working with unions part of consensus - key industs nationalised, 1927 Trade Disputes Act repealed
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1950s
full employment and high trade union membership // power on shop stewards - Wildcat Strike // class divide
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PERCENTAGE OF WILDCAT STRIKES
94% - 10 mill days lost by 1970
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REASON FOR STRIKES AND STAGNATION
gov opposition to wage rises
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UNEMPLOYMENT BY 1972
1 million
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MAIN 60s STRIKES
1966 Seaman Strike: collapse of sterling // 1967 Dockers Strike: halted exports, doubling the trade deficit
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WILSON'S ATTEMPTS: "beer and sandwiches at Number Ten"
Trade Disputes Act 1965, restored certain legal immunities for TUs // Barbara Castle 1969 white paper: In Place of Strife, cooling period, ballots etc, never imolemented, split party
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HEATH'S ATTEMPTS: the Selsdon Man
3 day week: 1971 Industrial Relations Act, an industrial court and register – failed to gain cooperation
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END OF SOCIAL CONTRACT AND WINTER OF DISCONTENT
1.5 million public sector workers on strike // schools shut // uncollected rubbish // 84% of public thought TUs were too powerful
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1950s
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full employment and high trade union membership // power on shop stewards - Wildcat Strike // class divide
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