Material related to industrial action and organising (i), 1950-1983
Material related to industrial action and organising (i), 1950-1983
Collection: Radical Trade Unionism in Britain, 1921-1991 Volumes Material related to industrial action and organising (i), 1950-1983
A range of miscellaneous material relating to the CPGB’s role in industrial disputes from the 1950s to 1980s. It includes material on the decline of the CPGB’s factory branches, disputes at the Port of London, and the controversial ballot-rigging scandal that the CPGB engaged in in the Electrical Trades Union.
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The ballot-rigging scandal in the Electrical Trades Union, 1950–1969
This document contains a typescript copy of the CPGB statement on the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), the ETU reply to the ‘New Statesman’ and criticism of Mr. Wyatt’s article, various...
Date:1950-1969Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-01-05
The People’s March for Jobs, 1983
This document contains material from the 1983 ‘People’s March for Jobs’ and includes a report on previous marches for workers rights, an information leaflet, manuscript letters and plans, information on...
Date:1983-1983Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-01-04
Miscellaneous industrial disputes and the Cameron Report, 1960–1979
This document contains a typescript report into ‘A Militant Wages Policy’, a typescript document urging citizens to join the CPGB, typescript accounts of speeches in favour of workers’ rights, CPGB...
Date:1960-1979Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-01-03
Campaign to save CPGB factory branches, 1966–1968
During the slow decline of the CPGB, factory branches were one of the first groups to suffer from falling membership, with many subsequently closing down. This document contains typescript reports...
Date:1966-1968Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-01-02
Industrial disputes in the Port of London, 1950–1959
Contains typescript clippings from ‘Port Workers News’, manuscript and typescript notes, copies of speeches delivered to dockworkers by CPGB officials, copies of resolution papers, copy of the 44th Annual Report...
Date:1950-1959Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-01-01
