The History Of Trade Unionism

About this eBook

Author

Webb, Beatrice, 1858-1943

Title

The History of Trade Unionism (Revised edition, extended to 1920)

Credits

MWS, SF2001, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Labor unions -- Great Britain -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66887

Release Date

December 6, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1920
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF 1894 — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.THE HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONISM — CHAPTER I — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER II — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER III — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER V — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — The Cotton Operatives — The Building Trades — Engineering and the Metal Trades — The Compositors — Boot and Shoemaking — Women Workers — The General Workers — The “Black-Coated Proletariat” — The Miners — The Railwaymen — Amalgamations and Federations — The General Federation of Trade Unions — Trades Councils — The Trades Union Congress — The Officers of the Trade Union Movement — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER X — Actions for Damages — The Taff Vale Case — The Trade Disputes Act — The Osborne Judgement — The Development of English Law — The Miscarriage of Justice — The Trade Union Act of 1913 — The Rise in Status of Trade Unionism — British Trade Unionism and the War — The Revolution in Thought — The Increased Reliance on Direct Action — The Demand for the Elimination of the Capitalist Profit-maker — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.APPENDICES
18. 18.APPENDIX I
19. 19.APPENDIX II — Miscellaneous and Auxiliary Lodges — Employment of Turn Outs — Of Secretaries — Initiation — Of Branch Lodges — Wardens, Etc. — Miscellaneous Articles
20. 20.APPENDIX III — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.APPENDIX IV
22. 22.APPENDIX V
23. 23.APPENDIX VI — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.APPENDIX VII
25. 25.APPENDIX VIII
26. 26.INDEX — THE END
27. 27.OTHER WORKS BY SIDNEY AND BEATRICE WEBB. — INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY — PROBLEMS OF MODERN INDUSTRY. — THE WORKS MANAGER TO-DAY. — THE PUBLIC ORGANISATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET. — THE BREAK-UP OF THE POOR LAW. — THE PREVENTION OF DESTITUTION. — ENGLISH POOR LAW POLICY. — GRANTS IN AID: A CRITICISM AND A PROPOSAL. — THE PARISH AND THE COUNTY. — THE MANOR AND THE BOROUGH. — THE STORY OF THE KING’S HIGHWAY. — THE HISTORY OF LIQUOR LICENSING IN ENGLAND. — THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN. — SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND. — HOW TO PAY FOR THE WAR. — FABIAN ESSAYS IN SOCIALISM. — TOWARD SOCIAL DEMOCRACY? — MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WAGES: SHOULD THEY BE EQUAL? — GREAT BRITAIN AFTER THE WAR. — THE RESTORATION OF TRADE UNION CONDITIONS. — REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT. — REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE AND MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE ALL OVER THE WORLD. — SOCIALISM AND INDIVIDUALISM. — THE BASIS AND POLICY OF SOCIALISM. — SOCIALISM AND NATIONAL MINIMUM. — Transcriber's Notes

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