10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TGWU»
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1
Waterfront Revolts: New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61
Known as the "white union" because of the color of the union card, the TGWU
played the dual role of union and judge. By sitting on the NDLB and the LDLB,
TGWU officials followed a path of least resistance and became indifferent to their
...
2
Statutory Regulation and Employment Relations: The Impact of ...
TGWU and Gala Casinos t/a Maxim's Casino Club TUR1/119/2001, 211 TGWU
and Grosvenor Casinos TUR1/188/2002, 247 TGWU and Harrods TUR1/535/
2006, 191 TGWU and Kettle Foods TUR1/557/2007, 85–6, 97, 126, 191, 193,
198, ...
Sian Moore, Sonia McKay, Sarah Veale, 2013
3
Unionization and Union Leadership: The Road Haulage Industry
On 13 April Craddock obtained an injunction against its embargo and on 21 April
the TGWU was fined £50,000 for contempt in the Heaton and Craddock cases. In
yet another twist, a TGWU RTC officer, Harold Verrinder, and two docks shop ...
4
The Making of Women Trade Unionists
but as the TGWU education provision had already broken away from the TUC
there was a perceived need to provide its own women's courses to keep apace of
women's demands. According to key respondents there has been no serious ...
5
Industrial Relations in the New Europe: Enlargement, ...
UNION. The TGWU is a general union and represents over 900 000 members
and organizes in a number of industrial sectors, it has a higher percentage of
members in the manufacturing sector than does the GMB. The TGWU is much
more ...
Peter Leisink, Abraham Jan Steijn, Ulke Veersma, 2007
6
Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor
TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS' UNION (TGWU). From 1937 to 1993,
the TGWU was the largest labor union in the United Kingdom. Formed in January
1922 by the amalgamation of 14 unions from various industries, it began with ...
James C. Docherty, Sjaak van der Velden, 2012
7
Learning with Trade Unions: A Contemporary Agenda in ...
a counter-offensive designed to weaken the long-term position of the union: they
sought to withdraw TGWU facilities and check-off arrangements. These proposals
were only withdrawn following the threat of further strike action, and an ...
Steve Shelley, Moira Calveley, 2007
8
Regulating New Forms of Employment: Local Experiments and ...
The trade unions, including the TGWU, which was one of two main unions
organizing production workers, had resisted all suggestions that agency labour
should be used. Concerned not to be seen to bejeopardizing the launch of the
new ...
9
Managing Owners: The National Freight Consortium in Perspective
However, the key union, the TGWU, took a different position. At the end of June
1981, Mr A. Kitson, the TGWU's Deputy General Secretary, made consensual
approaches to the consortium. He said that if the NFC had to be sold then it
should ...
Keith Bradley, Aaron Nejad, 1989
10
Hiring of Dock Workers and Employment Practices in the Ports ...
Second, the attack on the TGWU by the blue unionists continued in virulent form
as was evidenced by their blunt and forthright criticisms. Through the Port
Workers' News, NASDW Broadsheets, NASDW Bulletin and Northern Broadsheet
, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TGWU»
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TGWU is used in the context of the following news items.
Unite picks Pinsent for pensions
The pension pot recently doubled in size following the recent merger of the former TGWU and Amicus union pension schemes. Unite's pension scheme is ... «CITY A.M., Jan 15»
In memory of Bernard Linares
Slowly, but without a pause,Bernard Linares and the YCW group soon became active members of the then TGWU,and transformed the organization,with more ... «Vox Online News, Jan 15»
Tom Cashman 1950-2014
He built up a base in the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), paying close attention to workplace issues. He went from being a garage rep to chair of ... «Workers' Liberty, Aug 14»
Thatcher planned to use army against 1984-1985 British miners' strike
The government did not have to resort to smashing the dockers' strike by force, as the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU)called off the strike within ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jan 14»
How we organised to break racism on Bristol buses
In 1955 bus crews in the Bristol TGWU reportedly passed a motion calling for no black workers on buses. The other part of the union branch, maintenance, voted ... «Socialist Worker, Oct 13»
Unite official attacks Ed Miliband ally for criticising union tactics
Unite was formed in 2007 when Amicus merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). McCluskey was a veteran TGWU member who ... «The Guardian, Oct 13»
Len McCluskey: 'Red Len' or 'principled pragmatist'?
In 1990 Len McCluskey became TGWU national secretary for the union's general workers group. In the same year he was arrested but released without charge ... «Channel 4 News, Jul 13»
Profile: Frances O'Grady, the new TUC general secretary
In her early twenties, she went to work as a researcher for her father's old union - The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) - focusing on issues of ... «BBC News, Sep 12»
Tom Jones: Tributes to former Wales TGWU organiser
Tom Jones was regional organiser of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) when workers at a Gwynedd factory picketed for two-and-a-half years ... «BBC News, Aug 12»
The Top 100 Most Influential People on the Left 2011: 25-51
The election of “Ren Len” at the end of last year as head of the Unite marked the final victory of the TGWU faction and the hard left in the battle for control of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 11»
