Historical directory of trade unions. Volume 6, Including unions in: building and construction, agriculture, fishing, chemicals, wood and woodworking, transport, engineering and metal working, government, civil and public service, shipbuilding, energy and extraction in the United Kingdom and Ireland / Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan ; foreword by Lord Briggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsh, Arthur, 1922-1999.

Contributor:

Ryan, Victoria.

Smethurst, John B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--Great Britain--History.

Labor unions.

Labor movement--Great Britain--History.

Labor movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (713 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnborough, Hants., England : Gower, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the final volume in the Historical Directory of Trade Unions series. It proves a comprehensive list of all British unions that operated within the building, construction, chemical, dock, maritime, engineering, government, mining, quarry, and shipbuilding industries.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Preface; Abbreviations; PART ONE Building and Construction; PART TWO Agriculture and Fishing; PART THREE Chemicals and Other Trades; PART FOUR Wood and Related Trades - UK and Ireland; PART FIVE Transport; PART SIX Engineering and Metal Working; PART SEVEN - Section One: Central Government; PART SEVEN - Section Two: Civil and Public Services; PART EIGHT Energy and Extraction; PART NINE Shipbuilding; Select Bibliography of Trade Union Histories; Index

Notes:

First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-93076-1

1-315-25334-8

1-282-24326-8

9786612243264

0-7546-9323-6

9781315253343

OCLC:

808807156