State Intervention in Industry: A Workers' InquiryReport, trade union attitude to the socialist industrial policy of the UK Labour Party, 1973-1979 - analyses why state aid, state intervention, nationalizations, and esp. The role of the National Enterprise Board, failed to live up to expectations; examines obstacles to workers cooperatives and workers participation; discusses alternatives such as extending the role of trade unions, shop stewards and workers in decision making. Bibliography, illustrations, photographs. |
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Preface to second edition | 4 |
Party policies | 19 |
Government policies | 33 |
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Alfred Herberts alternative Audrey Wise British industry British Leyland campaign capitalist centres Chairman Chrysler civil service closure co-operative combine committee competitive corporate committee Coventry CSEU delegates Department of Industry Directorships discussion Drax economic employment Eric Heffer Eric Varley experience factory Fairey government's Group important industrial democracy industrial policies Industry Bill initiatives inquiry investment involved Labour government labour movement Labour Party Liverpool Lucas Aerospace machine tool major management's meeting ment merger Meriden Merseyside ministers National Enterprise Board nationalisation NEB's negotiations Newcastle North Tyneside organisations Parsons Parsons Corporate planning agreements plant political pressure problem production profit programme proposals redundancies response restructuring Rolls Royce Scotswood sector shareholders shipbuilding shop stewards social needs socialist Speke stewards committees strategy Tony Benn Tory trade union trade unionists Trades Council Tress Tyne Tyneside Varley Vickers Weinstock workers workforce