Labour and Industry

Title

Labour and Industry

Shelfmark

CRD 2/7/6-9

Summary

Comprises:

CRD 2/7/6 - Trade Unions and Employment papers, 1950-1959;

CRD 2/7/7 - Co-partnership in industry and joint consultation, 1950-1958. Comprises internal memoranda and correspondence, including reference to a resolution carried in favour of profit-sharing and co-partnership of capital and labour as a means of alleviating labour unrest, passed at the Conservative Party conference in 1924, before this became official Conservative Party policy in 1946/7. Also mentions encouragement given to these schemes during debates on the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 25th June 1956. The main gist of the file focuses on encouraging share-ownership by workers, but only after investment in workers' own security has been satisfactorily provided for – ie, in the form of house ownership and pension. Also, that legislation to enforce compulsory co-partnership schemes should be avoided. Includes correspondence with British businesses such as Tate & Lyle requesting advice on possible methods for providing workers with a financial and proprietary interest in the company.;

CRD 2/7/8 - Trade practices, productivity notes and correspondence, 1951-1959;

CRD 2/7/9 - Trade disputes - lecture by J.A.T. Douglas, 1954.

Date

1950-1959

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (4 folders)