trade unions

Question 1

when did Ernest Bevin become official for Dockers’ Union

Answer 1

1911

Question 2

what does NTWF stand for

Answer 2

National Transport Workers Federation

Question 3

when was Bevin defeated as a parliamentary candidate

Answer 3

1918

Question 4

what does NUR stand for

Answer 4

National Union of Railwaymen

Question 5

what was the role of James Henry Thomas

Answer 5

general secretary of NUR and worked with Lloyd George to improve pay and working conditions, popular with upper/middle class

Question 6

What was the role of Manny Shinwell

Answer 6

earned fame for militancy against police
, key in gaining seafarers support for 40 hour strike
parliamentary secretary of Macdonalds 192 Labour gov for mining

Question 7

what was the role of James Maxton

Answer 7

1913-1919 chairman of Scottish Labour Party, sent to work on barges after refusal to be conscripted
joined CWC
1918 elected into National Council of Labour Party

Question 8

what does CWC stand for

Answer 8

Clydeside Workers Committee

Question 9

when was the Munitions of War Act passed and what did it do

Answer 9

1915
nationalised private companies so government could control wages, employment hours
introduced leaving certificates

Question 10

what caused strikes in May 1917 in Clyde

Answer 10

14,000 women employed (example of dilution)

Question 11

When was the Glasgow rent strike

Answer 11

Sep 1915

Question 12

who was the leader of the Glasgow rent strike

Answer 12

Mary Barbour

Question 13

what legislation was passed in response to Glasgow rent strike

Answer 13

Rent and Mortgages Restriction Act

Question 14

When was the 40 hour strike

Answer 14

JAn 1919

Question 15

who was the general strike organised by

Answer 15

Joint Strike Committee of Glasgow

Question 16

When did Thomas launch a strike after gov refused to agree on permanent settlement to continue railway war bonuses

Answer 16

Sep 1919

Question 17

when was the Sankey Commission and what was it

Answer 17

1919, investigation into whether mining should remain nationalised

Question 18

when was Black Friday

Answer 18

15th April 1921

Question 19

what was the Defence of the Realm Act and when was it passed

Answer 19

regulated industrial relations during WW1

Question 20

What was the Defence of the Realm Act replaced by and when

Answer 20

the Emergency Powers Act, allowed gov to declare a national state of emergency in times of severe industrial unrest
oct 1920

Question 21

when was the Strike Committee formed

Answer 21

Feb 1919

Question 22

when was the Strike Committee’s name changed and what was it changed to

Answer 22

October 1919
Supply and Transport Committee
had legislative power

Question 23

How did the STC control industrial unrest

Answer 23

made plans to recruit volunteers to replace striking workers
use of volunteers to be constables to avoid using the army
was disbanded in August 1921 but Home Office retained nucleus of committee fir future use
1923 it was revived

Question 24

When was the General Council of TUC formed and when did it gain the support of the MFGB and NUR

Answer 24

1921 and 1924

Question 25

when was the AEU formed and what does it stand for

Answer 25

1920
Amalgamated Engineering Union

Question 26

how much did AEU members pay for their membership

Answer 26

one shilling a week

Question 27

When was the Council of action formed and what made it up

Answer 27

Aug 1921
Labour and trade unions

Question 28

what replaced the NTWF as the leading transport union

Answer 28

TGWU (Transport and General Workers’ Union)

Question 29

Between 1921 and 1925 what was the average fall in wages

Answer 29

£12 per week

Question 30

by 1925 what was unemployment at

Answer 30

a million

Question 31

why did the gold standard increase industrial unrest

Answer 31

created deflation, a shortage of currency and constraining the economy
wages fell and increased unemployment
British exports became more expensive