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We shall not be moved : How Liverpool's working class fought redundancies, closures and cuts in the age of Thatcher /
The city of Liverpool had frequently been prone to industrial unrest for most of its recent history, but it was the dawn of Thatcher and the sanctioning of neoliberal economic strategies which made Liverpool a nucleus of resistance against the encroaching tide of right-wing politics and sweeping de-...
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2016.
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a We shall not be moved : |b How Liverpool's working class fought redundancies, closures and cuts in the age of Thatcher / |c Brian Marren. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 Unravelling of the post-war consensus and the peculiarities of Liverpool -- Neoliberalism emerges as a challenge to the post-war settlement -- British trade unionism in the post-war era -- Liverpool's peculiar labour history -- Economic decline in post-war Liverpool and its effect on working-class dissent -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 Employment and unemployment on Merseyside, 1945-98 -- Measuring unemployment -- Unemployment statistics and economic deprivation on Merseyside since 1945 -- Social effects of long-term unemployment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 British Leyland's closure of the Triumph TR7 plant in Speke: 'the shape of things to come'? -- Standard-Triumph Plant No. 2 -- The British Leyland strike at Speke, 1977-78 -- Closure and resistance -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 4 The TGWU 6/612 Branch of the Unemployed: working-class politicisation and mobilisation -- The reawakening of the TGWU 6/612 Branch -- Owens' leadership of the TGWU 6/612 Branch and persuading the old guard -- The People's March for Jobs -- The Merseyside Trade Union Community and Unemployed Resource Centre -- The One Fund for All -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 The Toxteth riots, 1981: unemployed youth take to the streets -- The Toxteth riots -- Aftermath -- Explanations for the Toxteth riots -- Who were the rioters? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 The Militant Tendency and Liverpool City Council's fight to save 'jobs and services', 1983-86 -- The economic context -- Liverpool's political traditions -- The emergence of the radical left on Merseyside -- Local authority trade unionism -- A Labour-controlled city council -- Defending jobs and services. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Liverpool versus the government: part 1 -- Liverpool versus the government: part 2 -- Conclusion: Liverpool Labour's achievements and support -- Notes -- 7 Sit-ins and factory occupations: a case study of Cammell Laird's shipyard -- Factory occupations: theoretical background and legal implications -- Historical examples of factory occupations -- The sit-in strike at Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead -- Reflections of occupations on Merseyside -- Notes -- 8 The Liverpool dock strike of 1995-98: the end of the line? -- Dock work in the immediate post-war era -- Industrial conflict and the reform of employment relations -- Containerisation and job loss -- Abolition of the NDLS -- The return of casualism -- The Liverpool dockers' strike -- The TGWU and the British labour movement -- The media campaign and international support -- Support in the community -- Solidarity and defeat -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Primary sources -- Archival sources -- Liverpool and Merseyside Record Office -- Liverpool -- Merseyside Maritime Museum Archives and Library -- Liverpool -- Modern Records Centre -- University of Warwick -- People's History Museum -- Manchester -- Public Records Office -- Kew, London -- Unite the Union Archives Office -- Holborn, London -- Working-Class Movement Library -- Salford -- Newspapers and periodicals -- Oral interviews -- Personal papers -- Government publications -- Published works of a primary nature -- Memoirs and autobiographies -- Trade union publications -- Political pamphlets and literature -- Local authority publications -- Websites containing primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Books -- Edited collections -- Journal articles -- Unpublished theses -- Unpublished papers -- Index. | |
| 520 | 8 | |a The city of Liverpool had frequently been prone to industrial unrest for most of its recent history, but it was the dawn of Thatcher and the sanctioning of neoliberal economic strategies which made Liverpool a nucleus of resistance against the encroaching tide of right-wing politics and sweeping de-industrialisation. This critique explores six case studies which will illustrate how elements of a highly politicised local working-class fought against the rapid rise in forced redundancies and industrial closures. | |
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