The Trade Unions–What Are They?

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
DEDICATION, Page v
Inside Front Cover, Page vi
PREFACE, Pages ix-xvi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page xvii
CHAPTER 1 - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TRADE UNIONS: To know all makes one tolerant MADAME DE STAËL, 1807, Pages 1-11
CHAPTER 2 - TOM MANN: (1856–1941), Pages 15-28
CHAPTER 3 - JOHN BURNS: (1858–1943): ‘The man with the red flag.’, Pages 29-42
CHAPTER 4 - BEN TILLETT: (1860–1943), Pages 43-57
CHAPTER 5 - WILL THORNE: (1857–1946), Pages 58-74
CHAPTER 6 - ERNEST BEVIN: (1881–1951), Pages 75-91
CHAPTER 7 - THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS: (1833), Pages 95-107
CHAPTER 8 - THE TAFF VALE CASE: (1901), Pages 108-118
CHAPTER 9 - THE OSBORNE VERDICT: (1906–9), Pages 119-132
CHAPTER 10 - ROOKES vs. BARNARD FISTAL and SILVERTHORNE: (1955–65), Pages 133-147
CHAPTER 11 - TRADE-UNION LAW, Pages 151-165
CHAPTER 12 - PRICES AND INCOMES, Pages 166-190
CHAPTER 13 - MAIN EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH TRADE UNION MOVEMENT, Pages 191-227
APPENDIX 1 - Finances of Registered Trades Unions of Employees, Great Britain, Page 231
APPENDIX 2 - Average Annual Contribution per Trade Union Member, Analysed by Industry, Page 232
APPENDIX 3 - Distribution of Trade Union Members among Unions of Different Sizes (end 1966), Page 233
APPENDIX 4 - Trades Unions with over 100,000 Members, Page 234
APPENDIX 5 - Number of Employers and Estimated Number of Trade Union Members in Different Industry Groups, Pages 235-236
APPENDIX 6 - Number of Employees in Employment in Different Industry Groups in 1959, 1964, 1965 and 1966, Page 237
APPENDIX 7 - Total Trade Union Membership, 1945–66, Page 238
APPENDIX 8 - Stoppages of Work Beginning in Each of the Years 1914–68, Pages 239-240
APPENDIX 9 - Number of Stoppages per 100,000 Employees in Various Countries, 1959–63, Pages 241-243
APPENDIX 10 - Days Lost Due to Stoppages per Thousand Persons Employed in Various Countries in 1955–67, Page 244
APPENDIX 11 - List of Affiliated Organisations and Membership at December 1967, Pages 245-248
APPENDIX 12 - Trade Groups and their Membership, 1967, Page 249
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Pages 251-252
INDEX, Pages 253-261