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British Conservatism and Trade Unionism, 1945-1964 (Paperback)
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British Conservatism and Trade Unionism, 1945-1964 (Paperback)
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For most of the twentieth century, the Conservative Party engaged
in an ongoing struggle to curb the power of the trade unions,
culminating in the radical legislation of the Thatcher governments.
Yet, as this book shows, for a brief period between the end of the
Second World War and the election of Harold Wilson's Labour
government in 1964, the Conservative Party adopted a remarkably
constructive and conciliatory approach to the trade unions, dubbed
'voluntarism'. During this time the party leadership made strenuous
efforts to avoid, as far as was politically possible, confrontation
with, or legislation against, the trade unions, even when this
incurred the wrath of some Conservative backbenchers and the
Party's mass membership. In explaining why the Conservative
leadership sought to avoid conflict with the trade unions, this
study considers the economic circumstances of the period in
question, the political environment, electoral considerations, the
perspective adopted by the Conservative leadership in comprehending
industrial relations and explaining conflict in the workplace, and
the personalities of both the Conservative leadership and the key
figures in the trade unions. Making extensive use of primary and
archival sources it explains why the 1945-64 period was unique in
the Conservative Party's approach to Britain's trade unions. By
1964, though, even hitherto Conservative defenders of voluntarism
were acknowledging that some form of official inquiry into the
conduct and operation of trade British unionism, as a prelude to
legislation, was necessary, thereby signifying that the heyday of
'voluntarism' and cordial relations between senior Conservatives
and the trade unions was coming to an end.
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