Rank and File London Busmen's Movement... Rank and File London Busmen's Movement, (1932-1946)
- Rank and File London Busmen's Movement, (1932-1946)
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Description
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- Photocopies of circulars, 1932-46; balance sheets, 1937; leaflets and handbills; 'Busman's Punch', 1932-7 (incomplete); 'Transporter', 1940-2 (incomplete).
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Admin history
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- The Rank and File London Busmen's Movement played a significant part in industrial relations within the passenger transport system in London in the 1930s, leading a number of important strikes such as the "speed up" strike of 1933 and the Coronation strike of 1937.
Reference: P. Glatter, 'Busmen: rise and fall of a rank and file movement', 'International Socialism', 74 (Jan 1975), pp.5-11; H.A. Clegg, 'Labour relations in London Transport', Oxford, 1950.
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Copies
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- The originals were returned to J.W. Jones by Janet Druker on the 9th October 1974.
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