Waterside Dispute 1951 Hayley Ross 13SA 1951 was post war and the country was booming economically‚ for this reason the cost of living was rising substantially. The federation of Labour took out a general wage order through the Arbitration Court and promised everyone in the unions covered by this court to a 15% pay rise. This was meant to include the watersiders‚ but the Waterfront Industry Commission was in control of the watersider’s wages‚ they broke this promise of a pay rise and said that
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Do you agree with the view that‚ in the years 1964-70‚ the Labour Government’s failures outweighed its successes? One of the most significant failures of the Labour government between the years 1964 and 1970 were the economic difficulties. Source 7 agrees with this very strongly as it states that they had “not got the economy right”. This could be highlighting Labour’s National Plan launched by George Brown‚ the Minister of Economic Affairs at the time‚ in 1965. The Plan aimed to stimulate industrial
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was different in every way to the one seen in 1951’ Discuss. The British society in 1975 was ‘certainly’ different from its own self in 1951. But‚ as radically the society changed‚ we cannot say that it was a total departure from the preceding ‘conformist’ state. The early 1970s British society is more or less a more ‘mature’ version of the gradually growing incoherent one that came into existence in the 1950s. Britain in 1951‚ though conservative‚ did acknowledge a new modern world of changes
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Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives In 1975‚ Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party and began to steer it towards what many have dubbed ÔThatcherismÕ. Margaret Thatcher believed in radical change‚ individuality‚ and a strong Government that enforces the law‚ rather than interfering in the economy. She was also opposed to the welfare state. In many ways‚ her ideology was broadly similar to classical liberalism‚ and many theorists see her ideology as neo-liberalism. Under her
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The Conservative Party which was leaded by Winston Churchill (1951-55) and Anthony Eden (1955-57) and Harold Macmillan (1957-63) between the years 1951-59 wanted‚ according to their manifesto in 1951‚ to stop all further nationalisation. The Iron and Steel Act will be repealed and the Steel industry allowed resuming its achievements of the war and post-war years. To supervise prices and development we shall revive‚ if necessary with added powers‚ the former Iron and Steel Board representing the State
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and desire to end racism and discrimination in the United States was imminent. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination on the basis of race‚ color‚ sex‚ religion‚ or national origin. This legislation was meant to stop the abuse‚ discrimination and racism suffered by minorities throughout the history of the United States. The Civil rights Act of 1964 was called for by President John F. Kennedy in his 1963 civil rights speech‚ "Giving
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in society. These two groups were commonly known as the conservatives and the liberals. Both opposed each others ideas when it came to the subject matter of government in the United States. Among these two groups were some of the greatest men known in history‚ and I am going to talk about two men in particular. Thomas Jefferson‚ a liberal‚ and Alexander Hamilton‚ a conservative‚ shared different ideas on what should become of our government following the creation of our new Constitution. Alexander
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The Conservative Revolution It seems to be the case that the American Revolution was a conservative revolution‚ or at least more conservative than revolutions in places such as France and Russia. There was no social class upheaval‚ no “terror” like the one in France‚ and no dramatic redistribution of wealth and land. In fact‚ the Revolution was a rather expected and natural event of human history. Part of this has to do with the enlightened age. Enlightened people were thinking of themselves
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NOYO OSAGHAE 1/30/2012 I HAVE NEITHER GIVEN NOR RECEIVED‚ NOR HAVE I TOLERATED OTHERS’ OF UNAUTHORIZED AID THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN A GLOBALIZED ECONOMY Recent developments in the global economy would seem to suggest that it is in the interest of states to be integrated into the global economy‚ although it is also obvious that most would like to do so in the most beneficial and equitable ways. The increase in the number of states seeking membership in the World Trade Organization
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Happy Birthday‚ 1951 Summary: The text is about an old man and a young boy‚ who live in a ruin‚ in a former warzone. The city is still full of soldiers and tanks. The man got the baby boy about six years ago from a refugee woman. The story begins with the man wanting the boy to choose a birthday. The boy chooses the following day. The old man puts together a cart for the boy‚ but he also wants the boy to experience a world without war. Next day the boy gets the cart and pretends it’s a tank‚ because
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