Reference number
  • IRR
Date
  • 1969-1988
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • This collection includes: records concerning review of IRRU activities conducted in 1980; advisory committee minutes and papers; records concerning Berrill investigation into accusations of pro-trade union bias against the IRRU; records concerning research for National Union of Railwaymen.
Extent
  • 14 boxes
Admin history
  • The Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU) was established by the Social Science Research Council at the University of Warwick in 1970. Its objectives were: to undertake long-term multi-disciplinary industrial relations research; to contribute to improving the quality of industrial relations policy-making; to provide trained research workers; to improve career opportunities by concentrating resources. The first three Directors of the Unit were: Hugh Clegg, 1970-1974; George Bain, 1974-1980; and Professor William Brown, 1980-1985.
Arrangement
  • These records are arranged in the order in which they were numbered by the depositors.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • The papers of Professor Linda Dickens were deposited in Aug 2012.