Industrial Relations (T3) Flashcards

1
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What employment opportunities did WW2 lead too?

A
  • More Women in workforce

- Better working conditions; improved healthcare, longer hours but better wages.

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2
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What is the Control of employment Act?

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Semi-skilled workers could take on skilled jobs

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3
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What was the essential work order?

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Forced people to do particular jobs, 8.5 million

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4
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Why was there a growth in the ‘white collar’ industry?

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  • Higher levels of income fuelled more demand for ‘luxury’ goods and services, like meals out which created jobs.
    -More public sector jobs due to increase in spending
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5
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What industries suffered?

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Traditional industries suffered and there were huge falls in the number of miners and shipwrights

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6
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What did education do?

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Gave people better mobility

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7
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What were the strikes during the war about?

A

Wages

Hours

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8
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Who became Minister of Labour in 1940?

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Bevin, a trade unionist

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9
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What did Bevin promote?

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Working relationships between unions and management

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10
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Who were the Bevin Boys?

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Young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines between 1943 and 1948

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11
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What did war lead to?

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Inclusion of trade unions into many government decision making bodies

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12
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What did Attlee’s government do?

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  • Working with unions established as part of the consensus
  • Key industries nationalised
  • Trade unionist inclusion on the board of the nationalised Bank of England
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13
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What did the 1927 Trade Disputes Act being repealed mean?

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It gave the unions more power and making Labour more reliant on union funding

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14
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When was the Conservative industrial charter?

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1947

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15
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What was the Conservative industrial charter?

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It showed consensus views on cooperation with the unions and protecting labour rights

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16
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What industrial relations in 1950’s like?

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  • Full employment and high trade union membership

- Growing divide between the workers and middle class

17
Q

Who were the prosperous trade union leaders in the 50’s?

A

Vic feather

Jack jones

18
Q

What could shop stewards do?

A

They could call unofficial ‘wildcat’ strikes

They wanted a greater share in consumerism

19
Q

What was happening to the relationship between the conservatives and the Trade Unions?

A

Deteriorating.

The number of strikes 1955-1964 was double of 1945-1950.

20
Q

What increased in the 1960’s?

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The number of ‘Wildcat’ strikes they accounted for 90% of all strikes.

21
Q

What was there a clear and present feeling of in the TUC’s?

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Militancy- caused by workers whose wages fell behind inflation.

22
Q

What was unemployment like in the 1970’s?

A

1 million in 1972

23
Q

What had reached crisis point in the 70’s?

A

tensions with the unions- 3 day week and the winter of discontent

24
Q

What did Wilson attempt to do with the trade unions?

A

He attempted to have a close relationship with the unions

25
Q

What act was passed in 1965?

A

Trade Disputes Act- restored certain legal immunities for TU’s

26
Q

What did Barbara Castles 1969 ‘In place of strife’ proposed?
(3)

A
  • Secret ballots before strikes become compulsory
  • A cooling off period of 90 days could be imposed at ministerial discretion
  • Fines be available for breaches of the law by union activists
27
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Was ‘In place of strife’ successful?

A

No it was so unpopular with unions it was never implemented.

28
Q

What strike was there in 1966?

A

The national Seamens strike

29
Q

What did the seamen want?

What was the outcome?

A

a 17% pay rise

The strikers give up

30
Q

What was Heath’s attitude towards the unions?

A

Selsdon man wanted to limit the power of the unions and refuse to prop failing industries.

31
Q

When was the Industrial relations act?

A

1971

32
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What was the industrial relations act?

A
  • Places limits of the right to strike
  • Insisted unions had to place themselves on a government register
  • Established the National Industrial Relation Court to judge the legality of strike action.
33
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Was the Industrial relations act a success?

A

The act failed because unions reused to comply.

34
Q

What strike happened in 1972?

A

Nation Union of Miners strike + 3 day week.

35
Q

What happened at the Nation Union of Miners strike + 3 day week?

A

NUM demanded a 43% pay rise
Government offers 8%
200 000 miners went on strike.

36
Q

What was the Govt. response to the Nation Union of Miners strike + 3 day week.?

A
  • Government declared a state of emergency.

- The government eventually offered a 27% pay rise.

37
Q

What strike happened in 1974?

A

NUM strike + 3 day working week.

38
Q

What happened at the 1974 NUM strike + 3 day working week?

A
  • 1973 oil crisis led to higher wage demands.

- The NUM dekanded a 35% pay rise.

39
Q

What did the 3 day week involve?

A
  • Commercial electricity use limited to 3 days each week
  • Industry worked 3 days a week
  • 50mph driving limit
  • Some schools closed
  • Tv ended at 10:30 pm each night