Trade unions
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 399 Collections and/or Records:
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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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(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
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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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(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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(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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(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
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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
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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/118/84-96
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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
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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
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/120/1-9
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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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(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
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(Untitled), 13 Jun 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/93B/178
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Letter from WSC to Lord Hinchingbrooke [later 10th Lord Sandwich and Victor Montagu, Conservative MP for Dorset] advising that the threat to break the law should be withdrawn as the Trade Unionists do not seem to be in favour of this, and feels that some concessions should be made in order to gain permanent acceptance for the rest of the Act Signature in typescript. Copy.
Dates:
13 Jun 1943
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(Untitled), [Dec] [1902]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/10
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Letter from WSC (Assouan on the notepaper of 105 Mount Street) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his illness; the progress of his [biography of Lord Randolph Churchill]; the assistance provided by [Sir Michael Hicks] Beach [later Lord St Alwyn]; disappointment in the temple at Carnac; difficulties between the Conservatives and the Trade Unions and his sympathy with the latter; and a request that she should look after "Jack" [John S Churchill] who is described as "untamed and...
Dates:
[Dec] [1902]
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From the Fonds:
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Various speeches and Interviews, including an interview with NK on the privatisation of the National Health Service, 1991-10, 1989
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/184
Scope and Contents
Side 1 includes: NK giving a brief press interview; recording from a meeting at the Labour Party Conference, with short speeches by Ron Todd, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, and NK, in tribute to Todd before his retirement; Virginia Bottomley [Minister for Health] speaking on a radio phone-in programme about health policy; earlier 1989 recording of opinions from a member of public on various subjects.Side 2 includes: a press interview with NK on the...
Dates:
1991-10; 1989
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From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available.
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Visits, 1988-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/71
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Briefings and arrangements for visits and meetings including: the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) conference; visit to Girobank Operations Centre, Bootle, including correspondence with [George] Malcolm Williamson, Managing Director of Girobank plc and papers on the privatisation of Girobank; visit to Liverpool unemployment centre, including a letter from Dale Campbell-Savours on NK’s visit to his constituency; visit to Cleator Moor, Cumbria, for the unveiling of a mining monument,...
Dates:
1988-06
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visits and meetings, 1988-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/68
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Includes: note of a call from Sir Robin Butler [Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service] on a leak to Labour from No 10; a briefing for a meeting with Butler and correspondence with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister and Tam Dalyell on a file concerning Hugh Gaitskell, former leader of the Labour Party, which had not been released under the 30-year rule; briefing for a photo-call with a delegation from the Transport and General Workers Union’s Agricultural and Allied Workers Trade...
Dates:
1988-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visits and meetings, 1991-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/126
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Briefings and arrangements for visits and meetings, including: meeting with Building Employers Federation; visit to the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) conference, Blackpool [Lancashire], including various resolutions, text of a speech by Ron Todd, General Secretary, on industrial legislation, a briefing on the Conference Arrangements Committee and a possible threat to the organisation of Conference and Labour’s party presentation, and an interview with NK for the T&G Women...
Dates:
1991-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visits and meetings, 1992-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/133
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Briefings and arrangements for visits and meetings, including: meeting with John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Northern Ireland, including correspondence with James Molyneaux, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, on NK’s statement on Labour’s position on negotiations on the future or Northern Ireland, following his meeting with Irish leaders, Feb 1992 (see 19/2/132); dinner with Jewish Community leaders; retirement party for Ron Todd, General Secretary of the...
Dates:
1992-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Visits and meetings, 1989-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/87
Scope and Contents
Briefings and notes for visits including: a Poems and Pints evening, Risca [Gwent, Wales]; a Nehru Centenary dinner; visit to South Wales Switchgear Limited; a photo call with Yuri Lyubimov, director of the Taganka Theatre; meeting with Paul Keating, Federal Treasurer of Australia; memorial service for the Royal Marines; meeting with unions in an ambulance dispute; meeting with junior front-bench spokesmen; notes for meeting with Greville Janner and Seymour Reich, President of the B’nai...
Dates:
1989-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Wapping Lies", 1986-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/90
Scope and Contents
10 minute video on the dispute between the print unions and News International.
Dates:
1986-08
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From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available
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Weekend World, 1983-10 - 1984-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 17/33
Scope and Contents
Briefings, arrangements and transcripts for NK’s interview with Brian Walden for Weekend World, Jan 1984. Subjects include: electoral strategy; economic policy; renationalisation; trade unions; defence; pensions. Includes a transcript of an earlier Weekend World interview with [William] John Biffen, Leader of the House of Commons, on Government cuts to public spending.
Dates:
1983-10 - 1984-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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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