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The Railwaymen: Volume 1: The History of the National Union of Railwaymen

The Railwaymen: Volume 1: The History of the National Union of Railwaymen

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Trade Unions

Business GeneralEconomics

ISBN10: 1032414642
ISBN13: 9781032414645
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 30 2022
Pages: 736
Weight: 2.20
Height: 1.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Originally published in 1963, The Railwaymen recounts the struggle of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants from its foundation in 1872 until the first national railway strike in 1911 to gain recognition from the companies and a reduction in the excessive hours of labour and the scandalously high accident rate among railwaymen. Two chapters recall the decisive role of the union, through the Taff Vale and Osborne cases in shaping the modern labour movement. Founded through the merging of three unions in 1913, the NUR crossed swords with Lloyd George in the railway strike of 1919 and with Baldwin and Churchill in the general strike. It led the railwaymen through two world wars, helped shape the transport act of 1947 and, after 1951, thought for the re-establishment of an adequate system of public transport.

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