Trade Unions 1970-1974558

26-11-1975 - Liverpool Dockers Right To Work march, London, 1975 © Chris Davies

14-12-1970 - Frank Chapple, EEPTU, 1970 at a meeting with the employers about industrial action in the power industry © NLA

08-12-1970 - Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London, 1970. Barbara Beese (R) © Sally Fraser

08-12-1970 - Rally in London during the national one-day strike called by the TUC against the Industrial Relations Act © NLA

08-12-1970 - National protest against the Industrial Relations Act called by the TUC to oppose the anti-union laws proposed by the Heath Government. London. © Peter Arkell

08-12-1970 - National protest against the Industrial Relations Act called by the TUC to oppose the anti-union laws proposed by the Heath Government. London. © Peter Arkell

08-12-1970 - National protest against the Industrial Relations Act 1970 trade union demonstration and rally against the proposed introduction of the Industrial Relations Act. © Gail Clarke Hall

08-12-1970 - 1970 trade union demonstration and rally against the proposed introduction of the Industrial Relations Act. © Gail Clarke Hall

08-12-1970 - National protest against the Industrial Relations Act 1970 trade union demonstration and rally against the proposed introduction of the Industrial Relations Act. Liason Committee for the defence of tr... © Gail Clarke Hall

26-11-1970 - Tom Jackson UPW leaving pay talks with the Conservative government in London. Failure of the talks eventually led to a strike of postal workers in 1971 © NLA

04-11-1970 - Rubbish piled high in a park, council workers pay strike, Hackney, London © Martin Mayer

03-11-1970 - Council workers strike. Tenants protest at the rubbish mounting up outside their flats. © Martin Mayer

03-11-1970 - Council workers strike. Tenants protest at the rubbish mounting up outside their flats. © Martin Mayer

03-11-1970 - Council workers strike. Tenants protest at the rubbish mounting up outside their flats. © Martin Mayer

03-11-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. Chelsea and Kensington dustmen at a meeting to consider the latest offer. © Peter Arkell

03-11-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. Chelsea and Kensington dustmen at a meeting to consider the latest offer. © Peter Arkell

01-11-1970 - Pipe smoking union leaders of Equity union meeting. Gerald Croasdell Gen Sec, Ernest Clarke (Pres), Peter Plouviez Ass Sec, Harley Street, London © NLA

28-10-1970 - Council workers in Oxford at a march and rally to support their pay claim of 55/- a week.. © NLA

27-10-1970 - Council workers pay strike, with rubbish piled up at a street market, Tower Hamlets, East London 1970 © NLA

25-10-1970 - Reggie September speaking, Anti Apartheid rally Trafalgar Square London 1970 One of the principal founders of the South African Coloured Peoples Organisation and a member of the ANC speaking at Anti A... © Chris Davies

23-10-1970 - Troops clearing rubbish from Petticoat Lane during the council workers pay strike, London 1970 © Martin Mayer

23-10-1970 - Troops clearing rubbish from Petticoat Lane during the council workers pay strike, London 1970 © Martin Mayer

23-10-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. Support from other workers for the pay strike in Swindon. © Martin Mayer

23-10-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. A solidarity march for the council workers on strike for a pay rise, in Swindon. © Martin Mayer

23-10-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. A solidarity march for the council workers on strike for a pay rise, in Swindon. © Martin Mayer

22-10-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. Binmen, on strike for a 55/- pay rise, picket Buckingham Palace. © Martin Mayer

22-10-1970 - DATA members strike picket, 1970, Aeronautical and General Instruments (AGI), Croydon over trade union agreements © NLA

21-10-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. Chelsea and Kensington dustmen, trying to stop strikebreakers lorries from entering and leaving the Lots Road disposal centre, are stopped by police from speaking to the d... © Peter Arkell

13-10-1970 - Bristol council workers march in protest at low pay and calling for a living wage 1970 © Peter Arkell

13-10-1970 - Bristol council workers march in protest at low pay and calling for a living wage 1970 © Peter Arkell

12-10-1970 - Pilkington Glass, St Helens, 1970 sacked trade union members rank and file after their bitter 6 week strike, prepare to march through the town demanding reinstatement. The company was famous for its p... © NLA

09-10-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. Pickets in Lambeth, South London, trying to persuade a dustcart driver from entering a depot © Martin Mayer

06-10-1970 - Council workers strike 1970. Rally of council workers at County Hall during the bitter strike, for a pay increase of 55/-, of 1970. © NLA

06-10-1970 - NUPE banner, Council Workers march and lobby to County Hall, London © Peter Arkell

06-10-1970 - NUPE banner, Council Workers march and lobby to County Hall, London © Peter Arkell

10-09-1970 - Council workers lobby Department of Employment over low pay, London © Martin Mayer

10-09-1970 - Council workers lobby Department of Employment over low pay, London © Martin Mayer

15-08-1970 - Docks strike 1970 NASD dockers mass meeting. Members of the National Association of Stevedores and Dockers or 'Blue' union leaving a mass meeting at West Ham stadium © Martin Mayer

10-08-1970 - Lord Thomson, owner of the Sunday Times and the Times arrives for pay talks during print workers strike who are demanding a 25 pay rise, Fleet Street, London © Martin Mayer

08-08-1970 - Workers at Govan shipyards, Part of Upper Clyde Shipyards, Glasgow, Scotland, begin an occupation or 'work-in' at their yard to oppose its closure © Martin Mayer

01-08-1970 - A GKN Sankey workers on strike argue with a union official over whether he will support their strike for higher pay. The strike affected many parts of the car industry leading to layoffs in several Au... © Martin Mayer

01-08-1970 - Workers from the GKN Sankey factory vote to strike for higher pay, mass meeting. Telford, Shropshire. The strike led to the closure of several Triumph and Austin- Morris car factories because of a sho... © Martin Mayer

01-08-1970 - Workers from the GKN Sankey factory vote to strike for higher pay, mass meeting. Telford, Shropshire. The strike led to the closure of several Triumph and Austin- Morris car factories because of a sho... © Martin Mayer

01-08-1970 - GKN Sankey automotive components workers 1970 arguing with a union official over whether he will support their strike for higher pay. The strike affected many parts of the car industry leading to layo... © Martin Mayer

19-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970 Hull dockers leaving a mass meetin, Hull football stadium, where they decided to join the national docks strike for a pay rise of A?11 per week © Martin Mayer

19-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970 Hull dockers leaving a mass meetin, Hull football stadium, where they decided to join the national docks strike for a pay rise of A?11 per week © Martin Mayer

15-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970 Southampton Docks, mass meeting of dockers to decide on joining national strike for £11 pound pay increase © Martin Mayer

15-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970 Southampton Docks, mass meeting of dockers voting for a national strike 11 pounds pay increase © Martin Mayer

15-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970 Southampton Docks, mass meeting of dockers voting for a national strike for 11 pounds pay increase © Martin Mayer

14-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970. London dockers mass meeting to discuss national strike action for an 11 pounds pay rise, Royal Group of Docks © Martin Mayer

14-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970 London dockers mass meeting to discuss national strike action for an 11 pounds pay rise © Martin Mayer

14-07-1970 - Docks strike 1970. London dockers mass meeting voting to join a national dock strike action for an 11 pounds pay rise © Martin Mayer

23-06-1970 - Upper Clyde Shipbuilders workers, Glasgow A march and rally of 80,000 trades union members opposing the threatened closure of the yards. They later occupied the yards in a 'work-in', which saved some... © Martin Mayer

23-06-1970 - Shipyard workers from Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, Glasgow joined in a march and rally by 80,000 trades union members opposing the threatened closure of the yards. They later occupied the yards in a work... © Martin Mayer

16-06-1970 - Shop steward speaking, mass meeting of Morris car workers 1970 against Measured Day Work, Cowley, Oxford © Martin Mayer

16-06-1970 - A meeting of Morris car workers voting for a strike, Cowley, Oxford against Measured Day Work. At this time there was on average one industrial dispute a day in the British Leyland Cowley car factory. © Martin Mayer

10-06-1970 - Print workers strike at Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street, London © Martin Mayer

10-06-1970 - Print workers strike at Daily Telegraph, Fleet Street, London © Martin Mayer

10-06-1970 - Striking Fleet Street print workers lobby pay talks demanding a 25% pay rise, Fleet Street, London © Martin Mayer

09-05-1970 - Mass meeting, Pilkington Glass pay strike, St Helens, 1970, Lancashire © NLA

24-04-1970 - Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) 1970 workers lobby a union meeting against redundancies © NLA

08-03-1970 - Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London, 1970. Spartacus League newspaper seller (IMG Youth organisation) Tuesday 8 December 1970 © Sally Fraser

08-03-1970 - Women's Liberation Workshop banner 1970 Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London © Sally Fraser

08-03-1970 - Sheila Rowbotham, Sue O'Sullivan, Women's Liberation Movement 1970 Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London © Sally Fraser

08-03-1970 - Women's Liberation Movement 1970 Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London © Sally Fraser

08-03-1970 - Women's Liberation Movement 1970 Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London © Sally Fraser

08-03-1970 - May Hobbs (L) Women's Liberation Movement 1970 Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London © Sally Fraser

08-03-1970 - Gay Liberation Front banner 1970 Kill The Bill protest against the Industrial Relations Act, London © Sally Fraser

21-02-1970 - NUM banner, rally against the Industrial Relations Act, Trafalgar Square, London 1970 © Chris Davies

21-02-1970 - Trade union protest against the Industrial Relations Act London 1970 © Chris Davies

21-02-1970 - Trade union protest against the Industrial Relations Act London 1970 © Chris Davies

21-02-1970 - Trade union protest against the Industrial Relations Act London 1970 © Chris Davies

21-02-1970 - Trade union protest against the Industrial Relations Act London 1970 © Chris Davies

21-02-1970 - Trade union protest against the Industrial Relations Act London 1970 © Chris Davies

20-02-1970 - Leeds clothing workers strike 1970, voting to continue. Mostly women regarded as unskilled, their unofficial strike against low pay brought out 30,000 women from 45 factories. After two weeks they won... © NLA

31-01-1970 - Mass meeting of Heathrow airport workers 1970, Brentford football ground called in opposition to private management companies, American General Aviation Services in particular. © NLA

06-05-1974 - AUEW protest, National Industrial Relations Court London, 1974 Jeremy Corbyn (L) presenting cheques © NLA

06-05-1974 - AUEW protest, National Industrial Relations Court London, 1974 Jeremy Corbyn (L) presenting cheques © NLA

12-02-1974 - Robert Carr MP, Employment Secretary in the Conservative government at an election press conference. He introduced the 1971 Industrial Relations Act, which restricted right to strike and virtually abo... © NLA

03-01-1974 - Hugh Scanlon AUEW members lobby 1974 over confrontation with National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC), union HQ, Peckham, South London © NLA

06-11-1973 - Manchester, 1973, One day protest strike against the fine of the AUEW by the National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC) for refusing to obey a court ruling in connection with a union recognition strik... © NLA

05-11-1973 - 1973 AUEW members protest against the National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC), which had fined the union heavily for defying a court order in conncection with a recognition dispute. Sir Donald Duck... © NLA

05-11-1973 - Mass picket at Con Mech Group, Woking, Surrey 1973 for recognition of the AEU. The union had been fined by the National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC) for refusing to call off the strike, and it wa... © Martin Mayer

22-10-1973 - 1973 Protest by AUEW members outside the National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC), London. The court had fined the union heavily for defying a court order in conncection with a recognition dispute a... © NLA

22-10-1973 - 1973 Protest by AUEW members outside the National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC), London. The court had fined the union heavily for defying a court order in conncection with a recognition dispute a... © NLA

22-10-1973 - Con Mech dispute 1973. AUEW protest against fines imposed under the National Industrial Relations Act for trade union blacking of Con Mech for refusing union membership © Peter Harrap

22-10-1973 - Con Mech dispute 1973. AUEW protest against fines imposed under the National Industrial Relations Act for trade union blacking of Con Mech for refusing union membership. Fleet Street AUEW © Peter Harrap

22-10-1973 - Con Mech dispute 1973. AUEW protest against fines imposed under the National Industrial Relations Act for trade union blacking of Con Mech for refusing union membership. Royal Group of Docks Shop Stew... © Peter Harrap

22-10-1973 - Con Mech dispute 1973. AUEW protest against fines imposed under the National Industrial Relations Act for trade union blacking of Con Mech for refusing union membership © Peter Harrap

22-10-1973 - Con Mech dispute 1973. AUEW protest against fines imposed under the National Industrial Relations Act for trade union blacking of Con Mech for refusing union membership © Peter Harrap

22-10-1973 - Con Mech dispute 1973. AUEW protest against fines imposed under the National Industrial Relations Act for trade union blacking of Con Mech for refusing union membership © Peter Harrap

05-10-1973 - Mass meeting and picket at Con Mech Group, Woking, Surrey 1973 for recognition of the AEU. The union had been fined by the National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC) for refusing to call off the strik... © Martin Mayer

05-10-1973 - Mass meeting and picket at Con Mech Group, Woking, Surrey 1973 for recognition of the AEU. The union had been fined by the National Industrial Relations Court (NIRC) for refusing to call off the strik... © Martin Mayer

22-07-1973 - Protest against racism and the 1971 Immigration Act, Indian Workers Association, Hyde Park, London 1973 © NLA

20-12-1972 - National one day AUEW strike against the fines imposed by the National Industrial Relations Court on the union, Liverpool 1972 © NLA

20-12-1972 - National one day AUEW strike against the fines imposed by the National Industrial Relations Court on the union, Liverpool 1972. CAV Lucas workers occupied their factory against closure and redundancie... © NLA

20-12-1972 - National one day AUEW strike against the fines imposed by the National Industrial Relations Court on the union, Liverpool 1972. CAV Lucas Occupation Committee, workers occupied their factory against c... © NLA

12-12-1972 - Hugh Scanlon, AUEW pres with the union executive behind him speaking to members after a large fine for contempt of court was imposed by the National Industrial Relations Court for ignoring its rulings... © NLA

16-08-1972 - Docks strike 1972. Anger outside Transport House as dockers learn that the strike is to be called off with a compromise settlement based on the Jones-Aldington agreement. 16.8 1972. © Martin Mayer

14-08-1972 - Docks strike 1972. Vic Turner, one of the jailed Pentonville 5 dockers and a leading shop steward on the Royal Group of Docks, speaking at a mass metting at the Royals © Martin Mayer