History of Trade Unionism
Encyclopedia
History of Trade Unionism is a book by Sidney
and Beatrice Webb
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First published in 1894, it is a detailed and influential accounting of the roots and development of the British trade union
movement. The research materials collected by the Webbs form the Webb Collection at the London School of Economics
.
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield
Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield PC OM was a British socialist, economist, reformer and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. He was one of the early members of the Fabian Society in 1884, along with George Bernard Shaw...
and Beatrice Webb
Beatrice Webb
Martha Beatrice Webb, Lady Passfield was an English sociologist, economist, socialist and social reformer. Although her husband became Baron Passfield in 1929, she refused to be known as Lady Passfield...
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First published in 1894, it is a detailed and influential accounting of the roots and development of the British trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
movement. The research materials collected by the Webbs form the Webb Collection at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
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