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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459836803321

Autore

Cole G. D. H (George Douglas Howard), <1889-1959.>

Titolo

The world of labour [[electronic resource] ] : a discussion of the present and future of trade unionism / / G.D.H. Cole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

1-136-88572-2

1-283-10551-9

9786613105516

0-203-83959-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Collana

G.D.H. Cole : selected works ; ; v. 3

Disciplina

331.88

331.88/0942

331.880942

Soggetti

Labor unions - Great Britain

Labor unions

Syndicalism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: London : G. Bell, 1917.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; PREFACE TO THE 1917 EDITION; PREFACE TO THE 1915 EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I: MEANS AND ENDS; CHAPTER II: THE LABOUR UNREST; CHAPTER III: LABOUR IN FRANCE; CHAPTER IV: COMMENTS ON THE FRENCH LABOUR MOVEMENT; CHAPTER V: LABOUR IN AMERICA; CHAPTER VI: FURTHER LESSONS FROM ABROAD-THE GENERAL STRIKE; CHAPTER VII: TRADE UNION STRUCTURE-INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM AND AMALGAMATION; CHAPTER VIII: TRADE UNION GOVERNMENT-CENTRALISATION AND LOCAL AUTONOMY; CHAPTER IX: SOCIAL PEACE AND SOCIAL WAR-CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION

CHAPTER X: LABOUR'S RED HERRINGS-THE FUNCTION OF CO-OPERATIONCHAPTER XI: THE CONTROL OF INDUSTRY-SYNDICALISM AND COLLECTIVISM; CHAPTER XII: THE FUTURE OF TRADE UNIONISM; CHAPTER XIII: ECONOMICS AND POLITICS; CHAPTER XIV: HOPES AND FEARS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

Cole saw the trade unions as being critical to progress, but to realise their role they needed to change and the issue of trade union structure therefore became fundamental. He considered in this volume that trade union structure was a central problem of the labour movement - he described British trade unionism as a movement bereft of ideas and policy. He discusses the evolution in the trade unions to cover not only wages and working conditions but the organisation and control of industry.