Trade Union Freedom Bill
The Right to Strike: From the Trade Disputes Act 1906 to a Trade Union Freedom Bill 2006
New Book
The Right to Strike: from the Trade Disputes Act 1906 to a Trade Union Freedom Bill 2007
What they said:
"This book is very timely as it marks the centenary of the Trade Disputes Act. Trade unionists need to continue to campaign for stronger union rights to protect and defend today’s workers."
Brendan Barber, General Secretary TUC
Trade Union Freedom Bill Sponsors
The list of Trade Union Freedom Bill Sponsors continues to grow.
Below is the full list of Sponsors to date.
Trade Unions and Organisations
- Amicus Bracknell Branch
- Amicus London United Craft Branch
- Amicus Cambridgeshire Medical Branch
- Amicus Eastern Regional Council
- ASLEF
- ASLEF Head Office
- ASLEF Sheffield Midland Branch
- ASLEF Waterloo/Nine Elms Branch
- ATL The Education Union
- CWU Head Office
- CWU Darlington Branch
- CWU Eastern No 4 Branch
- CWU Essex Amalgamated Branch
- CWU London South West Thames
A Review in Industrial Law Journal
This edited collection of essays was published in 2006 so as to commemorate the adoption of the Trade Disputes Act 1906. It does so by providing detailed historical analysis of the context in which this legislation was introduced, alongside discussion of the ways in which these statutory provisions have been applied and modified subsequently. The over-arching concern is that expressed by Jim Mortimer in the Foreward: ‘[t]he law in Britain on trade disputes is today more restrictive on trade unions than it was 100 years ago after the passing of the Trade Disputes Act 1906’ (p.viii).
The Right to Strike: A Review in Historical Studies in Industrial Relations
The Right to Strike is an important study of the Trade Disputes Act, 1906. The Act was in full operation until the Thatcher era, other than in the world wars and the periods of the post General Strike Trade Union Act, 1927 (1927-46) and Ted Heath's Industrial Relations Act, 1971 (1971-74). A fresh study of this pillar of the British voluntaryist system of industrial relations is to be greatly welcomed. Much of the book is excellent.
