Labour Policy—False and True

About this eBook

Author

Macassey, Lynden Livingston, 1876-1963

Title

Labour policy—false and true : A study in economic history and industrial economics

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1922.

Credits

David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Industrial policy -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70243

Release Date

March 8, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LABOUR POLICY—FALSE AND TRUE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.Part I THE LABOUR PARTY’S FALSE POLICY
6. 6.CHAPTER I THE LABOUR PARTY’S CONSTITUTION AND ITS DEFECTS — Origin of the Labour Party — Reconstitution in 1918 — The Trades Union Congress — The National Joint Council — The Parliamentary Labour Party — The Labour Party, a Class Party — The Party’s Want of Leadership
7. 7.CHAPTER II AN OUTLINE OF THE LABOUR PARTY’S GENERAL POLICY — A National Minimum Standard of Living — Effective Personal Freedom — Socialization of Land and Industry — A Revolution in Public Finance — The Surplus Wealth for the Common Good — International Co-operation — No Protective Tariffs — Freedom of International Trade
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE LABOUR PARTY’S ADOPTION OF SOCIALISM I. MEANING OF SOCIALISM — The Common Characteristics of all Socialistic Creeds — State Socialism — Syndicalism — National Guildism — Nationalization and Democratic Control
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE LABOUR PARTY’S ADOPTION OF SOCIALISM 2. HISTORY OF THE ALLIANCE — Labour’s Struggle for Political Power, 1825-1832 — Labour’s Alliance with Revolutionary Socialism, 1832-1842 — Labour’s Renunciation of Socialism, 1842-1885 — The Era of Constitutional State Socialism, 1885-1905 — The New Syndicalist Revolutionary Ferment of 1905 — The Socialist Societies — The Social Democratic Federation — The Communist Party — The Fabian Society — The Independent Labour Party — The Socialist Labour Party — The Socialist Party of Great Britain — The National Guilds League
10. 10.CHAPTER V THE LABOUR PARTY’S ADOPTION OF SOCIALISM 3. THE HOME SOCIALISTIC PROGRAMME — Nationalization of the Means of Production, Distribution and Exchange — The Labour Addendum to the Whitley Report, 1918 — The Industrial Programme of 1918 — Land Nationalization — The Control of Industry — Labour’s Report to the Industrial Conference, 1919 — Nationalization of the Coal Industry
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE LABOUR PARTY’S ADOPTION OF SOCIALISM 4. THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTIC PROGRAMME — The First International — The Old Second International — The International Labour Charter of 1919 — The New Second International — The Geneva Resolutions on Socialism of 1920 — The Second International and Bolshevism — The Third or Moscow International
12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE LABOUR PARTY’S ADOPTION OF SOCIALISM 5. APPROVAL OF DIRECT ACTION. — The Meaning and Qualities of Direct Action — Direct Action on the Clyde, 1916 — Conversion of the Labour Party to Use of Direct Action — Establishment of the Council of Action — Setting-up of Local Soviets
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE LABOUR PARTY’S INDUSTRIAL AND LAND POLICY 1. DETAILS OF THE PROPOSALS — The Industries and Businesses to be Nationalized — Extension of Municipal Enterprise — Control of Capitalistic Industries and Businesses — Labour’s Agricultural Policy — Abolition of Landlordism — Councils for Agriculture — A Legal Minimum Agricultural Wage — Workers’ Control of Agriculture
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE LABOUR PARTY’S INDUSTRIAL AND LAND POLICY 2. A CRITICISM — What Capitalism Is — Our Debt to Capitalism — The Alleged Defects of Capitalism — Where Reform is Admittedly Needed — The Failure of Past Socialistic Experiments — Limits within which Nationalization is Practicable — The Different Schemes of Land Nationalization — The Taxing-out Scheme — The State Purchase Scheme — The Socialistic Confiscation Schemes — The Conceptions Underlying Each Scheme — The Disadvantages of State Ownership of Land
15. 15.CHAPTER X THE LABOUR PARTY’S POLICY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 1. WORK OR MAINTENANCE — The Manchester Resolution of 1917 — The Memorandum on War Aims, 1917 — The Memorandum on Unemployment after the War, 1917 — The London Resolution of 1918 — The Prevention of Unemployment Bill, 1919 — Labour’s Recommendations to the Industrial Conference, 1919 — The Right Hon. A. Henderson’s Addendum — The Southport Resolution of 1919 — The Resolution of September 1919 — The Recommendations of the Joint Committee on Cost of Living, September 1920 — Vote of Censure in Parliament, October 1920 — Resolution of December 1920 — Labour’s Refusal to Co-operate with the Government, 1921 — Labour’s Statement of Policy for Unemployment, 1921 — Manifesto on Unemployment, 1921
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE LABOUR PARTY’S POLICY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT 2. ITS IMPRACTICABILITY — The Unsoundness of the Right to Work — The Failure of Work or Maintenance in France — Impossibility of Providing Suitable Work — Employment Depends Primarily on Demand — The Farm Colony Fiascos
17. 17.Part II GOVERNMENT LABOUR POLICY
18. 18.CHAPTER XII WAR-TIME LABOUR REGULATION AND ITS EFFECTS — Co-operation between Employers and Unions at Beginning of War — The Unsettling Effect of Shortage of Labour — The “Treasury” Agreements of March 1915 — The Limitation of Employers’ Profits — Failure of Compulsory Arbitration — Effect of Relieving Employers of Responsibility for Labour Management — Increases of Wages and Prices — Relation of Wages to Cost of Living
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII NORMAL GOVERNMENT LABOUR POLICY — Government Departments Concerned — Conciliation and Arbitration — Whitley Councils — Industry’s Own Conciliation Machinery — State Conciliation Machinery — Statutory Minimum Wages — Employment Exchanges — The Work of the Ministry of Labour
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV GOVERNMENT LABOUR POLICY FOR THE COAL INDUSTRY — Pre-war Conditions — The South Wales Strike of 1915 — Government War-time Control — The Sankey Commission — The Mining Industry Act, 1920 — The Strike of October 1920 — The Strike of April 1921 — The Failure of Part II of the Act of 1920 — Royalties — Summary of Government Policy
21. 21.CHAPTER XV GOVERNMENT LABOUR POLICY FOR RAILWAYS — Pre-war Conditions — Government War-time Control — The Wage Agreement of March 1919 — The Railway Strike of September 1919 — The Wage Agreement of March 1920 — The Railways Act, 1921 — The Railway Conciliation Machinery of 1921 — Sectional Railway Councils — Railway Councils
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI GOVERNMENT LABOUR POLICY FOR AGRICULTURE — Government War-time Control — Government’s New Policy in 1921 — The Establishment of Joint Conciliation Committees in England and Wales — The Work of the Conciliation Committees — Agriculture and Unemployment Insurance
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII GOVERNMENT POLICY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT — 1. STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE — 2. CONSTRUCTION OF WORKS OF PUBLIC UTILITY — 3. EXPEDITED ROAD SCHEMES — 4. POOR LAW RELIEF
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII GOVERNMENT POLICY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT — 5. GUARANTEE OF LOANS — 6. THE EXPORT CREDITS SCHEME — 7. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS SCHEMES
25. 25.Part III THE TRUE LABOUR POLICY
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX THE OUTLOOK OF THE WORKER — Ignorance about Industry — Misconceptions as to Wages — Discontent and its Causes — Effect of Bad Environment — Fear of Unemployment — Dissatisfaction with Status in Industry — Belief in Agitation — Desire for Improvement — Low Conception of Work — Suspicion of Employers — The Worker and his Trade Union — The Worker and the Community
27. 27.CHAPTER XX REFORM OF INDUSTRY INSTEAD OF SOCIALIZATION — The Three Dominant Aspirations of the Workers — Can and Ought they to be Satisfied? — The Vagueness of Labour’s Scheme of Reconstruction — The Recent Change in Labour’s Proposals — Reform of Industry v. Reconstruction
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS TO BE RECTIFIED IN INDUSTRY — Capital and the Administrative Staff — Capital and the Manual Workers — The Manual Workers inter se — The Administrative Staff and the Manual Workers — Industry and the Consuming Community — Industry and the Nation
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF GOVERNMENT TO INDUSTRY — 1. THE POLICY FOR THE PRESENT DEPRESSION
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIII THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP OF GOVERNMENT TO INDUSTRY — 2. THE NORMAL POSITION OF GOVERNMENT IN RELATION TO INDUSTRY
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIV THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED 1. CONTENTMENT IN INDUSTRY ( a ) — ( a ) Provision against Unemployment
32. 32.CHAPTER XXV THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED 1. CONTENTMENT IN INDUSTRY ( b ) — ( b ) Human Status of the Worker
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVI THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED 1. CONTENTMENT IN INDUSTRY ( c ) — ( c ) Remuneration of the Worker
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVII THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED 2. CO-OPERATION IN INDUSTRY — The Workers’ Own Resort to Co-operation — The Marxian Argument against Co-operation — Some Workshop Applications — The Marxian Fallacy of the Origin of Capital — The Marxian Fallacy of Value — The Need of Sympathy in Workshop Life — The Need of Strict Justice — The Money Value of Sympathy in Industry — The Sympathetic Handling of Labour a Special Art — An Illustration of its Successful Application
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVIII THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYED 3. PRODUCTION IN INDUSTRY — The Importance of Production — What Production Depends on — The Workers’ Notion of the Secret Fund — “Passing it on” — The Workers’ Belief in Restricted Output — Introduction of Time- and Labour-Saving Appliances — Payment by Results — Subdivision and Simplification of Process — No “Niggling” at Prices
36. 36.CHAPTER XXIX THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND THE COMMUNITY — The Formation of Sound Public Opinion — The Responsibility of the Consumer — The Duty of the Citizen
37. 37.FOOTNOTES
38. 38.INDEX — PART I. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, STATUTORY ORDERS, ETC. — PART II. PERSONS. — PART III. PLACES. — PART IV. PUBLICATIONS. — PART V. ORGANIZATIONS. — PART VI. SUBJECTS.

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