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How did the post-war consensus dictate conservative policy towards trade unions 1951-1964?

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Committed to maintaining full employment

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What were the blips 1951-1964?

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Disagreements over economy/stop-go cycle
Macmillan said ‘we need restraint and common sense’ (persuade shouldn’t have high wage increases)
1957 dispute over wage management
1961 pay pause introduced

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What were the disputes over wage management 1957?

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Thorneycroft wanted a monetarism policy towards (would’ve created bad relations)
Macmillan sided with expansionist policies, preserving the post war consensus

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Why did the blips not become something bigger 1951-1964?

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Age affluence creates good feeling
National economic development council 1961
National incomes commission 1962
Bigger issues in labour (didn’t expect to be allies with the conservatives)

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Who was the leader of the labour party and why was this significant with the trade unions?

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Right-wing leader Gaitskell
Frank cousins particularly opposed to Gaitskell due to the issue of nuclear weapons
Gaitskell tried to abolish Clause IV but backed down due to opposition from TUs

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When did Frank Cousins become leader of TGWU?

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1956

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When did Gaitskell try to abolish Clause IV?

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1959 Labour party conference

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How did Labour 1964-1970 start off?

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Wanting to work with the TUs

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When and what was Cousins made minister of?

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1964 - minister of technology

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What did George Brown and DEA try to come to an agreement about?

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Wages and prices

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What did George Brown and DEA’s discussions come to/what did it lead to?

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Nothing - problems with the treasury
Seamen strikes ‘‘wildcat strikes ‘’
Strikes were defeated but people shocked how critical Wilson was of strikers

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What are wildcat strikes?

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Bottom-up

Ran by the workers not the trade unions

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When was In place of strife?

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1969

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What was In place of strife?

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An attempt to limit unofficial strikes 
Terms included: 
28-day cooling off period 
Government settlements in between disputes 
Industrial relations court
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What did In Place of Strife cause?

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Split in the labour party and a backing down of government

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What did Heath inherit in 1970?

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Uncooperative trade unions - dockers, large pay settlements, ‘‘go-slow’‘/power cuts

17
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What was the industrial relations act 1971?

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Similar to In Place of Strife

TUC and CBI against it

18
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How many working days were lost during the strikes 1972?

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23,909,000 - highest since 1926 and led to 3 day week

19
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What was the Industry Act 1972?

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Involve gov, TUC, CBI in agreeing wages/prices (goes back on scrapping of DEA)

20
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What did November 1973 OPEC crisis lead to/what was it?

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Lack of oil so dependent on coal
Increased wage demand from miners as needed
Lead to a 3-day week from January 1st 1974
National strike
General election 28th february 1974

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What was Wilson’s attitudes to TUs 1974-1979?

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Policy of appeasement

22
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What did Wilson want voters to think?

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Labour was better equipped to deal with worker strikes

23
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What/when was the Social Contact?

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1973

Negotiated voluntary pay restraint by unions in return for repealing industrial relations act

24
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Who was appointed Ministers of industry and employment 1974-1979?

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Tony Benn

Michael Foot

25
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What did Healy’s budget aim to do?

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Not annoy the trade unions

26
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What happened in 1975 with pay restraints?

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TUs not sticking to their side of the social contract so more formal pay policy was introduced angering many left-wingers

27
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What did Callaghan’s september 1976 speech warn?

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The ‘cosy world’ with full employment was gone

28
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What did divisions in the labour party lead to 1974-1979?

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Growth of leftists militancy - local councils/TUs did what they wanted

29
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How did the winter of discontent begin?

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Autumn 1978 - TUC rejected proposals of wage rises to 5% and demanded 15% (achieved after 9 day strike -lorry drivers)

30
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What was the winter of discontent not as bad as?

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1974 - it wasn’t as economically damaging but more socially crushing

31
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When did the winter of discontent end?

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March 1979

32
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What was the average pay wage at the end of the winter of discontent?

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10%

33
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What did the winter of discontent cause?

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Damage to trade union reputation

Brought down labour government

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