord Privy Seal [earlier Lord Cranborne], 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Neville Chamberlain, 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,...
Dates:
30 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 13 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/122/117-129
Scope and Contents
Notes of meeting on the coal dispute between Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Neville Chamberlain, 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, and representatives of the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation. Subjects discussed include: the rejection by the miners of the...
Dates:
13 May 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 18 May 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/123/3-52
Scope and Contents
Minutes of a meeting between the Cabinet Coal Committee (including Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland [Minister of Labour], George Lane-Fox, Secretary for Mines [later 1st Lord Bingley] and Ernest Gowers, Permanent Under-Secretary, Mines Department) and the Executive Committee of the Miners' Federation, on the settlement of the coal dispute. Subjects discussed include: reduction in wages; the...
Dates:
18 May 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open