British Labour Management and Industrial Welfare, 1846-1939
Details:
- Author(s) Fitzgerald, Robert
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1988
- Pages 271pp
- Publisher Croom Helm
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Worker / employee management inc control
- Name Worker / employee ownership, co-partnership, profit sharing, etc
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with 'the place of industrial welfare in British labour management' in the hundred years to 1939 with a strong focus on 'the role of the company and its internal organisation rather than upon the growth of trades unionism, collective bargaining, and battles over wages and hours'. Deals with the factors influencing the nature of provision, their variation between businesses and industries, the motivations of business in making provisions, the nature of the control exercised, etc. Comprises an introductory chapter - 'Industrial relations, the company and welfare' [pp1-24] and then considers the position in five industries - railway transport, gas production, iron & steel production, chemicals and brewing. A further chapter considers provision by other leading industries. Also covers the Labour Co-partnership Association and Industrial Welfare Society and the role of employers in them. For relevant essays see individual BHE entries