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What Did Unions Do in Nineteenth-Century Britain?

Boyer, George R.·1988·The Journal of Economic History
DOI 10.1017/s0022050700004939
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The article examines the development of the insurance function of trade unions. It analyzes how such policies worked, and why union benefit packages differed across occupations. It also addresses the impact of insurance policies on union organization. Insurance benefits increased the ability of unions to attract and retain members. They did not, however, significantly increase the power of union leaders relative to employers or union rank and file.

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  30. Minority Report, Parliamentary Papers, 1868–69, 31, xlix
  31. Webb, 1909, The Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission Part II, 196

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Authors
Boyer, G. R.
Affiliations
Cornell University (US)
Corresponding author
Boyer, George R.
Venue
The Journal of Economic History
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1988-06
Volume
48
Issue
2
Pages
319-332
ISSN
  • 0022-0507 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-6372
DOI
10.1017/s0022050700004939
OpenAlex
W2135783432
Cited by
41
References
0
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
3.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 7580 d)
Locations
  • The Journal of Economic History (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • eCommons (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Industrial relations › Labor Movements and Unions
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Social Policy and Reform Studies
Keywords
trade unions, employer-union relations, nineteenth-century Britain

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