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The Great Labour Unrest: Rank-And-File Movements and Political Change in the Durham Coalfield

The Great Labour Unrest: Rank-And-File Movements and Political Change in the Durham Coalfield

Mates, Lewis

Paperback

British HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 152614560X
ISBN13: 9781526145604
Publisher: Manchester Univ Pr
Published: Mar 10 2020
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Great Labour Unrest examines the struggle between liberals, socialists and revolutionary syndicalists for control of Britain's best established district miners' union. Drawing widely on a vast and rich body of primary sources, this study reveals the debates that grassroots activists had during the fascinating and turbulent 'Great Labour Unrest' period. It charts the contexts in which the socialists challenged the union's Liberal leaders from the late 1890s and considers the complex strikes in 1910 against the implementation of the Liberal government's miners' eight-hour day. It analyses the emergence and development of a mass rank-and-file movement in the coalfield based around demands for a miners' minimum wage and, when this principle was won in March 1912, for an improved minimum wage. This book is of interest to academics, advanced students and lay people interested in political, social and economic history, political thought, economics, and industrial relations.

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