Unions and Information, Britain 1900–1960

This article examines the use of information by British trade unions to react to occupational change. Using a case study of the response to welding by the Boilermakers' Society, it looks at the barriers that prevented the use of information. It then examines the rise of trade union research departments. This leads to an outline of a framework for looking at the ways in which trade unions used information, based on their attitude towards their environment. The article suggests that an “information perspective” is a useful supplement to existing ways of examining trade union history which may shed new light on their development

Art · Business · International trade · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Trade union · Visual arts · Australian History and Society · Labor Movements and Unions

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• Commentary

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• Unions and Information, Britain 1900–1960

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• The development of the labour process in capitalist societies

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• Empire and Information

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• Lost Worlds of Culture

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• Unions and Information, Britain 1900–1960

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• Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration in Great Britain

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• The Statistical Movement in Early Victorian Britain

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• Trade Union Officers. A Study of Full-Time Officers, Branch Secretaries and Shop Stewards in British Trade Unions

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