Industrial disputes during the Thatcher years, 1980-1991
Industrial disputes during the Thatcher years, 1980-1991
Collection: Radical Trade Unionism in Britain, 1921–1991 Volumes Industrial disputes during the Thatcher years, 1980-1991
The 1980s saw a concerted and aggressive neutering of the trade union movement in Britain, with Thatcher introducing anti-union laws that drastically reduced their power in society and their ability to influence labour relations. Documents in this volume trace the fierce battles of the era in industries ranging from motoring to broadcasting, with the CPGB trying to exact its influence on the movement.
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Material from the Trade Union Congress (i), 1988
This document contains manuscript and typescript notes about a wide range of Trades Union Congress (TUC) meetings across England, copies of the TUC Bulletin, TUC typescript reports on Europe, a...
Date:1988-1988Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-02-01
The CPGB at the Trade Union Congress, 1988–1990
Contains typescript list of members attending the 1989 Trades Union Congress, correspondence from Pete Carter inviting people to the 1989 TUC meeting and asking for information about elected delegates, typescript...
Date:1988-1990Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-02-02
Ian McKay’s Trade Union Congress correspondence, 1990
Contains correspondence from Ian McKay, a letter about the future of congress, manuscript notes, TUC meeting agenda, a pamphlet written by Ian McKay about Labour’s policy document ‘Looking to the...
Date:1990-1990Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-02-03
Material from the Trade Union Congress (ii), 1991
This document includes a poster for a seminar on ‘The History and Perspective of the Trade Union Movement’, a typescript copy an offer to the subscription of ‘Changes’, correspondence from...
Date:1991-1991Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-02-06
Material related to the Welsh Trade Union Congress, 1989–1990
This document includes a typescript copy of ‘A Fairer Future’, manuscript notes, a copy of a notice to the delegates of the Welsh TUC, a copy of ‘Union Eyes’, a...
Date:1989-1990Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-02-08
Material from the Labour Research Department, 1986–1988
Contains letters from Pete Carter, a copy of the lobby briefing on Apartheid, manuscript notes, pamphlets from the Labour Research Department, letters from Lionel Fulton and various papers from the...
Date:1986-1988Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-02-10
The Executive Committee’s Labour Movement Working Group, 1990
Includes letters from Ian McKay, Sid Platt, typescript notes on the meetings of the Executive Committee’s Labour Movement Working Group, typescript notes on the Labour Movement Meeting in Leeds, list...
Date:1990-1990Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-02-11
Material on the AIDS crisis, 1987–1988
Includes a copy of a report titled ‘AIDS: Some Questions and Answers’, letters from McKay on the AIDS crisis, manuscript notes, letters from Pete Carter, Sandwell Borough Council’s policy statement...
Date:1987-1988Contributor:Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Identifier:cp-cent-ind-03-01
