Catalogue of the Richard Albert Etheridge Papers 1946-1975


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summary

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Scope and Content

Abbreviations used in the list and/or the Etheridge papers

Related Material

Catalogue

Catalogue of the Richard Albert Etheridge Papers 1946-1975

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Summary

Held atModern Records Centre
ReferenceGB 0152 MSS.202
Title Richard Albert Etheridge Papers
Dates of creation 1946-1975
Extent3.588 cubic metres
Level of description File
Language of material English, unless otherwise stated

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

The collection was bought by the Centre in 1979.

The papers relating to Etheridge's work with the AEU and Communist Party of Great Britain were donated to the Centre in May 1985.

Processing Information

The Modern Records Centre uses a classification scheme which is compatible with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (2000). For further details see the Centre's web pages.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation : Richard Albert Etheridge Papers (MSS.202), Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

Access Conditions

Access : Open

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Historical Note

Born in 1909 in Birmingham, Richard Albert Etheridge had a life long involvement with the Amalgamated Engineering Union. In 1940 he started work at the Austin Motor Co's Longbridge plant, and was elected shop steward in the following year. He was also elected secretary of the Austin AEU Shop Stewards' Committee. In 1946, Etheridge was elected to the AEU's Birmingham District Committee, remaining a member until 1965 when he was elected President of the newly-created Birmingham West District, a post he held until 1975. In 1963, and again from 1966 to 1974, he was elected an AEU to the annual Trades Union Congress. A life long supporter of the Communist Party, he helped formulate Party policy with regard to the motor industry, and stood as a candidate in the 1950 general election. From 1961 to 1973, Etheridge was a member of the Party's Executive Committee. He died in 1985.

Born in Halesowen in 1909, Richard ('Dick') Albert Etheridge was brought up in Birmingham. (d. March 1985 (Times obit. 21 March 1985). In 1940 he began work at the Austin Motor Co.'s giant Longbridge plant near Birmingham. In 1941 he was elected a shop steward and in 1945 he became convener of the Joint Shop Stewards and thus the principal representative of the shop stewards in dealing with the management. He remained convener until 1975. Also in the 1940s he was elected secretary of the Austin AEU Shop Stewards' Committee.

Following the Austin-Nuffield merger which created the British Motor Corporation, the shop stewards of the amalgamating companies formed a combine committee: the BMC Joint Shop Stewards Committee. In February 1956 Etheridge became Chairman of this Committee. Later in that year the Committee played a major role in the organisation and co-ordination of the anti-redundancies strike. In 1968 when the British Leyland Motor Corporation was formed a corresponding shop stewards' combine committee was created. This was the co-federal BLMC Combine Trades Union Committee (often called the BLTUC) of which Etheridge became co-chairman.

In 1946 Etheridge was elected to the AEU's Birmingham District Committee. He remained a committee member until 1965 when the District was divided in two. He was then elected President of the newly-created Birmingham West District and he retained this position until 1975. In 1958 and on 5 subsequent occasions he was elected to the AEU National Committee which was, in effect, an annual conference on union policy. In 1963 and again from 1966 to 1974 he was elected an AEU delegate to the annual Trades Union Congress.

Dick Etheridge had joined the Communist Party before beginning work at Longbridge and during the war years he was active in its Austin Motors group. After the war he was active in its motor industry group and had a role in formulating party policy in respect of the motor industry. In 1950 he contested the Birmingham, Northfield constituency in the general election. He served on both the Birmingham City and Midlands Regional Committees of the Party and from 1961 until 1973 was a member of its National Executive.

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Scope and Content

Shop stewards' committee minutes, 1946-75; daily working notes, 1946-75; some subject files; extensive AUEW and CPGB material.

Until 1953 the records which Etheridge kept as convener were relatively informal. Most important of these are his daily working notes (MSS.202 /S/J/8/1-80). These take the form of scrap paper, blank on one side (which he wrote on) and folded to fit his pockets. Much of his correspondence for the years 1945 to 1953 was interfiled with these notes. In 1953, after the "McHugh Strike" called by the National Union of Vehicle Builders, the management at Longbridge determind to make Etheridge account more fully for working time spent on shop stewards' business. In consequence he became more formal in his record keeping. In particular he began to file incoming correspondence and other papers with the agenda for the Joint Shop Stewards or Works Committee meeting at which they would be discussed. Along with the agenda and related papers Etheridge placed what he called the "convener's report". This was not a continuous prose report but a skeletal outline of matters to be raised, especially disputes internal to the Longbridge works. Many of the items listed in the convener's reports were directly related to notes received from shop stewards and these were filed with the convener's report. The series of files containing the agendas, convener's reports and related papers for Joint Shop Stewards and Work Committee meetings has been given the references MSS.202/S/J/3/2/1-220. A similar series of agendas, convener's reports and related papers exists in respect of the AEU shop stewards' organisation at Longbridge (MSS.202/S/A/3/1/1-96). Etheridge devised pro forma record cards and record sheets for use by shop stewards in documenting the manner in which internal disputes were processed: some of these were filed by Etheridge in separate series (MSS.202/S/J/3/3/94-112) but many others were incorporated into other files.

The basic outline of Etheridge's system for keeping Longbridge Joint Shop Stewards' records was sound and has been retained in the arrangement of the papers by Modern Records Centre staff. He was, however, often too busy to file incoming correspondence, carbon copies of letters dispatched, etc. In addition, in some instances he seems to have mis-filed papers. Modern Records Centre staff have therefore had to place a substantial number of items in appropriate locations and income instances new files have been created. The contents of Etheridge's shop stewards' files as originally received was described and a record has been kept of papers added or removed. These records are available for inspection.

Etheridge's Communist Party papers were in a very jumbled state when received. Only his National Executive Committee papers were substantially in order. Consequently the arrangement of the Communist Party papers is essentially one devised by Modern Records Centre staff. A great many of the AEU, AEF, AUEW, TUC and other labour and political publications received with the Etheridge papers have been transferred to University of Warwick Library stock. The following have, however, been retained: heavily annotated items, e.g. reports to AEU National Committee meetings attended by Dick Etheridge; small items too ephemeral to be readily assimilated into the Library's stock; and, Communist Party publications.

    Abbreviations used in the list and/or the Etheridge papers

  • AEF, Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers.
  • AEI, Associated Electrical Industries.
  • AEU, Amalgamated Engineering Union
  • Agt.(s), agreement(s).
  • ALTU, Association of Liberal Trade Unionists.
  • AUEW(ES), Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering Section).
  • BL(MC), British Leyland (Motor Corporation).
  • BLMCCTUC, British Leyland Motor Corporation Combine Trade Union Committee, also known as BLMC Joint Shop Stewards Committee.
  • BLMCJSS Cttee., See BLMCCTUC.
  • BLTUC, British Leyland Trade Union Committee.
  • BMC, British Motor Corporation.
  • BMCJSS Cttee., British Motor Corporation Joint Shop Stewards Committee.
  • BSFS, British Soviet Friendship Society.
  • CAB, Car Assembly Building.
  • CAWU, Clerical and Allied Workers Union.
  • CEU, Constructional Engineering Union.
  • CKD, completely knocked down.
  • CLP, Constituency Labour Party.
  • CP(GB), Communist Party (of Great Britain)
  • CSEU, Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.
  • DATA ,Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians Association.
  • D.Org., District Organiser.
  • D.Sec., District Secretary.
  • DWN, Daily working notes.
  • EEF, Engineering Employers' Federation.
  • GPC, General Purposes Committee.
  • IS, International Socialists.
  • ISM, Institute of Supervisory Management.
  • JOC, Joint Office Committee.
  • JPC, Joint Production Consultative and Advisory Committee.
  • JSS, Joint Shop Stewards.
  • LRD, Labour Research Department.
  • MASS, Motor and Ancillary industries Shop Stewards Committee, alsoaknown as NMATSSC.
  • MDW, Measured Day Work.
  • MTR, Minimum Time Rate.
  • NAT., National Association of Toolmakers'
  • NEC, National Executive Committee/Council.
  • NIRC, National Industrial Relations Court.
  • NMATSSC, National Motor Allied Trades Shop Stewards Committee.
  • NMP, Nuffield Metal Products.
  • PAC, Plant Assessment Committee.
  • pc(s), postcard(s).
  • PPC, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate.
  • PSF, Pressed Steel Fisher.
  • RCTUEO, Royal Commission on Trade Unions Employers' Organisations.
  • SAC, Section Assessment Committee.
  • SDW, Standard Day Work.
  • SLL, Socialist Labour League.
  • SOC, Standing Orders Committee.
  • SS(s), shop stewards(s)
  • SSC, Shop Stewards' Committee
  • SU, Share unit or SU Carburettor (Company).
  • TUC, Trades Union Congress.
  • UCS, Upper Clyde Shipbuilders.
  • UPA,United Patternmakers' Association.
  • VPB, vehicle production bonus.

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Related Material

The Centre also has records relating to the Amalgamated Engineering Union (MSS 259).

Other Modern Records Centre holdings which are directly relevant to Etheridge's life and work are

MSS.226/AU British Motor Industry Heritage Trust: Austin Motor Co. Ltd.

MSS.228 British Leyland Trade Union Committee.

A copy of this catalogue is available in paper format in the Centre's searchroom, at the National Register of Archives in London and in Chadwyck-Healey's National Inventory of Documentary Sources.

Authority files exist for Richard Etheridge (GB 0152 AAR0903), and for the Amalgamated Engineering Union (GB 0152 AAR0511).

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Catalogue

MSS.202/A AEU/AEF/AUEW (ES) SECTION: Amalgamated Engineering Union/Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry workers/Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering Section).

The papers listed below are these accumulated as a District Committee member, District President or union delegate. They do not include the records of the Austin AEU/AEF/AUEW shop stewards which are listed elsewhere. Nor do they include Dick Etheridge's papers as a union branch chairman : these of retained for eventual deposit in a local repository.

Administrative History

Richard (Dick) Etheridge became a member of the AEU in 1940, when he began work at the Longbridge plant of the Austin Motor Co. In 1941 he became an AEU shop Steward and in 1944, convener of the joint shop stewards. In 1946 he was elected to the union's Birmingham District Committee. From January 1965 the Birmingham district was divided in two : Dick Etheridge was elected to the new Birmingham west District Committee and became its first president. He remained District President until his retirement in 1975. From the late 1940s onwards Dick Etheridge was chairman of firstly the Longbridge 3rd and then the Halesowen 2nd branch of the AEU/AEF/AUEW. He was also a delegate to the union's Divisional Committee and, on a number of occasions, to its National Committee, Rules Revision Meeting and Final Appeals Court, as well as to the Trades Union Congress.

MINUTES

MSS.202/A/1/1/1-101 Mins. of Birmingham (from Jan 1965 Birmingham West) District Committee of the AEU/AEF/AUEW 1946-76

Dupl. mins. (incomp.) with a few items of corres., some circulars and a few Ms. notes on the proceedings. Include the mins. of sub-committees and of quarterly shop stewards' mtgs.

MSS.202/A/1/1/101 1957

Misc. pprs. apparently circulated to cttee. members. Also 1 sheet of undated Ms. notes and AEU Birmingham District information handbook.

MSS.202/A/1/2/1-8 1946-75

Mins. of No.15 Divisional Committee of the AEU/AEF/AUMN = dupl.mins. (incomp.) with detailed agendas, a few items of corres., some circulars and a few Ms. notes on the proceedings.

MSS.202/A/1/3/1 1965-70

Mins. of the Officers' Pension Fund Management Committee of the AEU/AEF : dupl. mins. and a/cs. (incomp.).

MSS.202/A/1/4/1-2 1964-7

Mins. of No.8 Divisional Council of the Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians Association [DATA] : dupl. mins.,a/cs., organiser's rpts. and circulars. Includes mins. of sub-committees.

MSS.202/A/1/5/1 1961-5

Mins. of Birmingham District Committee of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions [CSEU] : dupl. mins. (incomp.) with dupl. circulars.

MSS.202/A/1/6/1 1974-5

Mins. of West Midlands Regional Council of the Trades Union Congress : dupl. mins. with agendas and circulars.

DICK ETHERIDGE'S PAPERS AS AN UNION DELEGATE AND DISTRICT PRESIDENT

MSS.202/A/3/1/1-6 1964 1968

R. Etheridge's papers as a member of the Final Appeal Court of the AEU/AEF :

Ms. notes on the proceedings; dupl. mins. and summaries of cases: other dupl. materials circulated to members of the court; corres. ["The Final Appeal Court shall ... consider and decide all appeals against ... the Executive Council ...", AEU Rules. 1960]

MSS.202/A/3/1/1-2 1964

R.Etheridge's papers

MSS.202/A/3/1/3-5 1968

R.Etheridge's papers

MSS.202/A/3/1/6 1964, 1965, 1970

pprs. re unsuccessful candidatures for the Final Appeal Court.

MSS.202/A/3/2/1-15 1958-65

R. Etheridge's papers as a member of the National Committee of the AEU : Ms. notes on the proceedings: dupl. rpts. of the National Committee Standing Orders Committee; dupl. mins. of the National Committee; pr. resolutions for, rpts. to, and proceedings of the National Committee (these pr. items have been transferred to library stock unless heavily annotated.); press cuttings; information pprs. on subjects before the National Committee [mainly CP and IRD publications]; speaking notes for verbal rpts. to AEU Divisional Committee and branches on the National Committee's transactions. ["The National Committee shall review agreements with ... employers,... shall discuss past and future policy...[,] giving the Executive Council instructions for the ensuing year ...", AEU Rules, 1960].

MSS.202/A/3/2/1-2 1958

R.ETHERIDGE'S PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/2/3 1959

R.ETHERIDGE'S PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/2/4 1960

R.ETHERIDGE'S PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/2/5-9 1961

R.ETHERIDGE'S PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/2/10 1963

R.ETHERIDGE'S PAPERS

[two Rs. items only].

MSS.202/A/3/2/11-14 1965

R.ETHERIDGE'S PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/2/15

Misc. items, most undated, incl. some Ms. notes which appear to refer to a National Committee mtg.

MSS.202/A/3/3/1-13 1960-8

R. Etheridge's papers as a member of the Rules Revision Meeting of the AEU/AEF :

Ms. notes on proceedings; dupl. and pr. schedules of proposed alterations to rules; corres., incl. re verbal rpts. to AEU branches. ['...the National Committee, after ... dealing with the policy of the Union,..., shall consider... alteration of rules, and shall have power to make new or alter existing rules..." AEU Rules, 1960].

MSS.202/A/3/3/1-3

1960 [incl. pr. dupl. materials re controversy concerning Communists in the AEU in Australia].

MSS.202/A/3/3/4 1962

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/3/5-10 1965

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/3/11-13 1968

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/1-25 1963-1974

R.Etheridge's papers as an AEU/AEF/AUEW delegate to the TUC : RE's Ms. notes on the proceedings of the union's preliminary mtgs. and of the Congresses;

Corres. and union circulars re nomination and election as a delegate, and re administrative matters;

RE's speaking notes for rpts. on and talks about the Congresses, given to union Divisional Cttee. and branches and CP organisations; corres. with union branches requesting a verbal rpt. from RE; rpts. on Congresses written by RE for union journal (drafts and corres.); various pr. pprs. issued by TUC to delegates [major items, e.g. General Council's annual rpts., transferred to library stock];

pr./dupl. ephemera, mainly issued by pressure/interest groups e.g. CND, British Peace Campaign, WEA;

CP memoranda and information pprs;

press cuttings and journal articles.

MSS.202/A/3/4/1-3 1963

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/4-5 1966

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/6-8 1967

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/9-10 1968

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/11 1969 Jun

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/12-13 1969 Sep

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/14 1970

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/15 1971 Mar

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/16-17 1971 Sep

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/18-20 1972

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/21 1973 Mar

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/23-24 1974

R.ETHERIDGES PAPERS

MSS.202/A/3/4/26 1956-1975

Corres. and pr. ephemera re occasions when RE was nominated as a TUC delegate but not elected.

MSS.202/A/3/5/1 19571960

R. Etheridge's papers as a delegate to the AEU Motor Manufacturing Industry Delegate Conferences Oct. 1960 Apr.1957

Ms. notes on the proceedings;

dupl. rpts. on redundancies and short-time working in several AEU districts; resolutions.

MSS.202/A/3/6/1-8

Various pprs. re R. Etheridge's involvement in AEU/AEF/AUEW activities including duties undertaken as District President but excluding shop steward activities.

MSS.202/A/3/6/1 1966 Jan-May

'AEU District Referee'. Enquiry by District Referee into the position of a provisional delegate on the District Cttee. : corres., and dupl. mins.

MSS.202/A/3/6/2 1970 Oct

Works conf. at Hill Jackson (Springs) Ltd. re women's wage claim : corres. and procedure agt.

MSS.202/A/3/6/3 1965-72

Central confs. on Birmingham west and National AEU/AEF/AUEW references, not including Longbridge references : Ms. notes; memoranda; corres.

MSS.202/A/3/6/4 1965-75

Various pprs. relating to R.Etheridge's activities as District President incl. copy of his ltr. of resignation.

MSS.202/A/3/6/5 1957-70

Speaking engagements at AEU branch mtgs. and social functions : speaking notes for after dinner speeches at Shrewsbury (on incomes policy, wives of trade unionists and Black Country lore) and for talk on automation and shop stewards at Old Hill Branch; corres.

MSS.202/A/3/6/6 1956-7 1959-60

"Div. Org. Election". R.Etheridge's candidatures for the post of AFU Divisional Organiser : corres., dupl. circulars election address.

MSS.202/A/3/6/7 1976-79

Post-retirement miscellanea, incl. photocopies of ltrs. and dupl. ephemera.

MSS.202/A/3/6/8 1966-74

Misc. AEU/AEF/AUEW corres. and other pprs., incl. pprs. re nomination of R. Etheridge for post of National Organiser (1966) and dupl. mins. of Oxford District Cttee. (1971-2, 5 mtgs. only).

PUBLICATIONS

MSS.202/A/4/1 1949-72 nd

AEU/AEP/AUEW pr. ephemera incl. recruiting leaflets, booklets for new members, material re industrial relations legislation, and AEU Bathgate Area News Bulletin, nos. 1 2, 1964 Mar May. Also Carpenter, J The Amalgamated Society of Engineers : Worcester Branch, AUEW, Worcester, nd. N.B. A large quantity of AEU publications have been transferred from the Etheridge papers to library stock.

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MSS.202/SP Etheridge papers

Speaking engagements and radio and television interviews and broadcasts. Papers relating to speeches made to, or on behalf of the AEU/AEF/AUEW or the CPGB are not included in this list.

MSS.202/SP/1 1947-1948

1947 Oct 'The engineer', broadcast in BBC Light programme series 'Meet the people' : autographed script; corres.

[1948?] 'The Black Country', unknown occasion : pp.6-8 of speaking notes.

MSS.202/SP/2 1956-1960

1956 Oct 'Does the press distort news?', Birmingham Trades Council Journal public forum : speaking notes; order of business.

[1957?] 'Youth', radio broadcast : script [incomplete?]

1960 Jan 'Wildcat strikes', Arden Group, Birmingham : corres.

MSS.202/SP/3 May/Dec 1962

1962 May 'Industrial relations', Bromsgrove Rotary Club : speaking notes; corres.; dupl. prcis.

1962 Dec 'Human relations in industry', Bromsgrove Rotary Club : speaking notes; corres.

MSS.202/SP/4 1962-1963

[1962] 'Common market', unknown occasion : speaking notes.

1963 May 'The strike problem', unknown occasion : speaking notes.

MSS.202/SP/5 1964-1965

1964 Jun 'Shop stewards', Redditch College of F.E. : ltr.; press release summarising talk.

1964 Oct Topic unknown, television interview for 'world in Action' programme : telegram.

1965 Aug Topic unknown, GKN Group...Workers' Assoc., Birmingham : ltr.

1965 Dec Supervisors' course,Redditch College of F.E. : corres.

MSS.202/SP/6 1966 Feb

Topic unknown, GKN Workers' Assoc., quarterly shop stewards' mtg., walsall : agenda; mins. of previous mtg., 1965 Sep; Porging Press, 1964 Aug 1965 Feb Dec.

MSS.202/SP/7 1966 May

'Shop steward training', Institute of Supervisory Management [ISM], Droitwich : speaking notes; corres.; ephemers.

MSS.202/SP/8 1966 Dec

'Scamp report', BBC radio interview : transcript. Also corres. and dupl. ephemera received by R. Etheridge as a member of the BBC 2 audience research panel, 1967.

MSS.202/SP/9 Feb/Nov 1967

1967 Feb 'Changing role of the shop steward', ISM, Malvern : corres.; ephemera.

1967 Nov 'Democracy in Industry', University of Aston Social Sciences Society : ltr.

MSS.202/SP/10 1969 Jun-Sep

'In place of strife', ISM, several meetings : speaking notes; corres.; publications, information pprs. and ephemera issued by AEF, SP, ISM and LRD.

MSS.202/SP/11 1969 Apr

'In place of strife - what now?', ISM Birmingham : speaking notes; corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/12 [1970]

'Industrial relations bill', [ISM] : speaking notes; publications, information pprs. and ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/13 1971 Feb May

'Industrial relations bill', ISM, Birmingham and Redditch : speaking notes; corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/14 1968-1969

1968 Sep 'Changing, role of the shop steward, Northfield CLP : dupl. circular.

1968 Sep 'TUS', BBC radio talk:ltr.

1969 Mar 'Shop stewards in British industry', ATV Today interview : incomplete script.

1969 Mar 'Workers participation', BBC television interview : ltr.

[1969?] Topic unknown, occasion unknown : ltr.

MSS.202/SP/15 1969 Nov

'Supervisor and Shop Steward', ISM, London: invitation; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/16 1970 [May] Sep

'Fuel crisis, 1947' television interview for Themes TV : corres.; MS. notes; Austin Motor Co. notices, 1947. Part of this interview was used in 'The day before yesterday' series.

MSS.202/SP/17 1970 Jun

'Shop steward training', ISM, London : speaking notes; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/18 Oct/Nov 1970

1970 Oct 'Conflict at shop floor level', Graduate Centre for Management Studies, Birmingham : speaking notes; dupl. precis of talk; corres. ephemera.

1970 Nov 'Future role of the shop steward', Graduate Centre for Management Studies, Birmingham : corres.

MSS.202/SP/19 1971 Jan

'Work people and production', North Staffordshire Polytechnic, at Keele University : corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/20 1971

1971 Jan Invitation to address Aston University [?] Society.

1971 May Topic unknown, Institute of Works Management, Redditch : ltr.

1971 Nov Invitation to address Women's Gas Federation, Smethwick.

MSS.202/SP/21 1971 Nov

'What is it that trade unionists expect of management:', British Institute of Management, Norwich : speaking notes; corres.

MSS.202/SP/22 1972-1973

1972 Jun 'Changing role of shop steward', GKN Barfields Extrusions : corres.

1972 Sep 'Shop floor power', BBC Radio Four Broadcast : Ms. script; corres.; Bulletin for Socialist Self-management review.

1973 Feb 'Industrial democracy' : Institute of Works Menagers' diploma course ppr. containing interview with R. Etheridge.

1973 Mar Unknown, Abel Morall Ltd, Redditch : ltr.

1973 Mar 'Leasured Daywork', West Bromwich College of Commerce and Technology : ltr.

1973 Mar Unknown, Anglia Television : ltr.

MSS.202/SP/23 1973 Jun

'Problems of multi-union organisation', GKN Shottor, Halesowen : corres.

MSS.202/SP/24 1973-1974

1973 Nov 'Reds under the bed', Anglia Television interview : corres.

1974 Mar 'Real nature of the present crisis', West Midlands Workers' Control Group : speaking notes; corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/25 1974 Jul

'Role of the shop steward in industrial relations', Birmingham Productivity Association corres.

MSS.202/SP/26 1974 Jul

'The industrial company as a system :... labour', Careers Research Advisory Centre, Nottingham : corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/27 1974

Industrial Society Talks, Birmingham.

1974 May 'Job of the convenor' : corres.; ephemera.

1974 Jun 'Industrial relations law and the shop steward' [cancelled] : corres.

1974 Sep 'Effective negotiations' : corres.; ephemera; large quantity of original documentation concerning domestic negotiations at Longbridge re piecework prices and job evaluation.

MSS.202/SP/28 1974 Nov

'Industrial relations in a racial situation', Industrial Society, Birmingham [Chairman R. Etheridge] : corres.; ephemera; publications.

MSS.202/SP/29 1974-1975

1974 Dec 'Changing role of the shop steward', Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry : corres.

[1975] Topic unknown, Thorne Training Associates [cancelled] : ltr.

MSS.202/SP/30 1975 Apr

'The other side of management', Keele University : ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/31 1975 May

'Industrial relations problems of British Leyland, Polytechnic of the South Bank : corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/32 1975 Oct

'Industrial relations for shop stewards', Industrial Society, Birmingham, Leicester and London : speaking notes; corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/33 1975-1976

1975 Dec 'The other side of management', Rowley Regis College : corres.

1976 Feb 'Industrial relations for shop stewards', Industrial Society, Birmingham : corres.; ephemera.

1976 Mar 'Employee participation in management', Aston University : corres.; speaking notes.

List of speaking engagements, 1975 Apr - 1976 Feb.

MSS.202/SP/34 1976 Jun

'Worker participation and company law within the EEC', Industrial Society, Birmingham [Etheridge attending but not a speaker]: corres.; ephemera; MS. notes on talk.

MSS.202/SP/35 1976-1978

1976 Nov Dec 'Health and safety at work Act', Warley College of Technology : memoranda; ephemera.

1977 Nov 'Health and safety at work Act', Warley College of Technology : memoranda; ephemera.

1978 Dec 'Health and safety at work Act', Warley College of Technology : memoranda; ephemera.

MSS.202/SP/36 1979 Nov

'Deposit of the Etheridge papers in the Modern Records Centre' [also deals with motor industry industrial relations], Radio Birmingham interview of R. Etheridge R. Storey : transcript prepared from tape recording made by Modern Records Centre.

MSS.202/SP/37 nd [1975]

'The trade union view of the future of collective bargaining', occasion unknown : speaking notes.

'Development of shop stewards', unidentified school : notes for talk to pupils.

'The causes of strikes', occasion unknown : speaking notes.

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MSS.202/S ETHERIDGE PAPERS : LONGBRIDGE SHOP STEWARDS

MSS.202/S/J

MSS.202/S/J/1/1-13 1946, 1951 - 65

Minutes of meetings of the Joint Shop Stewards and the Works Committee : Looseleaf and in minute books.

MSS.202/S/J/1/3ii 1956 Aug

Loose papers removed from MSS.202/S/J/1/3i above, incl. Strike Committee mins.

MSS.202/S/J/1/5 nd

Duplicates of items in MSS.202/S/J/1/4 above.

MSS.202/S/J/1/7ii nd

Agendas and other pprs. found in MSS.202/S/J/1/4-7i above.

MSS.202/S/J/1/8 nd

Undated fragments of minutes. Found in MSS.202/S/J/1/4-7 above (2 items only).

MSS.202/S/J/1/9ii nd

Agendas and other pprs. found in MSS.202/S/J/1/9i above.

MSS.202/S/J/1/11ii nd

Minutes found loose in MSS.202/S/J/11i above.

MSS.202/S/J/1/11iii nd

Agendas and other pprs. found in MSS.202/S/J/1/11i above.

MSS.202/S/J/1/12 1974 Sep - Nov

Minutes of the Longbridge Joint Stewards' Holiday Club

MSS.202/S/J/1/13 1968 Oct - 1970 Feb

Minutes of meetings of the Works Committee with representatives of the BLMC Longbridge management

Related Material

Minutes of other meetings are incorporated in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/1-220 below.

MSS.202/S/J/2/1-4 1945 - 71

Joint Shop Stewards and Works Committee financial records and fund-raising ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/2/1 1945 - 6

Austin Shop Stewards' Fighting Fund : collection sheets and receipts.

MSS.202/S/J/2/2 [1954?]

Miscellaneous : collection sheets and rough a/cs in respect of collections for National League of the Blind, Triplex Strikers and an injured workmate, 1949; book of cash receipts issued, 1953 Mar - Apr; a/cs for sales of Birmingham Trades Council Journal via Austin JSS

MSS.202/S/J/2/3 1962-74, nd

JSS fund-raising ephemera

MSS.202/S/J/2/4 1970 Dec - 1971 Jan

JSS Fund : collection sheets giving names and sums donated

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/1-30 1939 - 55

Correspondence and other papers of the Joint Shop Stewards and the AEU Shop Stewards (inextricably mixed).

Related Material

N.B. Other correspondence of this period is inter-filed with Daily Working Notes (MSS.202/S/J/8/1- below).

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/1 1939 - 47

File compiled by Dick Etheridge and O. Hindmarsh, his predecessor as convener : corres.; pr. dupl. ephemera; and other pprs.

Subjects incl.:

distribution of extra clothing coupons; marshalling yard piece prices; pooling system on the 10 h.p. track; redundancies;

Short-time working and eligibility for unemployment benefit;

Women's wages;

Wounded soldiers (chocolate, beer etc., for the wounded).

Contains:

Rules, Austin Workpeople's Hospital and Benefit Fund, 1941;

'Why you should join a trade union', [Austin] Aero Staff Shop Stewards' Cttee., 1944.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/2 1944 - 6

Similar to MSS.202/S/J/3/1/1.

Subjects incl.:

A.E. Ager Memorial Fund;

ASSET recruitment;

clogs for salvage workers;

demarcation dispute, AEU with sheetmetal workers' union.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/3 1934 - 54 (mainly 1942-5)

Subjects incl. :

accidents involving Dick Etheridge;

Dick Etheridge's service with the Austin casualty Service as an ambulance driver;

redundancies among night operators.

Contains:

envelopes re-used with wartime economy labels;

ltr. from AEU D. Sec. enclosing Dick Etheridge's credentials as a newly-elected Steward.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/4 1942 - 9

Contains:

'To all operators in the machine Shop', Austin Motor Shop Stewards Committee (a handbill re ratefixing), nd; misc. other pprs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/5 1943 nd

Contains:

ltr. from Engineering Allied Trades Shop Stewards' Nat. Council re New Propellor, 1943 Oct;

Schedule 'Earnings of operators on 10 H.P. line', nd;

[speaking notes, by Dick Etheridge?] on economic effects of re-armament, trade restrictions material shortages, [1951?].

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/6 1943 - 7

Subjects incl. :

dispute on 10 h.p. line re piece rate and recognition of Stewards, 1944;

rate fixing.

Contains:

Austin SS Fund balance sheet, 1943;

Statement of policy re redundancy and transfers of labour, 1943.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/7 1944 - 5

Contains:

redundancy lists, arranged by department or contract.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/8 1944 - 6

Subjects incl.:

Assoc. of Scientific Workers recruitment drive;

H.W. Ward (Birmingham) dispute;

speech by Mr. L.P. Lord, Austin Motor Co., criticising the Labour government.

Contains:

Hollymoor Hospital Benefit Fund balance sheet, 1945;

lists of SSs;

redundancy lists;

schedule of women's wage rates, 1944.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/9 1944 - 6

Subjects incl. :

demarcation dispute, AEU with sheetmetalworkers' union.

Contains:

Greaves, F.W., Democracy in action,privately published, 1946;

Report of the recent dispute...,Austin Shop Stewards' Cttee., 1944.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/10 1944 - 51

Contains:

handbill re Peg Bills Strike [1951];

listsof SSs;

The Report,[Austin] Shop Stewards' Cttee., 1944 Apr.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/11 1945 - 9

Dick Etheridge's correspondence as convener and as Chairman of Longbridge 3rd Branch of the AEU (inextricably mixed) and other papers.

Subjects incl. :

AEU elections;

charity disaster relief collections;

electricity load - spreading and short-time wkg.;

holiday working pay;

L.P. Lord's speech criticising the Labour government;

Socialist Output, the possibility of selling it via Austin SSs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/12 194[?]

Contains:

TS. text of a speech delivered to a Foremen's Association mtg. during WWII [not given by Dick Etheridge], marked "Mr. Farrer".

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/13 1945 - 50

Subjects incl.:

Cresswell Colliery Disaster Relief Fund Collection, 1950;

Forty-hour week, 1946;

Visit of an Austin SS, Frank Key, to the USSR, 1950.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/14 1946 Mar-Dec

Subjects incl.:

hours of work;

structure of SSs' organisation at AustinMotor Co.;

UPA national dispute;

works buses;

various disputes at Longbridge.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/15 1946 Apr-Nov

Subjects incl. :

hours of work.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/16 1946 May - Sep

Contains:

misc. corres. and other pprs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/17 1946 Jul - Oct

Subjects incl. :

hours of work.

Contains:

agt. for 40-hour week at Standard Motor Co., Coventry (copy).

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/18 1946 nd

Contains:

TS. notes on a series of lectures on time and motion study and ratefixing given by Mr Gracie of GEC at Birmingham Central Technical College. The notes are attributed Ratefixing and Demonstration Dept.', 1946;

2 [undated] poems, one re an early instance of automation [1947?], the re other re Shop Stewards.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/19 1946 - 8

Subjects incl. :

electricity load-spreading and short-time working.

Contains:

Connolly Assoc. and CP dupl. pr. ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/20 1946 - 8

Contains:

list of AEU SSs at Longbridge, c.1948;

notice of dismissal of Dick Etheridge by Austin Motor Co., with telegram cancelling the notice, 1947 Feb.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/21 1946, 1950

Subjects incl.:

demarcation dispute, AEU with sheetmetalworkers union.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/22 1946 - 53 nd

Contains:

Air Industrial Developments, Shenstone, dispute ephemera, [1953?];

Austin Motor Shop Stewards Organisation card issued to J. McGregor, nd;

British - Soviet Friendship Exhibition, Birmingham, circular, nd;

CSEU Birmingham District Cttee. dupl. mins., 1950 Mar;

Longbridge Club Institute balance sheets and AGM notices, 1946, 1950 1951;

report on engineering industry national dispute, Cmd. 7511 of 1948, with Dick Etheridge's notes.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/23 1946 - 55

'Leaflets Austin'

Contains:

1946 Jul, ltr. to AEU D. Sec. asking for dispute at Austin's to be referred to TUC;

1948 Feb, testimonial to James Higgins, a SS;

1948 Mar, ltr. of support from Austin AEU SSs to Jim Crump, candidate for Regional Officer;

1949 Nov, ltr. from AEU D. Sec. with press-cuttings concerning Mr. Lord's public criticism of Communist influence on Shop Stewards;

1949 results of holiday ballot, TS.;

1951 Jun press-cuttings re Austin wage claim;

1952 Birmingham CP handbill 'Wot - No Xmas Bonus?';

[1952?] Birmingham CP handbill 'Reorganisation and the truth' [this item and the previous one devote some space to BMC affairs];

1953 Jan 31 extracts from mins. of BMCJSS Cttee. mtg. re opposition to redundancy;

1953 Feb the McHugh dispute - AEU, NUVB and Austin JSS handbills and collecting Sheets;

1953 Dec AEU handbill 'Wages Negotiations - 24 hours Stoppage of Work';

[1953] Austin JSS handbill 'The Engineers Wage Claim';

1955 Dec handbill 'Cut the call-up now!', advertising Nat. Conf. on Militarisation of Youth;

n.d ltr. notifying election of S. Pegg as SS;

n.d unsigned ltr. to 'Tommy', containing instructions to boycott a mtg.;

n.d Daily Worker advertising handbill, 'Dick Etheridge says';

n.d Austin JSS handbill 'Strike at Duples (Hendon)';

n.d Austin Motor Co. handbill, '5 for a Rhyme';

n.d pr. notification of AEU SSs' mtgs.(blank);

n.d [Austin JSS?] expenses claim form (blank).

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/24 1946 - 54 nd

'Austin Shop Stewards Leaflets etc.'

Contains:

1946 Oct handbill, mtg. re 40-hour week;

1946 Nov handbill, mtg. re 40-hour week;

1946 Dec telegram from E. Shinwell re dispute at Longbridge;

1947 nd pocket notebook containing lists of names, rough a/cs, notes on AEU branch mtgs., notes re flood relief collection;

1949 Mar Apr p.c notifications of AEU SS and JSS mtgs.;

1950 leaflet '...strike at Duples (Hendon) ...';

1950 rpt. of Socialist Medical Assoc. conf. re tuberculosis;

1951 Jun leaflet '...11/-wage demand mass meeting...'

1951 Oct leaflet re general election;

1952 Jan ltr. from emigrant recently arrived in Australia;

1953 1954 ephemera re nat. engineering wage claims;

[1954?] MS. notice convening shop floor mtg., Dalmuir Bldg.;

n.d leaflet re Austin JSS Development Assoc. and the "Hut";

n.d receipt for 82 6s. 9d. from Triplex Safety Glass Strike [Cttee.];

n.d dupl. ephemera re canteen boycott.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/25 1947 - 53

Contains:

MS. notes re internal politics of Austin JSS, 1947 Dec;

AEU Rubery no. 2 branch annual dinner menu, 1953 Oct; a piece of creative writing re Spanish Civil War, nd.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/26 1948 nd

Contains:

MS. rules of No. 1 Machine Shop Fighting Fund;

2 short lists of names.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/27 1948 - 9

Subjects incl.:

co-operation between Austin and Nuffield SSs;

recruitment of dilutee draughtsmen by Austin Motor Co.;

redundancies;

Triplex Safety Glass dispute.

Contains:

proceedings of local conf. re non-observance of procedure agt. at Austin Motor Co. (employer's reference), 1949 Jan.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/28 1948 - 52

Subjects incl.:

dismissal of a [Communist?] AEU member by Austin Motor Co. allegedly with the backing of TGWU SSs;

joint Austin - Nuffield SSs' cttee.;

nuclear disarmament and peace;

sheet steel shortage, [1951?];

Triplex Safety Glass dispute.

Contains:

suggested revised rules for Austin Workpeople's Convalescent and Benevolent Fund.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/29 1950 - 1

Subjects incl.:

various negotiations with the Austin Motor Co.

MSS.202/S/J/3/1/30 1951 - 2

Subjects incl.:

national engineering wage claims;

redundancies;

Rival Lamps (Weybridge) dispute.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/1-220 1953 - 75

Agendas, correspondence, internal dispute records and other papers for Joint Shop Stewards and Works Committee meetings. Also copy for Etheridge's 'Longbridge Log' column in the Birmingham Trades Council Journal.

Related Material

N.B. Other correspondence, particularly of the 1950s, is inter-filed with Daily Working Notes (MSS. 202/S/J/8/1- below).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/1 1953 May

Subjects incl.:

facilities for, and company controls over,Dick Etheridge as convener.

Contains:

3 ltrs. only.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/2 1953 Mar - Sep

Subjects incl.:

decision of BMCJSS Cttee. to send a delegate to a WFTU conf.;

national engineering industry wage claim;

Strike at Austin Motor Co.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1953 Sep 7 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/3 1953 Jun - Dec

Subjects incl.:

Christmas holiday arrangements;

dispute with Boilermakers' Society re appointment of SSs;

national engineering industry wage claim;

SSs organisation at Austin Motor Co.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs. 1953 Oct [?] (agenda), Nov 2 (agenda), Dec 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs. 1953 Sep 28, Oct 26 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/4 1953 Oct - 1954 May

Subjects incl.:

ASSET recruitment at Longbridge; BMC reorganisation, labour mobility and possibility of redundancies;

Birmingham Corporation Bill and Birmingham town poll;

Briggs MotorBodies dispute;

David Brown Tractors (Leeds) dispute;

German re-armament;

holidays;

James Beresford (Birmingham) dispute;

old age pensions;

opposition to H-Bomb;

Sant - Sturgess (Acton, London) dispute.

Contains:

Austin JSS financial statement for 1953-4;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1953 Oct 31 and nd;

Handley Page (London) agt. re draughtsmen;

[M A S S?] SOC mtg., nd (MS. notes).

Pprs. for JSS mtgs. 1954 Jan 4, Jan 25, Feb 1, Mar 1, May 3 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs. 1954 Feb 22 (agenda), Mar 28 (agenda) Apr[?].

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/5 1954 Mar - Sep

Subjects incl.:

ASSET recruitment at Longbridge;

BMC reorganisation, labour mobility and the possibility of redundancies;

Batchelors Peas (Sheffield) dispute;

Birmingham CSEU/Austin SSs links;

dermatitis at Longbridge, Dr. Mrs. Cort's deportation;

G. Varnom's visit to China;

old age pensions;

Sant- Sturgess (Acton, London)dispute;

WFTU metalworkers conf.;

waiting time pay.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1954 May 8.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1954 Jun 14, Jul 5, Aug 16, Sep 6 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1954 May 31, Jun 28, Aug 23 (agendas for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/6 1954 Jul - Nov

Subjects incl.:

Aero Zipp Fasteners (Glamorgan) dispute;

labour mobility in BMC;

Manchester Dry Docks boilermakers' dispute.

Contains:

[BMCJSS Cttee.] mins., Sep 11;

BSFS ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs. 1954 Oct 4, Nov [?] (agendas for both)

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs. 1954 Sep 27, Oct 25, Nov [?] (agendas for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/7 1954 Oct - 1955 Apr

Subjects incl.:

German re-armament;

holidays;

JSS mtg. for parliamentary candidates for the Northfield constituency;

Port of London Ship Repairers' dispute;

Projectile Engineering (Battersea) dispute.

Contains:

BSFS ephemera;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1955 Jan 8;

M A S S Cttee. steering Cttee. mins., 1955 Jan 22 Mar 5.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1954 Dec 6, 1955 Feb 7, Mar 7, Apr 4 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1955 Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 28 (agendas for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/8 1955 Apr - Jul

Subjects incl.:

Austin Motor Co. golden jubilee;

general election;

opposition to the H-Bomb;

St. Faith's Mission, Rusape, S. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe];

Shandlows (Sheffield) dispute;

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., May 19;

BMCJSS Cttee. synopsis of BMC toolroom rates;

MASS Jun conf. programme and proceedings.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1955 May 2, May 15, Jun 6 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1955 Apr 25 and Jun 27 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/9 1955 Jun - Jul

Subjects incl.:

MASS Jun conf.;

Press Shop piece prices.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1955 Jul 4 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/10 1955 May - Jul

Subjects incl.:

seamen's strike.

Contains:

Birmingham anti-H-Bomb conf. ephemera;

[BMC?] JSS Cttee. mins., May 19.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1955 Aug [1].

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/11 1955 Jun - Aug

Contains:

The MASS Conference report... Birmingham, 5th June 1955;

Corres. with Les Gurl.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1955 Aug 10 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/12 1955 May - Sep

Subjects incl.:

automation.

Contains:

BSFS ephemera;

Chinese government propoganda leaflets;

[MASS?] Steering Cttee. mins., Aug 27.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1955 Sep 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1955 Aug 29 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/13 1955 Aug - Dec

Subjects incl.:

automation;

Birmingham Blue Coat School (introduction of fees);

criticism of BMCJSS Cttee. SOC for alleged manipulation of Cttee. and its confs.;

MASS Sep conf.;

motor industry SSs' lobby of parliament re recession, short-time working and threat of redundancies;

night-shift working;

payment for waiting time;

relations between JPC and Works Cttee.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. constitution, nd;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Sep 10 Nov 19;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mins., Oct 8 Nov 12;

ltr. from Avis Clarke to Dick Etheridge apparently re WFTU and CP activities;

MASS Steering Cttee. mins., Nov 12.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1955 Oct 3, Nov 7 Dec 5 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1955 Sep 26 (agenda), Oct [?], Nov 28 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/14 1955 Dec - 1956 Mar

Subjects incl.:

automation;

International Car Workers' Conf., Paris, 1956 Feb;

national engineering wage claim;

lobbying of parliament re recession,etc.;

Rotax (Acton, London) dispute;

Standard Motor Co's dismissal of G. Wright, convener of SSs;

waiting-time pay for piece workers.

Contains:

Austin JSS balance sheet 1954 Jul - 1956 Jan;

Automation and Electronics Bill [Bill 60], 1955;

BMCJSS Cttee SOC mins. Jan 14;

BMCJSS Cttee SOC MS. notes on mtg. Mar 3;

British China Friendship Assoc. ephemera;

Hawker Dispute Children's Fund Report balance sheet, Blackpool, 1956 [Feb?];

Voice of Ford's Workers, Fords JSS, vol. 2, no. 1, 1956 Jan.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1956 Jan 2 (agenda), Jan 11, Feb 5 (agenda), Mar 5 (agenda), Mar 12 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1956 Jan 18, Jan 30, Feb 27 (agendas for each).

Related Material

JSS and Works Cttee. documentation for 1956 April - Aug is in a file on the 1956 BMC dispute, MSS202/S/J/3/3/5-10 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/15 1956 Aug - Dec

Subjects incl.:

BMC strike against redundancies;

Norton Motors dispute;

resignation of G. Varnom from Chairman of Works Cttee.;

Suez, Hungarian uprising and internal politics of the JSS.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Aug 18;

NAT Bulletin, no. 1, nd.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs. Sep 5 (agenda), Sep 19 (mins.), Oct 3 (agenda, mins.), Nov 6 (agenda), Nov 13 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs. Aug 29 (agenda), Oct 31 (MS. notes).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/16 1956 Oct-Dec

Subjects incl.:

automation;

redundancies at Rex Arnold (Birmingham).

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Nov 17;

F. Allaun MP, Automation - blessing or curse?, Atomic Age Pamphlet no. 2.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1956 Dec 5 (agenda, mins.)

Pprs. for Works Cttee., mtg. 1956 Nov 28 (agenda).

Pprs for JSS annual mtg. 1957 Jan 2 (agenda, TS. rpt. for Birmingham Trades Council Journal)

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/17 1956 Dec - 1957 Jan

Subjects incl.:

divisions amongst the JSS;

redundancies.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1957 Jan 16 (mins.) Jan 23.

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1957 Jan 2 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/18 1956 Sep - 1957 Feb

Subjects incl.:

car workers' lobby of parliament in opposition to redundancies, 1957 Jan 28

Contains:

BMC/CSEU agt. re redundancies, dupl.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1957 Jan 16 (mins), Jan 23 (mins.), Feb 6 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/19 1957 Jan - May

Subjects incl.:

BMC (Holland Park, London) dispute;

Briggs Motor Bodies (Dagenham) dispute;

International Car Workers Conf., Paris, May;

national guaranteed week agt.;

opposition to UK H-Bomb tests;

strike action in support of national engineering industry wage claim.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., nd;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mins., Jan 5.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1957 Mar 6, Apr 3, May 6 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee, mtgs., 1957 Feb 27, Mar 25, Mar 27, Apr 1 Apr 29 (agendas for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/20 1957 Jan - Aug

Subjects incl.:

East German holidays for motor industry SSs;

excessive overtime working on the Austin Series B;

exchange visits between British motor industry SSs and Soviet motor industry trade union functionaries.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Mar 9:

International Car Workers' Conf.

Paris, May - dupl. and TS. rpts;

MASS Steering Cttee. mins., Feb 23;

MASS Steering Cttee., MS. notes on, Jun 1.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1957 Jun3 (agenda), Jul 1 (agenda, mins).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. 1957 May 23, May 27 Jun 24 (agendas for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/21 1957 May - Sep

Subjects incl.:

national bus strike.

Contains:

BMC[JSS Cttee.] mins. May 18;

BMC[JSS Cttee.] annual mtg. mins., Jul 6;

Rads News Sheet, Morris Radiators SS Cttee., Oxford, nd.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1957 Jun 3 (mins.), Jul 1 (mins.), Jul 22 (agenda) Sep 2 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg. 1957 Aug 26 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/22 1957 Jun - 1958 Jan

Subjects incl.:

campaign against crimes of violence;

dermatitis case at Longbridge;

four-night week;

opposition to increase in works bus fares;

overtime ban, particularly by electricians;

R. Etheridge's East German holiday;

recognition of Works Cttee. by management;

Renault (Park Royal, London) dispute;

USDAW dispute with A.D. Wimbush Son (Birmingham).

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Jun 1 Sep 21;

Representative Body mtg, Nov 22, MS. notes.

Pprs.for JSS mtgs., 1957 Sep 2 (mins), Oct 7 (agenda, mins.), Oct 15, Nov 4, Dec 2 (agenda, mins.).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1957 Sep 23, Oct 28, Nov 25 Dec 30 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1958 Jan 6 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/23 1957 Nov - 1958 Apr

Subjects incl.:

East German holidays for British SSs;

Master Vending Co. (London) dispute;

recognition of Works Cttee. by management;

Willenhall Motor Radiators dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1957 Nov 23 1958 Mar 8;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC/Clarion Editorial Board jt. mtg. mins., 1958 Jan 11;

British Cycle Corp. redundancy procedure agt., dupl., nd;

General Fed of Trade Unions of [North] Korea ephemera;

MASS Steering Cttee. mins., 1957 Dec 14;

Renault Strike Fund Balance Sheet nd;

Schedule of wage rates in BMC plants.

Pprs.for JSS mtgs. 1958 Feb 3 (mins.) Mar 3 (agenda, convener's rpt., mins.)

Pprs.for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1958 Jan 27, Feb 24 Mar 31 (agenda and convener's rpt.in each case).

Pprs.for JSS annual mtg., 1958 Jan 6 (mins.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/24 1958 Mar - Jun

Subjects incl.:

A 35 van line dispute;

exchange visits between British motor industry

SSs and Soviet motor industry trade union functionaries;

Pressed Steel Co. (Swindon) dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mtg. rpt., May 17 (MS.).

Pprs for JSS mtg., 1958 May 19 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1958 Apr 28 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/25 1958 Jun - Aug

Subjects incl.:

Russian exchange scheme;

Short-time working in BMC foundries.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1958 Jul 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee mtg., 1958 Jun 30 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/26 1958 Aug - Sep

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1958 Sep 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1958 Aug 25 (agenda).

[5 items only]

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/27 1958 Aug - Oct

Subjects incl.:

BCAC (London) dispute;

CEU dispute with Redpath Brown at Longbridge;

Russian exchange scheme.

Contains:

ASSET pr. ephemera for BMC staff;

proceedings of a conf. of motor industry SSs

re automation, 1958 Sep 24 -5.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1958 Oct 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1958 Sep 29 (agenda) Oct [?].

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/28 1958 Aug - Nov

Subjects incl.:

East German holidays for BMC SSs;

Pressed Steel (Swindon) dispute;

Wickmans (Coventry) dispute.

Contains:

ASSET recruiting leaflets;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Sep 6.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1958 Nov 3 (agenda, convener's rpt.)

Pprs. for Works Cttee., mtg. 1958 Oct 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/29 1958 Nov - Dec

Ppr. for JSS mtg., 1958 Dec 1 (agenda only).

Ppr. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1958 Nov 24 (agenda only).

[2 items only]

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/30 1958 Oct - Dec

Subjects incl.:

Russian exchange scheme.

Contains:

2 lists of Austin SSs.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1958 Dec 29 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/31 1958 Dec - 1959 Apr

Subjects incl.:

Fords (Dagenham) dispute;

General election;

publication of a Conservative Party advertisement in the Birmingham Trades Council Journal;

Universal Pattern Co. (Crawley) dispute;

Wickman's (Coventry) dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1958 Dec 20 1959 Feb 7:

corres. with G.W. Harriman, Austin Motor Co. re short-time working;

MASS Cttee. mins. [1959 Jan?];

Notes on motors, LRD.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1959 Jan 5, Feb 2 Mar 2 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1959 Jan 26 Feb 28 (agendas for both).

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1959 Jan 5 (agenda, Dick Etheridge's speaking notes).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/32 1959 Feb - Jun

Subjects incl.:

Birmingham University research on trade union communications;

British Gear Grinding (Park Royal, London) dispute;

CAWU wage dispute with Austin Motor Co.;

Car Collection Co. dispute;

civil rights in USA;

East German trade union delegation to the UK;

Ford [Body Division] (Dagenham) dispute;

Labour Party "industrial campaign" at Longbridge;

Liberal Party speaking invitation to Dick Etheridge;

Morris Commercial Cars (Birmingham) dispute;

Rootes Mouldings (Slough) dispute;

Works Cttee. disagreement with Birmingham Trades

Council Journal re a Conservative Party advertisement.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Mar 21;

Holt, A.(ed.),Liberal Policy, Liberal Publications Dept., [1958?];

Longbridge Club Institute financial statement for 1958 - 9;

Morris Motors, Senior SSs' broadsheet 'Idle time...';

schedule of wage rates in various BMC factories;

United, ALTU, no. 6, 1959 Mar.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1959 Jun 1 (agenda convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1959 Mar 23 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Apr 10 (agenda), Apr 17 (agenda) May 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/33 1959 Apr - Sep

Subjects incl.:

BMC (Cowley) dispute re F. Horsman;

Birmingham University research on trade union communications;

Ford [Body Division] (Dagenham) dispute;

Laystall Engineering (Wolverhampton) dispute;

West Press Shop dispute between day and night shifts, arising from short-time working.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins., Jul 4;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mtg., Jun 20, MS. notes;

Russian Hospitality Fund balance sheet, 1958 - 9;

Russian Trip [Lost] Wages [Fund] balance sheet, 1957.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1959 Jul 6 Sep 7 (agenda convener's rpt. for both).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1959 Jun 22 Aug 31 (agenda convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/34 1959 Jul - Dec

Subjects incl.:

General Election;

Greek political trial;

Herbert single spindle machine manning;

holiday ballot at Longbridge;

national SSs conf. in Sheffield, 1959 Dec.

Contains:

Afro-American Heritage Assoc. ephemera;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Sep 5, Sep 26, Oct 17 Oct 30;

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins., Jul 4;

Socialist Labour League ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1959 Oct 5, Nov 2 Dec 7 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1959 Sep 28, Oct 26, Nov 30 Dec 28 (agendas for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/35 1959 Dec - 1960 Mar

Subjects incl.:

CAWU representation at JSS mtgs.;

Dialoy (Cardiff) dispute;

42 hour week;

Hardy-Spicer (Birmingham) dispute;

International Harvester (Doncaster) dispute;

John Brown Land Boilers (Clydebank) dispute;

Lowerstoft shipyards dispute;

management handbook for Longbridge check employees, objected to by Works Cttee.;

Rome Fabrications (Thornliebank, Glasgow) dispute.

Sick pay, savings, etc., scheme made available to their employees by Austin Motor Co.

Contains:

Austin Motor Co. factory instruction re unofficial stoppages of work;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mtg., Jan 30, MS. notes;

SLL Birmingham conf. ephemera;

Pprs for JSS mtgs., 1960 Jan 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Feb 1 (agenda) Mar 7 (agenda, convener's rpt).

Pprs for Works Cttee. mtgs. 1960 Feb 26/29 Mar 14 (agenda convener's rpt. for both).

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1960 Jan 4 (agenda convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/36 1960 Feb - 1961 Jan

Subjects incl.:

Automobile Association dispute;

Carbodies (Coventry) dispute;

clerical and supervisory staff unionisation;

dayworkers pay claim;

East German trade union officials' visit to UK;

G.N. Burgess (London) dispute;

industrial accidents;

National Seamen's Reform Movement;

pensions;

Pilkington's Glass (St. Helens) dispute;

redundancy policy of Longbridge JSS;

Russian delegation's visit to Birmingham;

short-time working,unemployment and the motor industry "crisis";

Thrupp Maberly (Cricklewood, London) dispute.

Contains:

Austin JSS broadsheet re meeting "...to discuss management's statement....on position in the industry":

Laystall Engineering Strike Committee;

'Report on the Laystall dispute...', Wolverhampton, 1959;

Rover SS Cttee. broadsheet 'Plans for expansion in the Cardiff area'.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1960 Apr 4 (agenda), May 2, Jul 4 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Sep 5 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Oct 3 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Oct 17 (agenda), Nov 7 (agenda) Dec 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1960 Mar 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Apr 22 (agenda), Apr 25 (agenda), May 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Jun 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Aug 22 (agenda), Aug 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Sep 26 (agenda), Oct 31 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Nov 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.) Dec 19 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/37 1960 Nov - 1961 Jul

Subjects incl.:

alleged victimization of T. Caufield, a CEU SS;

Appeal for Amnesty in Spain;

CND;

dayworkers' pay claim; East German holidays for motor industry SSs;

Lucas battery factory dispute;

Pressed Steel (Swindon) dispute;

Redditch residence for the elderly, financial appeal; recession in the motor industry, lobby of parliament and Austin JSS petition in favour of trade expansion and unemployment benefit for workers on short-time; shiprepair engineers (Liverpool) dispute;

Staff Co-ordinating Cttee. representation on the Works Cttee.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1960 Nov 12, 1961 Jan 21, Mar 11 Jun 3;

Connolly Association ephemera;

South Wales Miners' Gala Day programme;

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1961 Feb 8, Mar 8, Jun 5 Jul 3 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1961 Jan 12 (agenda) and Feb 6, Feb 26, Mar 27, Apr 17, May 29, Jun 26 (agenda convener's rpt. for each).

Related Material

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg. 1961 Jan in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/57 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/38 1961 Jan

Subject:

press coverage of the motor industry's problems, particularly unemployment benefit for workers on short-time.

Contains:

dupl. press statement;

corres. with Birmingham Mail.

Related Material

N.B. Sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/37 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/39 1961 Jul - Dec

Subjects incl.:

accident and sickness benefit schemes;

ASSET recruitment drive at Longbridge;

Birmingham University/WEA classes for BMC SSs;

British Light Steel Pressings (Action, London) dispute;

BSFS activities;

Fisher Ludlow (Birmingham) electricians' dispute;

Northfield Labour Party compaigning;

opposition to West German re-armament;

possible libel action by Dick Etheridge against The People;

recession and expansion in the motor industry;

Smith's Motor Accessories (Cricklewood, London) dispu WFTU 5th Congress, Moscow.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. balance sheet, 1960-1;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Jun 3 Oct 21;

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins., 1960 Jul 2 1961 Aug 18;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mins., Jul [15/16?] Sep 5;

Headlight, NUVB London District Cttee., vol.3, no.8, 1961 Sep;

National Fire Prevention Week envelope sticker.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1961 Sep 4, Oct 2, Nov 6 Dec 4 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1961 Jul 24, Aug 28, Sep 25, Oct 30, Nov 27 (agendas convener's rpts. for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/40 1961 Nov - 1962 May

Subjects incl.:

BMCJSS Cttee. representation at WFTU congress;

British Light Steel Pressings (Acton, London) dispute;

CSEU one-day strikes for 40-hour week and increased wages;

dayworkers' wage claim;

HDA (Redditch) dispute;

Harold Gurden MP, statement re alleged intimidation by JSS;

nurses' wage claim;

opposition to AEU sending a delegation to Spain;

Rumania, proposed visit by Dick Etheridge;

Uni-Tubes (Berkshire) dispute;

vehicle production bonus;

'Vine case', complaint of victimization of a non-striker by JSS.

Contains:

abusive ltrs.;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1961 Oct 21 Dec 9, 1962 Feb 17;

'The pay pause and you', JSS broadsheet.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1962 Feb 12 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Mar 12 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Apr 2 (agenda), May 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1961 Dec 29, 1962 Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 26, Apr 30 (agenda convener's rpt. for each).

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg. 1962 Jan 1 (agenda).

N.B.

Other pprs. for JSS annual mtg. 1962 Jan in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/57 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/41 1962 Mar - Nov

Subjects incl.:

Bluebird Caravan Co. (Poole) dispute;

Cuba crisis;

dayworkers' pay claim;

Dialoy (Cardiff) dispute;

Duples (Hendon) dispute;

Edwards High Vacuum (Crawley) dispute;

English Electric (Rugby) dispute;

Ford (PTA) P lant dispute;

opposition to the British Union Movement;

West German troops in Britain;

West Press Shop Labour mobility dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. min., Apr 7, Jun 23, Aug 19 Sep 25;

collection sheets for widow of deceased foreman.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1962 Jun 4 (agenda), Jul 2, Sep 3 (agenda), Oct 1 (agenda) Nov 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee., 1962 May 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Jul 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Aug 3 (agenda), Aug 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Sep 24 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Oct 8 (agenda, convener's rpt.) Oct 24 (agenda), Oct 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/42 1962 Oct - 1963 Mar

Subjects incl.:

British Light Steel Pressings (Action, London) dispute;

dispute at Longbridge re non-recognition of an AUFW SSby management;

Edwards High Vacuum (Crawley, Sussex) dispute;

Fords (Dagenham) alleged victimisation of SSs.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1962 Oct 13 Dec 15;

handbill 'Outlaw racialism' re mtg., 1962 Nov 4;

JPC election results;

South Wales rail pit closures protest lobby of parliament;

Sunday Citizen ephemera re world in 1982;

Tory words and Tory deeds, LRD, 1963;

What's wrong at Fords?, Jt. Ford SS Cttee., [1962 Nov].

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1962 Dec 3 and 1963 Feb 4 Mar 4 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1962 Nov 26 Dec 31 and 1963 Jan 29 Feb 25 (agenda convener's rpt for each).

N.B.Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1963 Jan in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/57 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/43 1963 Feb - Jun

Subjects incl.:

BSFS activities;

dayworkers' pay claim;

Morris Motors (Llanelly) dispute;

Spanish government's execution of J. Grimau :

vehicle production bonus.

Contains:

Birmingham University course on industrial relations for BNC SSs dupl. ephemera and MS. notes;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Feb 16;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mins., Mar 2;

'Danger! Official Secret', broadsheet re contingency planning for nuclear war;

League of the GDR for Friendship Among the Peoples' news-ltrs.;

Power, GEC Witton SSs, no. 1.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1963 Apr 1, May 6, May 20 Jun 3 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1963 Mar 25, Apr 29 May 27 (agenda convener's rpt. for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/44 1963 Mar - Nov

Subjects incl.:

abrasive wheels regulations;

BMCJSS Cttee. delegation to USSR;

Birmid (Birmingham) dispute;

disarmament;

Marriotts (Wembley, Middlesex) dispute;

Nat. League of the Blind financial appeal;

Pollard Bearings (Northampton) dispute;

Youth training at Longbridge.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 26;

BMCJSS Cttee. MS. notes on mtg., Jun 29;

BMCJSS Cttee. balance sheet, 1962-3;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mins., Mar 2;

Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1962-3;

ltrs. from Wal Hannington;

petitions for release of Spanish political prisoners;

price list for sale of Austin cars to employees;

Representative Body mins., Sep 11.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1963 Jul 1, Aug 12, Oct 7 Nov 4 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1963 Jun 24 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Jul 2, Jul 10 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Jul 12, Jul 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Aug 27/30 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Sep 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Oct 3 (agenda), Oct 18 (agenda, convener's rpt.) Oct 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/45 1963 Oct - Dec

Subjects incl.:

manning levels at Longbridge;

overtime ban in support of national engineering industry claim.

Contains:

overalls service marketing ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1963 Nov 8 Dec 2 (agenda for both).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1963 Nov 18 Nov 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/46 1963 Dec

Subject:

dispute over membership at Longbridge between NUVB and the brass and metal mechanics union.

Contains:

MS. notes.

Pprs. for special Works Cttee. mtg., 1963 Dec 10.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/47 1963 Nov - Dec

Subjects incl.:

lay-off pay at Longbridge;

NAT.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Sep 28;

rpt. of JSS delegate on conf.of Appeal for Amnesty in Spain.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1963 Dec 23 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/48 1963 Nov - 1964 Apr

Subjects incl.:

Baxters (Birmingham) dispute;

Birmingham University Debating Society's invitation to extreme right-wing speakers;

provision of overalls;

Raleigh Industries (Nottingham) dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1963 Aug 17 Nov 30 and 1964 Jan 25;

BMCJSS Cttee. mtgs. MS. notes, 1964 Jan 25, Mar 21 Apr 4.

BMCJSS Cttee. a/cs, 1962-3;

BMCJSS Cttee. dupl. rpt of delegation to USSR;

Breakthrough to Disarmament Congress rpt. by JSS delegate;

Ford SSs' distress fund list of subscribers;

Industrial Orthopaedic Society Annual report and statement of accounts for 1962.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1964 Feb 3, Mar 2 Apr 6 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1964 Jan 20 (agenda, convener's rpt.) Jan 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Feb 23 (agenda, convner's rpt.), Mar 9 (agenda), Mar 26 (agenda, convener's rpt.) Apr 13 (agenda).

Related Material

Pprs. for Austin JSS annual mtg. 1964 Jan are in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/57 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/49 1964 Mar - Jun

Subjects incl.:

Etheridge's visit to Cuba, Apr - May;

labour mobility between BMC plants;

provision of overalls.

Contains:

map of Longbridge Works showing proposed new car parks;

Representative Body mins., Apr 9.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1964 Jun 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1964 Apr 13 (agenda), Apr 23 (agenda) May 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/50 1964 Apr - Jul

Subjects incl.:

alleged racial discrimination by workers at Longbridge;

traffic congestion and possibility of easing it by staggering night-shift hours;

trial of Mandela and others in South Africa;

Weymann Ltd. (Birmingham) dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 4;

BMCJSS Cttee. MS. notes on mtg., Jun 6;

JPC election results;

League for Democracy in Greece ephemera;

Representative Body mins., May 27.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1964 Jul 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1964 Jun 22/29 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/51 1964 Jun - Aug

Subjects incl.:

attempts to unionise Champion [Sparking] plug factory;

40-hour week claim at Longbridge.

Contains:

International Metalworkers' Federation questionnaire re wage rates, hours, health, conditions, etc., in motor plants, with copy of answers in respect of Longbridge.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1964 Aug 10 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1964 Jul 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/52 1964 Aug - Sep

Subjects incl.:

40-hour week claim at Longbridge.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Jun 6;

BMCJSS Cttee. MS. notes on mtg., Aug 15;

British Peace Cttee. circulars.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1964 Sep 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1964 Aug 31 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/53 1964 Sep - Nov

Subjects incl.:

40-hour week claim at Longbridge;

overtime and night shift wkg. at Longbridge

Contains:

Austin Shop Stewards' Shakespeare Theatre Club ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1964 Oct 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1964 Sep 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/54 1964 Oct - Nov

Subjects:

dayworkers' pay negotiations;

SSs' day release course in economics and industrial relations.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1964 Nov 2 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1964 Oct 26 (agenda, acting convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/55 1964 Oct - Dec

Subjects incl.:

Boulton Paul Aircraft (Wolverhampton) dispute;

Frimhurst Recuperative Home for Families' financial appeal;

Salisbury Transmission (Birmingham) dispute.

Contains:

BMC Annual report, 1964;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Aug 15, Oct 31;

BMCJSS Cttee. MS. notes on mtgs., Oct 31 Dec 5;

BMCJSS Cttee. balance sheet, 1963 - 4;

Facts about the Economic League, LRD, 1960;

Longbridge Club Institute financial statement.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1964 Dec 7 (agenda).

Pprs.for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1964 Nov 23 (agenda) Nov 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/56 1964 Dec

Subjects incl.:

Frimhurst Recuperative Home for Families' financial appeal.

Pprs. for mtg. of Works Cttee., 1964 Dec 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/57 1961 Jan - 1965 Jan

Contains pprs. accumulated by Dick Etheridge in the course of preparing his report to the JSS annual mtg., 1965 Jan, incl.:

Austin Motor Co., The Austin Motor Company Limited.

A handbook for Check Employees, [1958?];

Austin Motor Co., The British Motor Corporation.

A handbook for the Guidance of Employees, [1964?];

CPGB, Engineering Wages, 1965;

[draft?] CSEU/EEF agt. re wages, conditions and working practices, nd.

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1961 Jan (MS. convener's rpt.), 1962 Jan (MS. convener's rpt.), 1963 Jan (agenda, MS. convener's rpt.), 1964 Jan (agenda, MS. convener's rpt.).

Related Material

Pprs. for 1965 JSS annual mtg. (agenda, convener's rpt.) are in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/61 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/58 1964 Dec - 1965 Jul

Subjects incl.:

dayworkers' pay review;

4-night week;

holidays in 1966;

maintenance mates' dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee, mins., 1964 Dec 5 1965 Feb 6

CAWU circular re BMC members' strike ballot, Jan;

circular re launch of Voice of the Engineers, Feb.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1965 Feb 1, Mar 1 Apr 5 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1965 Jan 15 (agenda), Jan 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.) Feb 22 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Mar 1 - 3 (MS. notes), Mar 15 (MS. notes), Mar 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Apr [?] (convener's rpt). May 28 (agenda, acting convener's rpt.).

Related Material

Agenda for JSS mtg Mar 19 in MSS 202/S/J/3/3/12 below

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/59 1965 May - Dec

Subjects incl.:

gas shortages;

Greek political prisoners;

membership poaching between unions at Longbridge;

RCTU EO evidence;

Vietnam war.

Contains:

Birmingham Assoc. of Youth Clubs Annual report,1962-3;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Jun 12;

Industrial Orthopaedic Society Annual report, 1963;

Kodak Ltd. Copying with the Verifax standard copier model 2, nd;

Longbridge Club Institute Ltd. Financial statement, 1964-5;

Midlands Conf. for Peace in Vietnam, dupl . rpt. of conf., Oct 2.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs.,Jun 14, Jul 5 Aug 2, Sep 6, Oct 4 Nov 1 Dec 6 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1965 Jun 24 28, Jul 16, Aug 23, Sep 27, Oct 25, Nov 23 Nov 25 (agenda convener's rpt. for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/60 1965 Dec nd

Subjects incl.:

domestic, i.e. Longbridge internal,disputes re pay, manning holidays.

Contains:

MS. notes and other pprs.

A sub-file to MSS.202/S/J/3/2/59 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/61 1965 Nov - 1966 Jan

Subjects incl.:

4-night week.

Contains:

pprs. used by Dick Etheridge in preparing for 1966 JSS annual mtg.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1965 Dec 30 (agenda).

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1965 Jan 11 (agenda, MS. convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for AEU SSs annual mtg., 1965 Nov 22 (MS. convener's rpt.).

Related Material

Agenda for works Cttee. mtg Dec 13 is in MSS 202/S/J/3/3/12 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/62 1965 Dec - 1966 Jan

Subjects incl.:

4-night week.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Jan 17 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/63 1966 Jan

Subjects incl.:

gas shortages.

Ppr. re Works Cttee. special mtg., 1966 Jan 25 (MS. notes).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/64 1966 Jan - Feb

Contains:

Anti-Apartheid ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1966 Feb 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Jan 31 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/65 1965 Nov - 1966 Mar

Subjects incl.:

Lucas and CAV (Liverpool) dispute;

Millspaugh (Sheffield) dispute;

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. balance sheet, 1964 - 5;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1965 Nov 6;

circular issued by J. Hiles re 'lobby of parliament in defence of trade union rights', 1966 Mar.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1966 Mar 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Feb 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/66 1966 Feb - Apr

Subjects incl.:

general election particularly in Northfield constituency.

Contains:

notes on a mtg. of BMC management with national union officials, Feb 7.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1966 Apr 4 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Mar 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/67 1966 Feb - May

Subjects incl.:

collection for mentally handicapped people;

overalls service at Longbridge;

Ward Co. (Birmingham) dispute.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1966 May 2, Jun 4 Jun 6 (agendas for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1966 Apr 14 (MS. notes) Apr 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.) May 23 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/68 1966 Jun

Subject:

Birmingham Mental Health week.

Contains:

programme of events, poster, ltr.

A sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/67 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/69 1966 May - Jul

Subjects incl.:

demands for removal of an East Works SS for alleged malpractices with benevolent funds;

opposition to industrial relations legislation;

National Union of Seamen's national dispute.

Contains:

Queen's Award to Industry ephemera.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Jun 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/70 1966 Jun

Subject:

National Union of Seamen's national dispute.

Contains:

pprs. re car wkrs. mtg. in support of NUS, incl.

Etheridge's MS. speaking notes; ephemera.

A sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/69 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/71 1966 Jun - Aug

Subjects inc:.:

BMC body plants' merger;

closed shop for bldg. wkrs. at Longbridge;

JSS evidence to RCTU EO.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1966 Aug 1 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/72 1966 Apr - Aug

Subjects incl.:

car assembly wkrs.' claim for pay "when deemed to be on strike";

Pressed Steel Fisher merger.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 23;

list of AEU SSs at Longbridge, 1964.

Pprs. for Works Committee mtg. of 1966 Aug 8 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/73 1966 Jul - Sep

Subjects incl.:

progression for indirect workers [labourers] and its inter-relationship with race relations at Longbridge;

opposition to MDW;

overalls supply service.

Contains:

Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1965 - 6;

memo. re management structure of Pressed Steel Fisher.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1966 Sep 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Sep 1 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/74 1966 Jul - Sep

Subjects incl.:

pay freeze and possible industrial relations legislation;

quality and reliability year;

redundancies;

RCTU EO evidence of JSS;

seamen's strike.

This file contains correspondence, circulars, etc., apparently intended to be submitted to a Works Cttee. mtg. late in September. There is, however, no evidence that the mtg. took place.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/75 1966 Jun - Oct

Subjects incl.:

dayworkers' pay claim;

experiences of an English worker in Australia under BMC migration scheme

lobby of Prime Minister at Labour Party Conf.;

short-time working and fears of mass redundancies.

Contains:

Liaison Cttee. for the Defence of Trade Unions circular re National Conf.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Oct 10 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/76 1966 Oct - Nov

Subjects incl.:

short-time working and fears of mass redundancies at Longbridge.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1966 Nov 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Nov 2 (agenda).

Related Material

Agenda for Works Cttee. mtg. Nov 15 in MSS. 202/S/J/3/3/15 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/77 1966 Sep - Dec

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Sep 3;

Contact, Vauxhall SSs' magazine [Jun-Jul 1966];

a United Car Worker broadsheet.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1966 Dec 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1966 Nov 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/78 1966 Oct - 1967 Jan

Subjects incl.:

the case of Guardsman B. Gabriel sentenced to hang for the murder of a taxi driver in Aden.

Contains:

Appeal for Amnesty in Spain ephemera.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1966 Dec 15 1967 Jan 9 (agenda for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/79 1967 Jan

Contains:

pprs. accumulated by Dick Etheridge in preparing his rpt. to the 1967 JSS annual mtg., with related pprs.

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1967 Jan 2 (convener's rpt. with appendices, MS.and ts.).

Related Material

Agenda for JSS annual mtg., 1967 Jan 2 is in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/108 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/80 1966 Dec - 1967 Feb

Subjects incl.:

case of Guardsman Gabriel;

dayworkers' pay claim;

progression for indirect workers and its racial significance;

unemployment benefit during lay-offs.

Contains:

various pprs. accumulated by Dick Etheridge in preparing JSS evidence to the RCTU EO, incl. MS. notes on the history and development of SSs' organisations at Longbridge and agenda for JSS annual mtg., 1957 Jan 2.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Feb 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1967 Jan 9 (convener's rpt.). Jan 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/81 1966 Nov Jan - Mar 1967

Subjects:

British Manufacturing Research Co. (Grantham)

dispute;

opposition to incomes policy;

Rhodesia

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1966 Nov 26 1967 Feb 4;

speaking invitation to Dick Etheridge from Liaison Cttee. for the Defence of Trade Unions.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Mar 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 Feb 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/82 1967 Jan - Apr

Subjects incl.:

day-release classes in economics for BMC SSs;

short-time wkg.

Contains:

joint management/SSs' rpt. '...excessive loss of production time on the Transmission Case Section, East Works.'.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 [Apr] 3 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 Mar 31 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/83 1967 Jan - May

Subjects incl.:

DATA shipbuilding dispute;

LRD survey of automation;

vehicle production bonus;

Works Cttee.'s alleged lack of support for a lobby "in defence of trade unions".

Contains;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Feb 4.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 May 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 Apr 24 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/84 1967 Apr - Jun

Subjects incl.:

proposed new vehicle production bonus scheme.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 8.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Jun 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 May 22 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/85 1967 Apr - Jul

Subjects incl.:

accommodation for JSS Works Cttee. mtgs.;

guaranteed week and unemployment benefit disqualification;

management recognition of/provision of facilities for Works Cttee. members;

38-hour week for night-shift workers.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 8;

circular re conf. on Rhodesia;

JPC election results.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Jul 3 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1967 Jun 21 (agenda) Jun 26 (agenda, related pprs.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/86 1967 Jul - Aug

Subjects incl.:

race relations at Longbridge.

Contains:

mins. of mtg. of BMC and PSF management with national officials of trade unions.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Apr 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 Aug 4 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/87 1967 Apr - Sep

Subjects incl.:

BMCJSS Cttee. one-day conf. on the problems of the motor industry, Oct 15;

labour mobility;

new wage structure negotiations;

race relations at Longbridge.

Contains:

BMC/PSF "Statement of intention".

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Sep 4 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1967 Aug 25 (agenda, (convener's rpt.), Sep 15 (agenda), Sep 26 (agenda, (convener's rtp.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/88 1967 Sep - Nov

Subjects incl.:

case of Guardsman Gabriel;

introduction of numerical [tape] controlled machine tools at Longbridge;

LRD survey and publication re automation;

MDW;

Myton (Barbican site, London) dispute;

progression for indirect wkrs. and race relations at Longbridge.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. conf. agenda, nd;

Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1966-7.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Nov 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 Oct 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/89 1967 Oct

Subject:

negotiations for increased bonuses.

Contains:

MS. notes on mtgs.

N.B. A sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/88 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/90 1967 Aug - Dec

Subjects incl.:

grievances of indirect wkrs. (labourers) at Longbridge, incl. re progression and racial discrimination and the role of Trotskyist SSs in articulating these grievances.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1967 Dec 4 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 Nov 24 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/91 1967 Oct - Dec

Subjects incl.:

labour mobility

Contains:

BMC memo. re Austin management reorganisation;

BMCJSS Cttee. conf. resolution re motor industry;

National Conf. of Trade Unionists (1968 Feb) ephemera.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1967 Dec 21 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/92 1967 Jan 1968 Jan

Contains:

pprs. accumulated by Dick Etheridge in preparing his rpt. to the 1968 JSS annual mtg.

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1967 Jan (dupl. convener's rpt.). 1968 Jan(MS. convener's rpt.).

Related Material

Agenda for JSS annual mtg. 1968 Jan is in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/108 below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/93 1967 Dec - 1968 Feb

Subjects incl.:

job evaluation;

launching of a BLMC combine SSs organisation.

Contains:

AEI Woolwich closure ephemera;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins. 1967 Dec 9;

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC rpt. on mtg. 1968 Feb 3;

Greek holiday boycott ephemera;

Scamp rpt. on ETU/Austin dispute;

Waterfront Industrial Pioneer, 1968 Jan.

Pprs. for JSS mtg. 1968 Feb 5 (MS. notes).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1968 Jan 19 (agenda, MS. notes), Jan 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Feb 5 (MS. notes), Feb 12 (agenda) Feb 26 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/94 1968 Feb - May

Subjects incl.:

AEF national wage claim;

East German holidays for British motor industry SSs;

formation of BLMC SSs' combine cttee.;

J. Lucas (Liverpool) dispute;

Longbridge toolroom wage structure;

opposition to industrial relations legislation;

payment of SSs' for trade union activities;

racial discrimination in employment at Longbridge;

visit of A.W. Allen, chairman of JSS, to USA.

Contains:

Dick Etheridge's daily working notes, Feb 19 - 23 and Mar 4;

printed ephemera concerning industrial relations in the U.S. automobile industry;

Socialist Medical Assoc. questionnaire re industrial health and safety.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1968 Apr 1, Apr 21 May (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1968 Mar [?] (agenda, convener's rpt.), Mar 25 (agenda), Mar 29 (agenda ), Apr 11 (agenda, convener's rpt). Apr 18(MS. notes) Apr 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/95 1968 Mar

Subject

mobility of labour.

Contents:

draft statements of JSS policy with MS. alterations.

Sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/94 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/96 1968 May

Subjects incl.:

one-day strike in support of AEF national wage claim;

Shell Chemicals (Carrington) dispute.

Contains:

corres. with J. Bescoby re his research on SSs.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1968 May 27 (convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/97 1968 May - Jun

Subjects incl.:

Lewis Spring Co. (Redditch) dispute;

mobility of labour;

opposition to the Vietnam War.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1968 Jun 10 Jun 24 (agenda for both).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1968 Jun 12 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/98 1968 May

Subject:

nightshift manning levels in no. 2 machine shop.

Contains:

corres. and MS. notes on mtgs.

Sub-file of MSS. 202/S/J/3/2/97 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/99 1968 Jun - Jul

Subjects incl.:

charity fund raising.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1968 Jul 1 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/100 1968 May - Oct

Subjects incl.:

CKD exports;

proposed university research project"...into motivation of assembly workers and the factors affecting job flexibility and skills training".

Contains:

BLTUC EC list of members:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Aug 17.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1968 Aug 5, Sep 9 Oct 7 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1968 Jul 8, Jul 29 Aug 12 (agenda, convener's rpt. for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/101 1968 Jun

Subject:

research on car assembly work.

Contains:

Longbridge Industrial Relations Dept. memo;

2 rpts. by Unit for Reasearch into problems of Industrial Retraining [University College London].

A sub-file of MSS. 202/S/J/3/2/100 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/102 1968 Oct - Nov

Subjects incl.:

national engineering industry wage claim;

possible closure of Henry Meadows, Wolverhampton;

WEA courses for SSs.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., Oct 23.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1968 Nov 5 Nov 11 (agenda for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/103 1968 Aug - Dec

Subjects incl.:

payment for re-starting the plant after shut-downs due to external causes;

supply of overalls and safety shoes.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., Nov 6;

ltr. from Ray Carter, Labour PPC for Northfield, re assistance for him from JSS.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1968 Dec 2 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1968 Nov 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/104 1968 Oct - Dec

Subjects incl.:

equal pay for women.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1968 Dec 9 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/105 1968 Nov

Subject:

mtg. of Works Cttee. with management.

Contains:

agenda;

MS. notes.

Sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/104 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/106

Subject:

disputes concerning sheet metal wkrs. in the West Works.

Contains:

mins. of mtg. with list of those present.

A sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/104 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/107 1968 Dec

Subjects incl.:

payment of SSs.

Contains:

Medical Aid Cttee. for Vietnam ephemera.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1968 Dec 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/108 1967 Jan - 1970 Jan

Subjects incl.:

guaranteed week;

mobility of labour;

new Cofton Hackett plant;

recall payments.

Contains:

pprs. accumulated by Etheridge in preparing his rpt. to the 1969 JSS annual mtg., incl. mins. of Representative Body, 1968 Nov 26

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1967 Jan (agenda), 1968 Jan (agenda), 1969 Jan (agenda, convener's rpt.) 1970 Jan (MS. notes).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/109 1967 Dec - 1969 Feb

Subjects incl.:

lay-off and waiting-time pay.

Contains:

BMCJSS [Cttee.] mins., 1968 Dec 7;

Industrial Orthopaedic Society annual rpt. for 1967 with pr. ephemera;

petitions signed by Longbridge women workers asking for cancer smear tests to be arranged during working hours.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 Feb 3 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1969 Jan 7 (agenda) Jan 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/110 1969 Feb - Mar

Subjects incl.:

collections for charities.

L.J. Float (Birmingham) dispute.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 Mar 3 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/111 1969 Mar - Apr

Subjects incl.:

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains:

National Convention of the Left, Apr, pr. ephemera;

The Organiser, IMG, 1969 Apr.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1969 Apr 1, 18 22 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/112 1969 May

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 May 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1969 May 5 May 12 (agenda for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/113 1968 Nov - 1969 May

Subjects incl.:

Northern Ireland;

opposition to industrial relations legislation;

progression for indirect workers.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., 1968 Dec 4;

BLTUC one-day conf. mins., 1968 Nov 6 1969 Feb 26;

BLTUC dupl. schedule of rates of pay in BL plants;

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins., 1969 Feb 22;

[Vauxhall Motors?] Agreements between Vauxhall Motors and the AEU and the NUVB, Luton, 1963;

Vauxhall Motors Grading Scheme hourly-paid wage scales, Luton, 1967

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1969 May 20 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/114 1969 May - Jun

Subjects incl.:

BL Leyland Motors (Lancashire) dispute;

Fisholow Products (Coseley) dispute;

L.J. Float (Birmingham) dispute.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1969 Jun [?].

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/115 1969 Mar - Jul

Subjects incl.:

possible formation of a safety cttee. at Longbridge.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., 1969 Jun 11.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1969 Jun 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/116 1969 Feb - Jul

Subjects incl.:

BL Commercial Vehicles dispute;

complaint re intimidation of a paint inspector by a SS.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins. Feb 22.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 Jul 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1969 Jul 14 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/117 1969 Jun - Sep

Subjects incl.:

job evaluation.

Contains;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Jun 21;

London Trade Unions OAPs Jt.Cttee. dupl. ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 Sep 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1969 Aug 5 (agenda, convner's rpt.),Aug 11 (agenda) Aug 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/118 1969 Aug - Oct

Subjects incl.:

Standard-Triumph (Liverpool) dispute;

training and progression for indirect workers.

Contains:

BMCJSS Ctte. mins., Sep 13;

MS. notes'Austin rates etc. Sept 1969...'

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 Oct 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1969 Sep 8 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/119 1969 Oct - Nov

Subjects incl.:

waiting-time payment practices at Longbridge elsewhere in BL.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 Nov 13 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/120 1969 Jun - Dec

Subjects incl.:

Austin Workpeople's Benevolent Fund contributions;

establishment of "zonal" Cttees. to promote productivity;

Standard-Triumph (Liverpool) dispute.

Contains:

Austin Workpeople's Benevolent Fund financial statements for 1968;

Representative Body mins., Nov 7.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1969 Dec 1 (convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/121 1969 Jun - Dec

Subjects incl.:

training and progression for indirect workers.;

Vietnam War.

Contains:

a rpt. book used as a means of communication between the A Shift and B Shift SSs in No. 4 Paint Inspection Shop, 1969 Oct - Nov.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1969 Dec 15 [reconvened Dec 18 23] (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/122 1969 Dec

Contains:

BL Bathgate MDW agt. [incomp.?];

BLTUC bi-annual conf. mins., Dec 3.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1969 Dec 29 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/123 1970 Jan

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1970 Jan 5 (agenda, MS. dupl. convener's rpt., dupl. summary of chairman's speech ).

Related Material

Etheridge's working pprs. for the convener's rpt. are in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/108 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/124 1969 Dec - 1970 Jan

Subjects incl.:

job evaluation [JE].

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. agenda 1970 Jan 31;

Representative Body mins., 1970 Jan 1.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1970 Feb 2 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Jan 19/22.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/125 1969 Oct - 1970 Feb

Subjects incl.:

Centrax (Newton Abbot) dispute;

night-shift lay off procedure in event of a strike;

38-hour night shift.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Oct 11;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Jan 6.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Feb 9 Feb 24/27 (agenda, convener's rpt. for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/126 1970 Jan - Apr

Subjects incl.:

campaign against EEC entry;

Centrax (Newton Abbot) dispute;

engineering industry procedure agt.;

Contains:

BLTUC mins., Feb 11 Mar 4;

Leyland Motors, Bathgate, wages agt., dupl.,nd.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1970 Mar 2 Apr 6 (agenda for both).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Mar 9 Mar 26/ Apr 6 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/127 1970 Feb - Mar

Subjects:

visit of International Metalworkers' Federation official to Birmingham.

Contains:

questionnaire re union activities, completed in respect of Longbridge by Etheridge.

A sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/126 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/128 1970 Jan - May

Subjects incl.:

Centrax (Newton Abbot) dispute;

Factory Unit Four [Cofton Hackett] wage negotiations;

JE on women's jobs;

Maxam (Cambourne) dispute;

Porter Fabrications (Birmingham) dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Jan 31;

Representative Body mins., Apr 8.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1970 May 4 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Apr 13 Apr 27 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/129 1970 Apr - May

Subjects incl.:

JE for mill wrights and toolroom.

Contains:

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Apr 7.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 May 11 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/130 1970 Apr - Jun

Subjects incl.:

general election.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 18;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., May 5 Jun 2.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1970 Jun 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Jun 8 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/131 1970 Mar - Jul

Subjects incl.:

JE;

Northern Ireland.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., Mar 4;

BLTUC MS. notes on mtg., Jun 10.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1970 Jul 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Jun 29/30 Jul 6 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/132 1970 Jun - Jul

Subjects incl.:

Statement made to national trade union officials by J.P. Lowry, BL's Director of Industrial Relations, re industrial relations, financial and marketing problems and the proposed BL Industrial Relations Council.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., Jun 10

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Jun 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/133 1970 May - Sep

Subjects incl.:

No. 3 Paint Shop dispute;

poor quality of BL cars.

Contains:

BL Cowley Division Day Workers' Agt., Aug;

BLTUC one-day conf. mins., 1970 Aug 12;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Aug 11;

Representative Body mins., Aug 17.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1970 Sep 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Aug 14 Aug 31 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/134 1970 Sep

Subjects incl.:

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Sep 15 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/135 1970 Aug - Oct

Subjects incl.:

Fine Tubes (Plymouth) dispute;

Rolls-Royce (Coventry) dispute.

Contains:

Austin East Works Bulletin, IS, no. 18, 1970 Sep 28;

BMCJSS Cttee. agenda, Oct 3;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Sep 8.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1970 Oct 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Sep 28 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/136 1970 Sep - Oct

Subjects incl.:

BL Cowley dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Ctee. mins., Apr 18;

Humberside Notes, Hull Trade Union Study Group, no. 7, 1970 Sep.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Oct 15 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/137 1970 Aug - Nov

Subject:

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains:

Liaison Cttee. for the Defence of Trade Unions mins., Aug 22.

Pprs. for JSS special mtg., Oct 26 (MS. notes).

Related Material

See also MSS.202/S/J/3/4/ below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/138 1970 Aug - Oct

Contains:

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Oct 13;

Industrial Orthopaedic Society Report of the executive committee, 1969.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Oct 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/139 1970 Aug - Nov

Subjects incl.:

Pilkington Glass dispute;

Shell Chemicals (Carrington) dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Oct 3.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., Nov 2 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., Nov 9 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/140 1970 Nov - Dec

Subjects incl.:

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., Nov 4;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Nov 9.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1970 Dec 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Nov 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/141 1970 Nov - Dec

Subjects incl.:

proposed new [MDW] wage structure at Longbridge;

redundancies envisaged in new BL corporate plan.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Dec 16 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/142 1970 Nov - Dec

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1970 Dec 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/143 1970 Jan - 1973 Jan

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1970 Jan (convener's rpt.), 1971 Jan (agenda, working pprs. for convener's rpt.), [1972 Jan?] (MS. notes) 1973 Jan (corres.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/144 1970 Jan - 1971 Jan

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1970 Jan (convener's rpt., dupl.) 1971 Jan (convener's rpt., MS. and dupl.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/145 1970 Nov - 1971 Feb

Subjects incl.:

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. SOC mins., Dec 12;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Dec 15 Jan 12;

Representative Body mins, Nov 23.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1971 Feb 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1971 Jan 21/25 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/146 1971 Jan - Feb

Subjects incl.:

JE.

Contains:

Representative Body mins., Jan 25.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1971 Feb 8 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/147 1970 Dec - 1971 Feb

Subjects incl.:

JE;

opposition to industrial relations legislation;

Post Office dispute.

Contains:

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Feb 9.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1971 Feb 22 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/148 1971 Feb

Subject:

claim for improved earnings for car dispatch and paint shop wkrs.

Contains:

MS. notes on SSs' mtgs.;

schedules illustrating earnings.

Sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/147 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/149 1971 Jan - Feb

Contains:

collection sheets for fund in support of Union of Post Office Workers in its strike against the 8 pay norm. Sheets contain names of Longbridge wkrs. and sums donated, some are grouped by union and/or area of plant.

A sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/147 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/150 1970 Nov - 1971 Mar

Subjects incl.:

opposition to industrial relations legislation, particularly the question of exempting the Austin Rehabilitation Centre from one-day strikes;

Post Office dispute.

Contains:

agt., Rover Co. with various unions in respect of engine and transmission factories in Birmingham;

BLTUC mins., Nov 4;

BLTUC MS. notes on mtg., Mar 3.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1971 Mar 8 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/151 1971 Mar - Apr

Subjects incl.:

Ford dispute;

indirect wkrs.' wage negotiations;

JE.

Contains:

Austin, Birmingham IS, no.[?], Mar 1971 and no. 7, Nov 1971;

Representative Body mins., Mar 11.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1971 Apr 5 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1971 Mar 29 Apr [?] (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/152 1971 Feb - May

Subjects incl.:

Barton Power Station (Manchester) dispute;

BL AEC (Southall) dispute;

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 17;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Apr 6.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1971 May 3 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1971 Apr 29 May 10 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/153 1971 Apr - May

Contains:

Birmingham Assoc. of Youth Clubs financial appeal ephemera;

BLTUC mins., May 12;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., May 4;

Wilmot Breeden Ltd. agt., dupl., Feb.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1971 May 24 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/154 1971 May - Jul

Subjects incl.:

Fine Tubes (Plymouth) dispute;

industrial health [court case];

JPC elections;

opposition to industrial relations legislation;

SDW at Kings Norton no. 2 factory;

Transport Equipment Thornycroft (Basingstoke) dispute;

Wickman's (Coventry) dispute.

Contains:

Austin Bulletin, Birmingham IS, Jun 1971;

BLTUC mins., May 26;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Jun 7;

Datum Line, no. 7, Jun 1971;

Representative Body mins., May 12.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1971 Jun 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., Jun 11 Jul 5 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/155 1971 Jul - Aug

Subjects incl.:

UCS occupation.

Contains:

Agitprop Theatre circulars;

Austin Bulletin, Birmingham IS, no. 31, Jul 1971;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Jul 7;

Representative Body mins., Jun 22.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1971 Aug 2 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1971 Jul 12 (agenda, MS. notes) Aug 9 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/156 1971 Jul - Sep

Subjects incl.:

UCS occupation.

Contains:

BLTUC Sub-Cttee. on Fringe Benefits, MS. notes on mtg., Aug 27;

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins.,Apr 17.

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Aug 10;

ltr. from Agitprop Theatre.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1971 Sep 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1971 Aug 31 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/157 1971 May - Nov

Subjects incl.:

entry of UK into the EEC;

MDW;

UCS;

unemployment benefit for Longbridge wkrs. during lay-offs;

Vietnam.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., May 26;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Aug 28;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Sep 7.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1971 Oct 4 Nov 1 (agenda for both).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1971 Sep 14 (agenda), Sep 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Oct 11 [reconvened Oct 13?] ( agenda, convener's rpt.), Oct 25 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/158 1971 Oct - Dec

Subjects incl.:

JE;

MDW;

progression for indirect wkrs. and relationship to racial discrimination;

UCS;

unemployment.

Contains:

Austin Bulletin, Birmingham IS, no. 35, Oct 1971;

BLTUC mins., Oct 1;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Oct 11 Nov 16.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/159 1971 Oct - 1972 Jan

Subjects incl.:

MDW;

UCS.

Contains:

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Dec 2;

Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1970-1.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1971 Dec 30 1972 Jan (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/160 1972 Jan

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1972 Jan 3 (convener's rpt., MSS. and dupl.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/161 1971 Jan - 1972 Jan

Contains:

pprs. accumulated by Dick Etheridge in preparing convener's rpt. to JSS annual mtg., 1972 Jan 3, incl. AUEW circulars re procedural agts.

Representative Body mins., 1971 Jan 25, Mar 11, May 12 Jun 22, Sep 1 Oct 18, and

various pprs. re MDW.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/162 1971 Aug - 1972 Feb

Subjects incl.:

BL (Bathgate) dispute;

Longbridge sewing machinists' dispute;

new wage system;

unemployment.

Contains:

BLTUC mins., Oct 1 Jan 19

BLTUC MS. notes on mtg., Jan 19;

BLTUC Strike Cttee, financial rpt., nd;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Aug 28 Jan 15;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Jan 4;

DATA Longbridge Jt. Office Cttee. newsltr., Dec;

Longbridge Car Despatch [Dept.] agt. re lay-offs.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1972 Feb 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1972 Jan 10 Feb 4 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/163 1972 Jan

Subject:

dispute re pay manning levels in the Longbridge sewing room.

Contains:

MS. notes and dupl. ephemera.

N.B. A sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/162 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/164 1972 Feb - Mar

Subjects incl.:

BL procedure agt.

Contains:

Measured Day Work, LRD for BLTUC,1972.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1972 Mar 6 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Feb 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/165 1972 Feb - Mar

Subjects incl.:

JPC elections;

opposition to industrial relations legislation;

progression for indirect wkrs.

Contains:

BLTUC one-day conf. mins., Mar 1;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Mar 6;

lists of industrial disputes affecting Longbridge between 1971 and 1972 Feb;

S.U. Carburettor Co. agt. with various unions, dupl., 1971 Jun 19.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1972 Mar 13 and Mar 27 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/166 1972 Feb - Apr

Subjects incl.:

BL domestic procedure agt.;

GKN (Cardiff) dispute;

opposition to recognition of Smith govt. in Rhodesia;

progression for indirect wkrs.;

sympathetic industrial action in support of NUR.

Contains:

British-Chilean Friendship Assoc. ephemera;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Apr 5;

handbill "Rationalisation", BLMH Common Lane Senior SSs, nd.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1972 Apr 10 Apr 24 (agenda, convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/167 1972 Apr - May

Subjects incl.:

BL domestic procedure agt.;

toolroom JE dispute.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1972 May 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 May [?] (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/168 1972 May - Jun

Subjects incl.:

possible transfer of work from Wellingborough [to Longbridge?].

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1972 Jun [5?] (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 May 17 (MS. notes).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/169 1972 May - Jun

Subjects incl.:

introduction of new painting techniques and equipment.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Jun 12 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/170 1972 May - Jun

Subjects:

a new work recording system for maintenance fitters.

Contains:

MS. notes on mtg. with management and related pprs

N.B. A Sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/169 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/171 1972 Apr - Jun

Subjects incl.:

BL domestic procedure agt.;

employment of disabled people at Longbridge;

engineering industry national wage claim;

JPC elections;

Labour Party recruitment mtg. organised with Works Cttee.;

sale of , and redundancies at,Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) (Basingstoke);

Smiths (M A I)(Cricklewood) toolroom dispute.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 28;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., May 1 Jun 5;

DATA Longbridge Jt. Office Cttee. newsltr., Jun 15;

ltr. from Sindicato Industrial de Equipos Mecanizados Salfa Siam de Arico Chile;

Rules, Austin Workpeople's Benevolent Fund, 1972 Jun.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Jun 26 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/172 1972 May - Aug

Subjects incl.:

Briant Colour Printing (London) occupation;

Charles McNeil (Glasgow) occupation;

direct wkrs.' annual pay review;

JSS finance;

SDW negotiations;

Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) (Basingstoke) occupation.

Contains:

Assembly of the Peoples of Europe ephemera;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Feb 1;

Rover Co. engineering maintenance pay agt., dupl., 1972 May.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1972 Jul 3 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Jul [14?].

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/173 1972 Jul - Aug

Contains:

petition against Ugandan Asian immigration signed by Longbridge wkrs.;

Representative Body mins., Aug 17.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Aug 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/174 1972 Jul - Sep

Subjects incl.:

Jaguar (Coventry) dispute;

SDW negotiations;

Transport Equipment (Thornycroft)(Basingstoke) occupation.

Contains:

BL procedure agt. with 15 trade unions;

BLTUC mins., Jul 12 Aug 18;

BLTUC MS. notes on mtg., Sep 9;

BLTUC Senior SSs' mtg., mins., Aug 9.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Sep[?] (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/175 1972 Sep - Nov

Subjects incl.:

new, SDW, wage structure negotiations.

Contains:

[BLTUC] Senior SSs' mtg. mins., Aug 9;

BMCJSS Cttee. mons., 1972 Jan 15;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Oct 9 Nov 13;

UCS ephemera.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1972 Nov 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Nov 20 (MS. notes) Nov [27?] (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/176 1972 Nov - 1973 Jan

Subjects incl.:

holiday dates;

introduction of SDW.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1972 Dec 4 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Dec 4 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/177 1972 Aug - Dec

Subjects incl.:

Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) (Basingstoke) occupation.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Oct 14;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Dec [?];

General Electric Company Ltd Anti-report,Counter Information Services, London, [1972?];

New Chile, no.1, Sep - Oct 1972.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Dec 6/11 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/178 1972 Nov - Dec

Contains:

Campaign for Comprehensive Education (Birmingham) epheme

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1972 Dec 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/179 1972 Jan - 1974 Jan

Contains:

Pprs. accumulated by Dick Etheridge in preparing his rpt. to the JSS annual mtg., 1973 Jan 8.

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1972 Jan (convener's rpt.).

1973 Jan (agenda, convener's rpt., Chairman's rpt. 1974 (Chairman's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/180 1972 Sep - 1973 Jan

Subjects incl.:

Briant Colour Printing (London) work-in;

holidays;

links with a trade union of BL wkrs. in Chile;

manning of new Longbridge paint plant;

Transport Equipment (Thornycroft, (Basingstoke) sit-in;

Tudor Accessories (Ystraf- Mynach, South Wales) dispute.

Contains:

BLNCTUC mins., 1972 Sep 9;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., 1972 Sep 4;

Longbridge quarterly communications mtg. rpt., 1972 Oct 12.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Jan 11 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/181 1972 Nov- 1973 Jan

Subjects incl.:

opposition to Vietnam War;

Prestcold (Reading) dispute.

Contains:

Longbridge Club Institute financial statements, 1972.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Jan 22 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/182 1973 Jan

Subjects incl.:

request for mtg. with Works Cttee.

from Industrial Relations Research Unit of Social Science Research Council;

Transport Equipment Thornycroft (Basingstoke) sit-in.

Contains:

BL TUC EC agenda, Jan 24;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Jan 9.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Jan 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/183 1972 Dec - 1973 Apr

Subjects incl.:

holiday pay and lateness.

Contains:

BNTUC BC agenda, 1973 Apr 11;

BLTUC schedule of information received from SS cttees.

re wage rates, systems of payment, overtime, holiday and sick pay and bereavement leave, 1973 Feb;

copies of trade union agts. with George W. King Ltd., Belliss and Morcom, and Birmingham Poat and Daily Mail.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1973 Feb 5.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/184 1973 Jan-Feb

Subjects:

BRS dispute and its effects on Longbridge operations;

Briant Colour Printing (London work-in;

Greater London Council Sludge Ships dispute;

Horning Star sales drive.

Contains:

Assoc. for British Chilean Friendship dupl. ephemera incl. secretary's rpt. to first AGM;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Feb 5;

Representative Body mins., Feb 13.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Feb 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/185 1973 Jan-Feb

Subjects incl.:

progression for indirect wkrs.;

reductions in the female work-force.

Contains:

BMCJSS Cttee. agenda, Feb 24;

Representative Body mins, Feb 13.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Feb 27 (convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/186 1973 Feb-Mar

Contains:

Institute for Workers' Control ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1973 Mar 5 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/187 1973 Feb-Mar

Subjects incl.:

Church of England "consultation" for trade unionists;

hospital disputes;

MDW;

opposition to incomes policy.

Contains:

BLTUC conf. mins., Feb 28

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Mar 5;

league, for Democracy in Greece ephemera.

Pprs. for Works Cttes. mtg., 1973 Mar 16 and 22 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/188 1973 Feb-Mar

Subjects incl.:

Coles Cranes (Sunderland) dispute;

holiday pay.

contains:

BLTUC SOC/Finance Cttee. mins., Feb 14;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Feb 24.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Mar 26 (agenda)

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/189 1973 Mar-Apr

Subjects incl.:

holidays.

Contains:

Birmingham Union of Senior Citizens ephemera.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1973 Apr 2 (agenda)

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Apr 9 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/190 1973 Apr-May

Subjects incl.:

opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains:

BLTUC BC mins., Apr 11;

BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins., Apr 28;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Apr 2;

draft proposals for a TGNU SSs cttee. at Longbridge.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1973 May 7 (agenda)

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., Apr 30 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/191 1973 Apr-Jun

Subjects incl.:

JB;

Mansfield Hosiery Mills (Nottingham) dispute;

Unit 4 wage negotiations.

Contains:

Anti-Apartheid ephemera;

BL Longbridge lay-off procedure;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Apr 28;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Jun 11;

PAC mins., Apr 4.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., Jun 4 and Jul 2 (agendas).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., May 18/Jun 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.). and Jun 20 (convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/192 1973 Jun-Aug

Subjects incl.:

JPC elections;

progression for indirect wkrs.;

Shrewsbury picketing case.

Contains:

Austin-Morris staff apprentices agt., n.d.;

Charity Fund mins., Jul 9.Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Jul 13/ Aug 1 (agenda, convener's rpt.)

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/193 1973 May-Aug

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1973 Aug 6 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/194 1973 Aug

Subjects incl.:

fork-lift truck drivers accountabilities.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Aug 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/195 1973 Jul-Aug

Subjects incl.:

Chrysler electricians' dispute;

opposition to incomes policy;

Shrewsbury picketing case.

Contains:

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Aug 6

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Aug 27 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/196 1973 Jul-Sep

Subjects incl.:

BL wkrs. in Spain;

Adwest (Reading) occupation.

Contains:

BLTUC EC mins., Aug 8;

BLTUC conf. mins., Aug 29.

Pprs. for JSS. mtg. 1973 Sep 3 (agenda)

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg. 1973 Sep 10 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/197 1973 Sep-Oct

Subjects incl.:

inspection of trade union cards of contractors' employees by Longbridge SSs.

Contains:

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Sep 3.

Pprs. for JSS mtg. 1973 Oct 1 (agenda)

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg. 1973 Oct 8 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/198 1973 Sep-Oct

Subjects incl.:

Chile;

employees' suggestions for increasing output and reducing costs - rewards and patents;

Unit 4 and indirect wkrs. pay.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Oct 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/199 1973 Oct

Subject:

progression for indirect wkrs.

Contains:

draft proposals;

MS. notes on a mtg. of SSs.

Sub-file of MSS.202/S/J/3/2/198 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/200 1973 Aug-Dec

Subjects incl.:

AUEW industrial action, Nov 5;

BL Austin Morris production and sales position;

case of T. Jones, dismissed for sabotage;

charity donations;

Chile, particularly opposition to a gift of BL care to Chilean generals;

Chrysler(Coventry) dispute;

Coad v AUEW [WIRC case];

industrial health hazards;

lay offs and the guaranteed week;

overtime ban at Longbridge;

pensions for BL wkrs.;

progression for indirect wkrs.;

Triumph (Meriden) occupation.

Contains:

JPC mins., Oct 29;

Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1972-3;

Longbridge quarterly communications mtg., mins., May 22.

Pprs. for JSS mtgs., 1973 Nov 5 Dec 3 (agenda for both).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Nov 26 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/201 1973 Oct-Dec

Subjects incl.:

Beans Industries (Staffs) dispute;

progression for indirect wkrs.;

Triumph (Meriden) occupation.

Contains:

JPC mins., Nov 26;

Longbridge agenda mtg. mins., Nov 2.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1973 Dec 12 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/202 1973 Jan - 1974 Jan

Pprs. for JSS annual mtgs., 1973 Jan and 1974 Jan (convener's rpt. for both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/203 1973 Nov - 1974 Jan

Subjects incl.:

fuel crisis and three-day week;

pensions for BL wkrs.;

Shrewsbury picketing case.

Contains:

BLTUC EC mins., Nov 15 and Jan 9;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins, Jan 7;

Convener's rpts. to JSS annual mtgs., 1971 Jan and 1973 Jan;

JPC mins., Nov 26.

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg. 1974 Jan 7 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Feb 4 (agenda)

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1974 Jan 14 (agenda, convener's rpt.)., Jan 21 (convener's rpt.) and Jan 28 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/204 1974 Jan-Feb

Subjects incl.:

fuel crisis and three-day week;

Shrewsbury picketing case.

Contains:

JPC mins., Jan 21.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1974 Feb (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/205 1973 Nov - 1974 Mar

Subjects incl.:

Chile;

NUM national dispute:

Contains:

BLTUC MC mins., Feb 13;

BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Nov 3 and Feb 16;

Waterfront and Industrial Pioneer, election issue, Mar.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Mar 4 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1974 Feb 28 (agenda, convener's rpt.) [and Mar 27?].

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/206 1974 Feb-Apr

Subjects incl.:

pensions for BL wlrs.

Contains:

Austin Workpeople's Benevolent Fund Rules, 1972;

BL wage data synopsis;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Mar 11;

JPC mins., Feb 25.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Apr 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1974 Mar 21 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/207 1974 Mar-Apr

Subjects incl.:

Chile;

national engineering wage claim;

pensions for BL wkrs.

Contains:

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Apr 1.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg. Apr 8 10 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/208 1974 Mar-May

Subjects incl.:

national engineering wage claim.

Contains:

BLTUC BC mins., Feb 13 and Apr 18;

JPC mins., Mar 25;

Longbridge Works telephone directory.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 May 6.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1974 Apr 29 (agenda, convener's rpt.) May 2 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/209 1974 Apr-Jun

Subjects incl.:

BL's financial problems;

JPC elections;

Safety legislation;

Triumph (Meriden)

Pprs. for works Cttee. mtgs., 1974 May 15, Jun 3, Jun 11 and Jun 24 (agenda, convener's rpt. for each).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/210 1974 May-Jul

JPC elections;

opposition to incomes policy;

pensions for BL wkrs.

Contains:

BLTUC EC mins., Jun 19.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Jul 1 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1974 Jul 1 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/211 1974 Jun-Jul

Subjects incl.:

allegations of racial discrimination at Longbridge;

Chile;

JPC elections;

pensions for BL wkrs.;

sabotage of new equipment.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1974 Jul 8 (agenda, convener's rpt.) and Jul 29 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/212 1974 Jul-Aug

Subjects incl.:

BL financial problems and recovery plans.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Aug 5 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/213 1973 May - 1974 Sep

Subjects incl.:

opposition to income policy.

Contains:

AUEW, Liaison Cttee. for the Defence of Trade Unions, and Morning Star ephemera;

draft constitution, TGWU Longbridge Shop Stewards' Plant Liaison Cttee.

[Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Sep 27]

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/214 1974 Jun-Oct

Subjects incl.:

ballot on new agreements for direct and indirect wkrs.;

general election;

holiday arrangements;

pensions for BL wkrs.

Contains:

BLTUC EC mins., Sep 18;

Charity Fund mins., Jul 1;

Guice for the widows of deceased employees, prepared by BL wkr 6. Woll;

JPC mins., Jun 22.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Oct 7 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1974 Oct 7 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Oct 14 (agenda) and Oct 28 (convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/215 1974 Aug-Nov

Subjects incl.:

closure of CKD department at Longbridge;

"threshold" wages agt.

Contains:

BL Communications Survey questionnaires.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1974 Nov 11 (convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/216 1974 Nov-Dec

Subjects incl.:

Birmingham bomb outrage.

Contains:

Austin JSS Bulletin, no.2, 1974 Dec;

Charity Fund Cttee. mins., Nov 12 and Dec 2;

JPC mins., Nov 28.

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1974 Dec 2 (agenda).

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., 1974 Dec 2 Dec 9 (agenda, convener's rptlfor both).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/217 1974 Oct-Dec

Subjects incl.:

picketing at Longbridge without works Cttee. approval;

Ryder enquiry and report;

State financial aid for BL

Contains:

Austin JSS Bulletin, no.7.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1974 Dec 19 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/218 1974 Dec - 1975 Jan

Contains:

pprs. accumulated by Dick Etheridge in the course of preparing his rpt. to the JSC annual mtg., 1975 Jan, including rpts. to previous annual mtgs. and direct and indirect wkrs. agts.

Pprs. for JSS annual mtg., 1975 Jan (convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/219 1974 Dec - 1975 Jan

Subjects:

Chile;

Aatons Transmissions (Basingstoke) dispute;

Ryder enquiry and rpt.;

safety cttees. at Longbridge.

Contains:

BLTUC BC mins., 1975 Jan 7;

ltr. from A.W.[Tony] Benn re Ryder enquiry;

Works Cttee. Bulletin, no.3.

Pprs. for Works Cttee. mtg., 1975 Jan 17 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/J/3/2/220 1975 Jan-Mar

Subjects incl.:

redundancies at Longbridge.

Contains:

Austin JSS Bulletin, no. 10, Mar 1975;

Pprs. for JSS mtg., 1975 Mar 3 (agenda)

[First mtg. after Dick Etheridge's retirement].

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/1-112 1951-74

Files re disputes, negotiations and agreements directly concerning Longbridge Works. Includes pro forma documentation.

Related Material

A great deal of material re internal disputes is to be found in MSS.202/S/J/3/1/1-30 and MSS.202/S/J/3/2/1-220 above and in MSS.202/S/J/9/1- below.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/1 1951

Redundancies dispute.

Corres; dupl. ephemera; MS. notes on mtgs.; schedule of facts and figures re the dispute including data re black people working at Longbridge, 1951 Feb-Sep.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/2 1952-3

McHugh (victimisation)dispute.

Pr. and dupl. ephemera. 1952 Aug - 1953 Apr.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/3 1953

National Engineering Industry wage claim.

Pr. ephemera. 1953 Jul-Oct.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/4 1954-5

Waiting-time pay for pieceworkers.

Corres.; Daily Working Notes: MS. notes. 1954 Nov - 1955 Sep.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/5-10 1956

BMC redundancies dispute and automation:

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/5-6 1956 Jan-Aug

Various pprs. relating to mtgs. of the following: Austin JSS (Apr 9, Jun 4); Austin Works Cttee. (Apr 30, May 28, Jun 25); Austin AEU SSs (Apr 16, Jun 18); Austin AEU SS Cttee. (May 14, Jun ?); AEU Birmingham District Cttee. (Jul 2);

BMCJSS Cttee. (Feb 11, Apr 14, Jun 16); BMCJSS SOC (Apr 7, May 6);

NMATSSC Steering Cttee. (May 6, Aug 2). Also: (Austin) AEU SS Fund a/cs., 1955-6; BMCJSS Cttee. a/cs., 1955-6; Longbridge Club and Institute financial statement, 1955-6. Other subjects incl.:

Les Gurl's visit to China; Norton Motors dispute.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/7 1956 Jun-Sep

Dupl. and pr. ephemera; Dick Etheridge's speaking notes for 2 public mtgs., one a CP mtg. the other a Warwick and Leamington Trades Council mtg.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/8 1955 Jul - 1956 May

Notes on deputation to Whitehall and Westminster;

mins. of BMCJSS Cttee., Feb 11; speaking notes; publications and ephemera incl. The fight against redundancies, Norton Motors Strike Cttee., 1956 and Kidron, M. Automation, the Socialist answer, London, 1956 and Plant developments, mechanical aids and automation at Briggs Motor Bodies, Briggs JSS Cttee., Dagenham, 1956.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/9 1956 May-Oct

Corres.; cuttings; ephemera; list of members of (Austin) Strike Cttee. and its sub Cttees.; mins. of AEU Birmingham District Cttee.; GPC, Oct 18 and BMCJSS Cttee., Jun 16;

MS. notes on mtgs. of Stike Cttee. and on mtgs. with management; speaking notes; terms of settlement. Also : article by Dick Etheridge re life and work of a British motor wkr.; ephemera re Standard Motors (Coventry) and Briggs Motor Bodies (Dagenham) disputes.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/10 1956 Jun-Jul

AEU Birmingham District Cttee. mins., Jul 11;

BMCJSS Cttee. rpt. of mtg., Jun 30; corres.; Daily Working Notes; ephemera; MS. notes on JSS mtg., Jun 18. Also MS. notes on distribution of Birmingham Trades Council Journal via JSS during period 1955 Dec - 1956 Jun.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/11-13 1960-6

Four night working week

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/11 1960 Mar-Apr

Corres. and memoranda re,and proceedings of, negotiating confs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/12 1964 Jun - 1966 Feb

Agendas for JSS mtg., 1965 Mar 19 and Works Cttee. mtg., 1965 Dec 13; corres.; MS. notes on negotiating confs. and SSs' mtgs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/13 1965 Jul

MS. notes on special Works Cttee. mtg.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/14-18 1962-73

Dayworkers' wage claims.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/14 1962 Mar-Apr

Corres.; MS. notes on mtgs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/15 1966 Jan-Nov

Agenda for Works Cttee. mtg. 1966 Nov 15; corres.; MS. notes on mtgs. and negotiating confs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/16 1967 Jan-Feb

Lists of SSs; MS. notes on mtgs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/17 1970 Jan-Feb

Corres.; management circulars; MS. notes on mtgs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/18 1973 Jan-Jun

Corres.; MS. notes on mtgs.; pr. wage agts., 1970-2;

proceedings of a plant conf.; return of votes cast on recommended settlement.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/19 1964-5

Maintenance mates dispute.

Corres.; MS. notes on mtgs. 1964 Jun - 1965 Mar.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/20 1964

Toolmakers' wage claim.

Corres.; MS. notes on mtgs. 1964 Aug-Sep

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/21 1965

Dispute re election of a tool-setters' SS in the North Works.

Corres.; MS. notes on mtg. 1965 Feb-Mar.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/22 1965-6

Skilled maintenance workers' claim to revert to T-Bonus system.

Corres.; MS. notes on mtgs. 1965 Oct - 1966 May.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/23-25 1965 1972

Holiday ballots.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/23 1965 (?)

Returns of votes cast.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/24 1972 Sep

Returns of votes cast.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/25 1972 (Sep?)

Returns of votes cast; Pr. circular.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/26 1966

East Works Cylinder Blocks Section wage negotiations.

Corres.; MS. notes on mtgs. 1966 Jun-Aug.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/27 1966

Electricians' dispute.

MS. notes on mtg. 1966 Jul.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/28-33 1966

Redundancies.

Related Material

See also MSS.202/S/J/3/2/74-79.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/28 1960 Sep-Oct

Corres.; MS. notes on mtgs.; speaking notes.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/29 1966 Sep-Oct

MS. notes on mtgs. with Sir George Harriman and Harold Wilson; pprs. for Works Cttee. mtgs., Sep 30 and Oct 17.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/30 1966 Sep-Oct

Pro forma redundancy notices.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/31 1966 Oct

MS. notes on mtgs. with management; pprs. for JSS mtg. Oct 26 and Works Cttee. mtg. Oct 24.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/32 1966 Aug-Oct

Misc. ephemera; corres; MS. notes on speeches by Donald Chapman MP and Evan (Luard?).

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/33 1964-6

Published materials

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/34-52 1967-72

Job evaluation and the re-structuring of the wage systems at Longbridge.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/34 1967 Aug

Company Statement; mins. of mtg. of national union officials with company.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/35 1967 Sep-Oct

Circulars containing proposals re dayworkers (excluding certain craftsmen); corres.; MS. notes.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/36 1967 Sep-Oct

Circulars containing proposals re craftsmen: MS. notes; pprs. for JSS mtg. Oct 20.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/37 1966-7

Publications and other pprs. collected for information incl. notes for mtg. re Standard Motor Co. wage structure.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/38 1966 Feb-Aug

Booklets re J E issued by Longbridge management.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/39 1968 Feb-Dec

Corres.; lists of SSs involved in J. E negotiations; MS. notes on mtgs.; pprs. for Works Cttee. special mtgs. May 20 and Jun 27.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/40 1968 Mar-Apr

Ltr.; MS. notes on mtg. with dayworkers' SSs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/41i-ii 1969 Feb nd

2 manuals of job evaluation issued by Longbridge management

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/42 1969 Oct-- 1970 Jun

MS. notes on and proceedings of works, local and central confs. re J E for toolroom and millwrights; related pprs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/43 1969 Nov - 1970 Mar

MS. notes on a series of mtgs. between SSs and management; management circulars; draft manual of J E.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/44 1970 Apr

MS. notes on mtg. of dayworkers SSs with management; list of SSs involved.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/45 1970 Jun- Jul

MS. notes on mtgs. re J E for toolroom and millwrighte; corres.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/46 1970 Jun-Aug

MS. notes on mtgs.; booklet containing results of J E exercises.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/47 1970 Nov - 1971 Apr

Circulars; draft agt.: MS. notes; returns of shop floor ballots.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/48 1970 Nov - 1971 Apr

Circulars; corres.; list of SSs; MS. notes; various pprs. re similar negotiations at Cowley plant. Also ephemera re Lucas (Liverpool) dispute and industrial relations legislation.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/49 1971 Mar

Returns of sectional ballots on J E.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/50 1971 May-Jun

2 items re J E for patternmakers.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/51 1972 Mar-Jun

MS. notes on mtgs. of Works Cttee. with PAC and various groups of SSs re problems arising from JEE.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/53-59 Cofton Hackett/Factory Unit 4 wage negotiation 1968-74

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/53 1968 May-Jun

Corres.; draft interim pay agt.on MS. notes on mtgs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/54 1969 Jul

MS. notes on mtgs. of Works Cttee. with maintenance wkrs. panel; list of those attending.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/55 1970 Mar-May

Draft of comprehensive agt., Mar; application for Works Cpnf.; MS. notes on works and local confs.; corres.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/57 1972 Dec - 1973 Jun

MS. notes on negotiations; list of Unit 4 SSs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/58 1973 Jun-Jul

MS. notes on mtgs. with Unit 4 Cttee.; list of cttee, members; proceedings of plant conf. re J E in toolroom.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/59 1974 Feb

MS. notes on mtgs. between SSs and with management, list of negotiating cttee, members; memo. of points for negotiation.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/60 1969

Training for engineering craftsmen.

MS . notes on mtg. with management; company policy statement on apprenticeship (1966); related pprs. 1966 1969 Jan.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/61 1969-70

Strikes affecting the nightshift.

Factory instruction 6A; MS. notes on a special JSS mtg. 1969 Dec - 1970 Jan.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/62 1970

Millwrights' disputes concerning overtime and relations between day and night shifts.

Corres.; MS. notes. 1970 May-Aug

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/63 1970

Redendancies and opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Corres.; speaking notes; ephemera incl. Evans, Moss The Ford wage claim, TGWU, 1970.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/64-73 1970-72

Standard (or Measured) Day work.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/64 1970 Aug - 1972 Nov

MS. notes on local conf.; pprs. for BLTUC EC, 1972 Apr 26 and for BLTUC one-day confs. 1970 Aug 12 and 1972 Mar 1; pprs. for BMCJSS Cttee. 1972 Jan 15 and BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtgs. 1971 Apr 17 and 1972 Apr 29; rpt. on JSS mtg., 1972 Feb; Longbridge management MDW proposals, 1970 Nov: Measured Day Work.?, LRD for BLTUC, 1972; Branch News, TGWU 5/55 Morris Motors Branch, nos. 23,24,26,29, 1971 Sep - 1972 Mar; S U Carburettor Co. MDW agt., 1971 (copy)

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/65 1971 Jul-Aug

MS. notes on mtgs.; ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/66 1971 Nov - 1972 May

Corres.; interim agts.; list of members of Piece-workers Liaison Cttee.; MS. notes on mtgs.; wage agts. in force at other BL plants (copies).

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/67 1972 Feb-Apr

Sectional agts. and draft agts. for the abandonment of piecework.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/68 1972 Feb-May

Sectional agts.; corres.; rpt. of mtg. of piecework SSs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/69 1972 Mar-Nov

Draft and summary of agt. for direct employees in Units 1,2,and 3; corres.; MS. notes on mtgs.; mins. of AUEW Oxford District Cttee., Mar 29.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/70 1972 Apr-Aug

Draft agt.; circulars.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/71 1972 Aug

Set of documents for information of trade union officials participating is a (local or central) conf.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/72 1972 Aug-Nov

Draft agt.; (final?) agt.; MS. notes; mins of first quarterly (SSs - management) communications mtg., Jul; pprs. for JSS mtg., Oct; agt. for flat-rate payment and introduction of industrial engineering, BL Coventry Engineering Plant, 1972 Sep.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/73 1972 Oct-Nov

Annotated draft agts.; MS. notes on mtgs.; returns of sectional ballots on proposed agt.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/74 1973

Works confs. re millwrights mates andCABI Rectification Dept.

MS. notes and related pprs. 1972 Aug - 1973 Apr.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/75 1973

Millwrights' mates upgrading.

pprs. for mtgs.,of AUEN SSs and SS Cttee.; corres. 1972 Dec - 1973 Jan.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/76 1973

Longbridge domestic procedural agt. negotations.

Drafts of sections of the agt.; MS. notes on mtgs. 1973 Mar-Dec.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/77-90 1973-74

Wage negotiations for direct and indirect workers.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/77 1973 Jun-Jul

Copy of Indirect wkrs.' agt. re J E, pay, security of employment and other matters; annotated drafts of agt.; MS. notes on mtgs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/78 1973 May-Aug

MS. notes and other pprs. concerning mtgs. re indirect wkrs.' agt.; proceedings of plant conf. re refusal of toolroom wkrs. to participate in J E.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/79 1973 Sep-Oct

Copies of corres. between BL and Pay Board re latter's action in reducing the pay negotiated for indirect wkrs.; MS. notes on mtgs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/80 1973 Nov - 1974 May

Information papers on BL's financial position, sales and management reorganisation prepared by BL management for SSs; list of members of Indirect Workers' Liaison Cttee.; MS. notes on mtgs. results of voting (on Liaison Cttee.'s recommendations re 1974 wage claim?).

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/81 1974 Feb

MS. notes on mtg. of Indirect Workers Negotiating Cttee., lists of members of indirect wkrs.' Negotiating Cttee. and Liaison Cttee.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/82 1974 Mar-Sep

MS. notes on negotiations re indirect wkrs.' agt., held at Worcestershire Hotel, Aug 1974; previous agts. (1971 and 1973) related pprs. Also mins. of Longbridge Jt. Stewards Holiday Club, Sep.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/83 1974 Aug

Drafts of parts of the direct and indirect wkrs.' agts.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/84 1973 Dec - 1974 Aug

List of members of the Direct Workers' Negotiating Cttee.; MS. notes on mtgs.; drafts of parts of the direct wkrs.' agt.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/85 1974 Mar

MS. notes on mtg.; Works Cttee. recommendations to Direct Workers' Negotiating Cttee.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/86 Oct 1974 Feb-Oct

Drafts of parts of the direct wkrs. agt. with annotations and amendments proposed by SSs; MS. notes on agts., results of voting on final agt.; BL Drews Lane Plant direct wkrs.' agt.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/87 1974 Jul-Sep

Drafts of parts of the direct wkrs. agt. with amendments proposed by SSs; MS. notes on mtgs.; proceedings of plant corf re SDW agt.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/88 1974 Aug-Oct

MS. notes concerning negotiations re direct wkrs. agt., held at Worcestershire Hotel, Aug 1974; circulars and memoranda.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/89 1974 Sep

MS. notes on mtgs. of the direct and indirect wkrs.' cttees. and of joint mtgs.; corres.; joint statement by management and SSs re new agts.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/90 1973 Jul and 1974 Sep

Returns of sectional ballots on proposed direct and indirect wkrs.' agts.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/91 1973-74

Complaints of lack of speed in processing a conveyor loaders' claim for upgrading.

Corres.; internal dispute forms. 1973 Aug - 1974 Jun.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/92 N.d

Short-time wkg. due to gas shortages.

MS. notes on mtg.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/93 N.d

Loose-leaf vol. recording the occupations, rates of pay, S.U. entitlements and check nos. of named wkrs., arranged by section of the Works.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/94-103

Requests for Works Conferences to discuss matters in dispute: pro formed documentation with related corres. and other pprs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/104-112

Pro forma record cards and record sheets recording the processing of references (under the engineering industry national and Longbridge domestic procedural agts.) within Longbridge. The cards/sheets records department, subject of reference; names of SSs involved; names of management staff involved; dates of mtgs.; outcome.

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/104 1965-66

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/105 1966-67

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/106 1966-68

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/107 1966-69

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/108 1966-69

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/109 1968-69

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/110 1969-71

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/111 1972-73

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/3/112 1973-74

Pro forma record cards and record sheets

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/1-62 1943-79

Subject files.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/1-2 1943-4

National Council of Labour Colleges correspondence courses undertaken by Dick Etheridge.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/1 1943-44 and n.d

'Article writing and labour journalism' and 'Chairmanship' : corres.; completed exercises; dupl. course material.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/2 1943-44 and n.d

'Public speaking' : completed exercises; dupl. courses material.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/3-6 c.1950 1966 - (?)

Lists of shop stewards at Longbridge.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/4 1966 updated to 1968 and n.d

Daywork; tool factory; engineers; inspection; material control; research; service; transport.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/5 N.d

No.3 machine shop; south tool (room) die section.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/7 1951-52

ENV Engineering co. (Willesden , London)dispute

Corres. ; ephemera; receipts. 1951 Dec - 1972 Jan.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/8-9 1952

Campaign against increased fares on coaches serving Longbridge.

Balance sheet with collecting sheets and receipts; corres.; petition; questionnaire; statement of objection made by Dick Etheridge. 1952 Mar-Jul.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/10-12 1954-59

Birmingham Trades Council Journal.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/10 1954 Jan

Etheridge's regular column "The Longbridge Log": ltr.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/11 1955 Jan-Jul

Distribution via SSs at Longbridge: MS. notes.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/12 1958 Dec - 1959 Feb

Controversy re Conservative Party advertisement in the Journal: corres.; press-cuttings.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/13 1953-74

Abusive and eccentric ltrs.

Ltrs. and postcards, some anonymous. 1953 Dec - 1974 Nov.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/14-15 1957-58

Automation, particularly in the motor industry.

Oxford University residential school on the future of the motor industry (1957) and recalled mtg. (1958), ephemera and lecture notes; AEU conf. on the motor industry, rpts. and resolutions; Ford Worker, Ford SS Cttee., vol.1, no.3, 1958 Jul, plus supplement Report of first annual delegate Conference of all Ford plants; Lilley, S. Automation in the Soviet Union, 1955; Motor industry jubilee, 1896-1946, Nuffield Press, Oxford, (1946?); Our opinion, Briggs JSS Cttee., 2 issues, n.d.; WFTU and other publications. 1957 Jan - 1958 Jul.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/16 1957-58

East German holiday for BMC SSs. Corres. with Bernhard Schuenke, Karl Nessler and others; articles by Dick Etheridge; Etheridge's diary. 1957 Jul - 1958 Dec.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/17-19 1957-73

Oxford motor plants.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/17 1960 Jan

Tuning SS rpt., dupl., 1957 Mar. Morris Motors AEU SS Cttee. mins.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/18 1970 Jul - Dec

Cowley plant, introduction of new techniques and models, assembly wkrs.' dispute : circulars; corres.; mins. of AEF Oxford District Cttee., Jul 2, Dec 2 and Dec 17.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/19 1973 Apr

Cowley indirect wkrs.' annual pay review : management circulars

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/20-24 1957-59

Exchange visits between Longbridge SSs and trade union functionaries of the Gorki Motor Works, USSR

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/20 1957 Jul - 1959 Mar

Corres.; draft programme for visit of Soviet delegation Russian Hospitality Fund ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/21 1958 May-Jun

Dick Etheridge's diary kept during visit to USSR.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/22 1938

Account book containing:Russian Hospitality Fund ledger, 1958; Halesowen Labour Club income a/cs.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/23 1958 Mar-Dec

Pprs. removed from MSS.202/S/J/3/4/22 above, incl. : corres.- receipts; and Dick Etheridge's notes on a visit to the Gorki Motor Works and the return visit of the Soviet delegation.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/24 1958 Oct

Programme for Russian delegation in Britain;

corres.; ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/25 1959

Midland Societies for the Blind fund-raising at Longbridge.

Ltr.; balance sheet; Annual Report, 1958-59. 1959 Oct.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/26 1960

Launching of BMC house journal BMC World.

Memo.; JPC sub cttee. mins. 1960 Jul-Aug.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/27-29 1961

Petition, sponsored by Longbridge JSS, calling on H.M. Government to adopt following policies: no redundancies; expansion of home market; free trade with Communist nations; unemployment pay for those on short-time working.

Signed petition sheets; corres. 1961 Jun-Sep.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/30 1962-63

Coften Hackett factory development planning enquiry.

JSS Statement to enquiry, in draft and final form; Bourneville Village Trust statement; inspector's rpt. on planning enquiry; Minister's decision on application. 1962 Dec - 1963 Jul.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/31-32 1963

Visit to Volkswagen works in West Germany, organised by Birmingham Productivity Association.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/31 1963 Apr

Programme; list of participants; schedule of Volkswagen wage rates and benefits; notes on visit; Etheridge's MS. (speaking?) notes; ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/32 1963

Ephemera and publications.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/33 1964

Austin SSs' Shakespeare Theatre Club.

Corres.; circular. 1964 Nov-Dec.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/34 1965-76

Dealings with sundry academics and journalists.

Corres. with J. Bescoby, G. Clack, E. Thorne and others. 1965 Oct - 1976 Sep.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/35-41 1966

Preparation, presentation and publication of Longbridge JSS evidence to Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Organisations.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/35 A + B 1966 Jul

2 copies

JSS written evidence, compiled by Dick Etheridge, dupl.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/36 1965 Nov - 1966 Sep

Corres. with RCTU EO re written and oral evidence; misc. pprs.; written evidence.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/37 1965 Nov - 1966 Sep

Corres. with Eric Thorne, Haldane Society and othersre preparation of JSS evidence; MS. notes; ephemera; ltr. re victimisation of SSs (1948).

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/38 1966

Drafts of JSS evidence with source materials incl. corres. (1947, 1953, 1956, 1958 and 1960), particularly re an anti-communist group of TGWU SSs, and a ltr. from Les Gurl re formation in 1948 of Morris Motors Combine SSs Cttee

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/39 1966

Drafts of JSS evidence with source materials, 1941-65; transcript of verbal evidence of JSS.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/40 1966

Drafts of part of evidence re history of JSS.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/41 1966

Corres. and notes re publication and sale of JSS evidence.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/42 1966

Various requests that Dick Etheridge should write articles or give speeches, and replies indicating that he was too busy to do so.

Corres. 1966 Oct-Nov.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/43 1967, 1972-73

Works Cttee. members' time (spent on Works Cttee. business?).

Pro forma time record sheets. 1967 Apr-Oct, 1972 Apr, 1973 May-Jun.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/44 1968-71

Trotskyist organisations' literature distributed to Longbridge wkrs.' and collected by Dick Etheridge.

International Socialists' Austin Bulletin, no.2 and unnumbered, n.d. and East Works Bulletin, nos.4 and 14, n.d.; other IS and Revolutionary Workers' Party ephemera; Austin Day Workers - A Sell Out Socialist Worker pamphlet no.2 , (1971?). 1968-71.

Related Material

Other similar publications are filed in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/1-220 above.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/45-50 1969-72

Opposition to industrial relations legislation.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/45-46 1969-72

Austin SSs', Liaison Cttee. for the Defence of Trade Unions, LRD, TGWU and other ephemera; HMSO publications; MS. notes on national conf. of Campaign Against Anti-Trade Union Legislation (1969) and other matters; press-cuttings.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/47 1970

Organisation of Austin Coordinating Cttee. for the Defence of Trade Unions and of a protest mtg. in Birmingham: corres.; circulars; signed petition; speaking notes.

Also : Gurl, L. "September holiday visit to Wolfsburg to see Volkswagen factory", dupl., 1970.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/48 1970-71

Austin SSs', CPGB, LRD, TUC and other ephemera; press-cuttings; MS. notes.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/49i-ii 1970-71

TUC and other publications and ephemera, incl. posters.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/50 1971

MS. notes on speech by Hugh Scanlon; Liaison Cttee. for Defence of Trade Unions' and other bodies' ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/51 (1972?)

Fisher-Bendix (Liverpool) occupation.

Ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/52 (1973-75?)

Shrewsbury pickets' case.

Ltr. from Pete Carter; ephemera.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/53-54 1974

Research project on automation to be carried out at Longbridge under the auspices of the International Social Science Council by researchers from Manchester University.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/55 1975

Workers' participation in management of BL.

BL statements; text of an article written by Dick Etheridge; various publications incl. The Future of British Leyland and the motor industry, LRD for BLTUC, 1975. 1975.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/56-59 (1940s?) -1975

Blank documentation and items retained as examples of Dick Etheridge's record-keeping practices.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/56 (1940s?)

An empty file. Titles incl. "New Propellor", "for Branch Comm" and "Trades Council".

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/57 1971-75

Specimen documents and blank stationery apparently brought together by Dick Etheridge to illustrate aspects of SSs' organisation, incl. Combine News Lucas, 1975 Mar.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/58 1974

Incomplete MS. JSS agenda and Works Cttee. convener's rpt.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/59 Nd

Empty internal envelopes addressed to members of the Works Cttee. at workshops, lines, etc. at Longbridge.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/60-62 1973-79

Dick Etheridge's retirement and subsequent activities.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/60 1974-75

Article for Morning Star re Dick Etheridge's retirement; ephemera, incl. re retirement dance.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/61 1973-79

Enquiries from research students and academics; corres. and ephemera re BL SSs, AUEW retired members outings, speaking engagements and Dick Etheridge's plans to write following his retirement.

MSS.202/S/J/3/4/62 1974-75

Ltrs., suggesting that Dick Etheridge should : learn Esperanto; write a book. Corres. re a visit to Longbridge East Works following his retirement.

MSS.202/S/J/4/1-2 1946-74

Longbridge SSs' publications.

MSS.202/S/J/4/1 1946-72

Ephemera incl.: n.d. pr. ltr. head, A.H. Bennett, Secretary.

(1946?) handbill, mtg. re 40 hour week.

1947 handbill, mtg. re load-spreading.

N.d. handbill, collection in aid of flood victims.

1950 dupl. circular advertising rpt. by Frank Key (Austin SS) re his visit to USSR.

1950 Report...visit of Bro. Frank Key to Russia.

N.d. handbill, re SS fund.

N.d. handbill, re management handbook for employees.

(1965?) Works Cttee. Statement re maintenance mates dispute.

1972 handbill, sectional ballot on dates of additionalholidays

MSS.202/S/J/4/2 1946-74

ephemera incl.: n.d. JSS Standing orders, 2 editions.

(1953) items re McHugh dispute.

1974 JSS Bulletin, nos.1 and 3.

MSS.202/S/J/6/1 1960-70

Biographical material on Dick Etheridge.

MSS.202/S/J/6/1 1960-7

Etheridge family history and Dick Etheridge's life including his childhood.

MS./TS. memoirs; article for BMC World; corres.

MSS.202/S/J/8/1-92 Dick Etheridge's Daily Working Notes as convener. Diaries and Notebooks. 1945-75

The Daily Working Notes (DWNs) are substantial in bulk and particularly important for the years 1945-53 during which Dick Etheridge kept few other records. They consist of MS. notes on his daily business as convener, particularly in respect of meetings with SSs and management. Interfiled are circulars (mainly from the AEU Birmingham District), letters, the minutes of combine SSs mtgs., accounts, lists of SSs. and other pprs. : up to 1953 virtually all correspondence was filed in this way. From 1963 onwards Dick Etheridge wrote his DWNs on pre-printed cards in a wallet format. Previously he had used scrap paper, folded to fit in his pocket. On the reverse side of DWNs written on scrap paper are various items of SSs' ephemera, particularly re disputes, and internal documents of the Austin Motor Co.

MSS.202/S/J/8/1 1945 May-Jul

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/2 1945 Aug-Sep

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/3 1946 Sep-Dec

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/5 1947 Jan Dec, 1948 Mar, 1951 Jan-Feb and 1952 Apr-Aug

Daily Working Notes

Arrangement

An original group, inextricably mixed.

MSS.202/S/J/8/7 1949 Apr-May

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/8 1949 Jun-Aug

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/9 1949 Sep-Nov

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/18 1951 Feb

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/26 1953 Apr

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/33 1955 Dec - 1956 Apr

Daily Working Notes

Related Material

For period 1956 May-Aug see MSS.202/S/J/3/3/10 above.

MSS.202/S/J/8/35 1957 Jan

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/38 1958 May

Daily Working Notes

MSS.202/S/J/8/68 1969 Jan-Jul

Daily Working Notes

Related Material

See also MSS.202/S/J/3/2/94 above.

MSS.202/S/J/8/77 1973 Jan-May

Daily Working Notes

Related Material

See also MSS.202/S/J/8/84 below.

MSS.202/S/J/8/81 1967

Desk diary; few entries.

MSS.202/S/J/8/82 1969

Desk diary: few entries.

MSS.202/S/J/8/83 1970

Pocket diary: some entries.

MSS.202/S/J/8/84 1973 Jan-Feb

Notes on mtgs. at Longbridge re internal disputes.

MSS.202/S/J/85-91 1974 Jan - 1975 Feb

Pocket notebooks containing notes on mtgs. of the WorksCttee. or of Dick Etheridge with management and/or groups of SSs at Longbridge.

MSS.202/S/J/8/92 nd

Loose items found in MSS.202/S/J/8/85-91 above.

MSS.202/S/J/9/1-8 1929-74

Agreements relating to Longbridge.

Arrangement

2) The arrangement of the agreements in files is Dick Etheridge's own.

Related Material

N.B. 1) National agreements have been transferred to the 41T series in Warwick University Library.

3) See also MSS.202/S/J/3/3/1-112 above.

MSS.202/S/J/9/1 1929-1970

Various agts. incl.: Austin piece work agreement, 1929

No.4 dualtone rejects agreement, 1964

Toolroom wage structure explanatory leaflet, 1965

No.4 paint inspectors layoff agreement. [1967?]

ADO.20 lieu rate [marked 'JSS Dec 8 1969']. 1969

Graduated pensions, company notice. 1970

MSS.202/S/J/9/2 1941-1960

Various agts. incl.: ear Cutters' rates, 1941

Organisation of women in engineering and metal industries [AEU with TGWU, NUGMW, ISTC], 1943

Toolroom bonus, 1947

BMC retirement benefit, 1954

Procedure for introduction of standard costs, 1956

Redundancy guaranteed wkg. week, [1956]

Transport dept. proficiency award, 1957

Holiday pay, 1957

Procedure for unofficial stoppages, 1959

Balancing bonus scheme, 1959

Mobile pool of sewing machinists, 1960

Rates of pay for 42 hour week at Austin, 1960

Wkg. hours agreement E AENF with CSEU, n.d. n.d.

MSS.202/S/J/9/3 1948-64

Engineering industry national agreements and related pprs.

MSS.202/S/J/9/4 1959-60

Agts. and related pprs. concerning: forty-two hour week; millwrights' wages; short-time wkg.; Sykomatic gearcutting machines.

MSS.202/S/J/9/5 1959-1970

Various agts. incl.:

Trantham body loaders, [1959]

V P B, n.d.

Race relations, 1967

Cofton Hackett, 1968

Recall to work after shutdown, 1968

CAB no.1 line, 1970

MSS.202/S/J/9/6 1968

Engineering industry national agreement.

MSS.202/S/J/9/7 1970-1972

Various agts. incl.:

Unit 4 wages, [1970]

Indirect employees' wages, 1971

Standard Day Work, 1972

MSS.202/S/J/9/8 1973-1975

Various agts. incl.:

Unit 4 wages, 1973

Direct employees, 19741975

Indirect employees, 19741975

Procedural agt, n.d.

MSS.202/S/J/12/1 Nd

Photographs

MSS.202/S/J/12/1 [199?]

2 prints.

[Motor industry SSs' mtg?]. Dick Etheridge and Dr. Sam Lilley present.

Moss Evans shaking hands with unknown person. [196? or 197?]

MSS.202/S/A

MSS.202/S/A/1/1-3 Minutes of the AEU/AEF/AUEW Shop Stewards and Shop Stewards' Committee. 1948-55 and 1970-71

MSS.202/S/A/1/1

1948-55. Minutes of SSs' mtgs., 1948 Feb - 1954 Dec and of SS Cttee., mtgs., 1953 Nov - 1955 Jan.

MSS.202/S/A/1/2

1970-71. Minutes of SSs' mtgs., 1970 Mar - 1971 Jun and of SS Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Apr - 1971 Aug.

MSS.202/S/A/1/3

Loose papers found in minute book MSS.202/S/A/1/2 above.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/1-96 Agendas, correspondence and other papers for AEU/AEF/AUEW Shop Stewards and Shop Stewards' Committee meetings. 1953-75

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/1 1952 Dec - 1953 Nov

Subjects incl.: Longbridge AEU members arrears; national wage claim; NUVB (McHugh) dispute.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1953 Sep 21 and Nov 16 (agenda for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1953 Nov 9 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/2 1953 Oct-Nov

Subjects incl.: Christmas holidays; national wage claim

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1953 Oct 19 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/3 1953 Oct - 1954 Aug

Subjects incl.: German rearmament; MEM (Birmingham) dispute; Medical Supply Assoc. dispute - NUVB dispute; one-day strike in support of national wage claim; opposition to H-Bomb; pensions; toolroom wages and coordination between BMC toolroom SSs.

Contains: Abusive ltr., signed; BMCJSS Cttee. mins., May 8; Engineering Allied Trades SSs' National Council circulars.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1954 Apr 12 (agenda)

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1953 Dec 21 and 1954 Jan 18, Feb 15, Mar 15, May 17, Jun 21 and Jul 19 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/4 1954 Jul-Sep

Subjects incl.: 1939 gear-cutting agt.; payment for waiting time; possible BMC redundancies.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1954 Sep 28.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/5 1954 Sep-Oct

Subjects incl.: Aero Zipp Fasteners (Glamorgan) dispute; gear-cutting dispute.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1954 Oct 18 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/6 1954 Sep-Dec

Subjects incl.; Port of London ship repairing dispute; tea breaks.

Contains: BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Sep 11; BMCJSS Cttee. dupl. schedule of toolroom rates of payment; Engineering Allied Trades SSs' National Council Nov conf. ephemera.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1954 Nov [?] and Dec 20 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/7 1954 Nov-Dec

Contains: BMC notice re vacancies in a new Australian factory.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1954 [Nov and/or Dec?].

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/8 1954 Oct - 1955 Apr

Subjects incl.: MASS conf., 1955 Jun; national wage claim; sales of Soviet Weekly and Birmingham Trades Council Journal via AEU SSs.

Contains: List of AEU SSs, 1954 Nov.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1954 Dec 20 and 1955 Jan 17 (agenda), Feb 21 (agenda), Mar 21 (agenda) and Apr 18 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/9 1955 Apr-Jun

Subjects incl.: ASLEF dispute; Austin Motor Co. golden jubilee.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1955 May [?] and Jun 20 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1955 May 9 and Jun 13 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/10 1955 May-Aug

Subjects incl.: automation.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1955 Jul 18 and Aug 15 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/11 1955 Aug-Nov

Subjects incl.: Birmingham Blue Coat School; recruitment of black wkrs. into the AEU.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1955 Nov 21 (agenda).

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1955 Sep 19 and Oct 17 (agendas for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1955 Sep 12 and Oct [?] (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/12 1955 Oct - 1956 Mar

Subjects incl.: membership disputes between AEU and TGWU; national wage claim; recession in the motor industry, short-time working and possible redundancies and lobbying of parliament on the subject.

Contains: mins. of special Jt. mtg. of JSS Cttees of the "Big Six" motor oos.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1955 Dec 19 and 1956 Feb 20 and Mar 12 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1955 Dec 12 and 1956 Jan 16, Feb 13 and Mar 12 (agenda for each).

N.B. Pprs. for AEU SSs' mtgs. 1956 Apr-Jun are in MSS.202/S/J/3/3/5-6 above.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/13 1956 Oct-Dec

Subjects incl.: aftermath of 1956 BMC dispute, including AEU disciplinary action against members, particularly SSs who worked during the strike; MASS conf., 1956 Oct.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1956 Nov 21 (agenda).

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1956 Oct 24 and Dec 19 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/14 1956 Oct - 1957 Mar

Subjects incl.: AEU legal representation; recruitment of bldg. craftsmen into AEU.

Contains: AEU [Birmingham District] BMC Sub Cttee. mins., 1956 Nov 26.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1957 Mar 18 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1957 Jan 9, Feb 13 and Mar 12 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/15 1957 Mar-Aug

Subjects incl.: international conf. of motor wkrs.' SSs and similar representatives, Paris, May.

Contains: Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1956-57.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1957 Apr 15, May 20, Jun 17 and Jul 15 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1957 Apr 7 and Jul 8 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/16 1957 Jun-Oct

Subjects incl.: AEU disciplinary action against members following 1956 BMC dispute; members in arrears; membership dispute between AEU and TGWU; nomination of Dick Etheridge for President of AEU Birmingham Committee; Renault (Park Royal, London) dispute; residential school re future of motor industry, Darlaston.

Contains: BMC [JSS Cttee.] mins., Jul 6 and Nov 23; lists of SSs; NM ATSSC mins., Jun 1, and MS notes on mtg., Dec 14.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1957 Dec 16 (agenda, [attendance list?].)

Pprs. for SSs mtgs., 1957 Sep 9, Sep 16, Oct 21 and Nov 19 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1957 Oct 13, Nov 11 and Dec 9 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/17 1957 Dec - 1958 Jul

Subjects incl.: East-West diplomatic relations; payment of SSs by Austin Motor Co.; proposals for formation of a Works Cttee. and BMC Coordinating Cttee. under CSEU auspices; Russian Hospitality Fund.

Contains: AEU SSs' Fund Balance sheet,1957-58; list of AEU SSs; 1958 Mar; Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1957-58; pr. ephemera for new members of the AEU.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1958 Jan 20, Feb 17, Mar 17, and Apr 21 (agenda,for each).

Pprs. for Cttee mtgs., 1958 Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr 14, May 12, Jun 9 and Jul 14 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/18 1958 Jun-Aug

Subjects incl.: millwrights' pay claim; Serck Radiators (Birmingham) dispute.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1958 Jul 21 and Aug 18 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/19 1958 Jul-Nov

Subjects incl.: dispute between West Press Shop SSs re short-time working as an alternative to redundancy; Gorki Motor Works (USSR) trade union functionaries' visit to Britain; Serck Radiators (Birmingham) dispute.

Contains: AEU posters re unemployment, arrears, and a national card check; BMCJSS Cttee. annual mtg. mins., n.d.; BMCJSS Cttee. broadsheets to foundry wkrs., re short-time wkg.; BMCJSS SOC mins., Aug 16.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1958 Sep 15 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1958 Sep 8, Oct 13 and Nov 10 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/20 1958 Aug-Nov

Subjects incl.: Gorki Motor Works (USSR) trade union functionaries' visit to Britain.

Pprs. for SS mtg., 1958 Nov 17 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/21 1958 Nov - 1959 Apr

Subjects incl.: millwrights' pay; Wickmans (Coventry) dispute.

Contains: BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Dec 20; BMC[JSS] SOC mins., Feb 28; Ltr. from Bernhard Schuenke, an East German trade union official, written from Indonesia; NM ATSSC agenda for mtg., Jan 31.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1958 Dec 8 (agenda, MS. rpt. of mtg.)

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1959 Jan 19, Feb 16 and Mar 16 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1959 Jan 12, Feb 9, Mar 9 and Apr 13 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/22-23 1959 Jan - 1961 Jan

Subjects incl.: abolition of nightworking by young people; Automobile Assoc. dispute; daywkrs.' pay claim; dismissal of a SS for clocking malpractice; Handley Page (Cricklewood) dispute; holidays; JPC annual elections; Laystall Engineering (Wolverhampton) dispute; membership disputes, AEU with NUVB; negotiation of wage rates for machines, including automated ones, newly introduced at Longbridge; RE's speaking engagements at AEU branches, esp. re. AEU National Cttee.; Rootes Mouldings (Slough) dispute; 38 hour wkg. week for Longbridge night shifts; victimisation prevention procedure at Austin Motor Co.

Contains: AEU circular re. unofficial strikes; Austin AEU SS Fund balance sheets, 1958-9 and 1959-60; Austin AEU SSs list; Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1959-60; Morris Commercial [Cars?] dispute balance sheet [1959 Apr?]; No.3 Car Details etc. Shop General Purposes Fund rules.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1959 Dec 21 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1959 Apr 20, Jun 15 (convener's rpt.), Sep 21, Oct 19 (convener's rpt.), Nov 16 (convener's rpt.), 1960 Jan 18 (convener's rpt.), Feb 15 (Convener's rpt.), Mar 21 (convener's rpt.), May 16 (convener's rpt.), Jun 20, Jul 18 (convener's rpt.), Aug 15 (convener's rpt.), Sep 19 and Nov 21 (convener's rpt.) (agenda for each mtg.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1959 Jul 13 (convener's rpt), Sep 14 (convener's rpt.), Oct 12, Nov 9 (convener's rpt.), Dec 14 (convener's rpt.), 1960 Jan 11 (convener's rpt.), Feb 8 (convener's rpt.), Mar 14 (convener's rpt.), Mar 21, Apr 11 (convener's rpt.), May 9 (convener's rpt.), Jun 13 (convener's rpt.), Jul 11 (convener's rpt.), Aug 12 (convener's rpt.), Sep 12 (convener's rpt.),and Oct 10 (convener's rpt) (agenda for each mtg.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/24 1960 Oct - 1961 Oct

Subjects incl.: BMC expansion and transfer of work to Bathgate; Caterpillar Tractor (Uddingston) dispute; discharge of a SS for clocking malpractices; further education for SSs; Pressed Steel (Swindon) dispute; Projectile Engineering Co. (Battersea, London) dispute; Rover (Acocks Green, Birmingham) dispute; S U Carburettor Co (Birmingham) dispute; Ship repairing engineers (Liverpool) dispute.

Contains: Longbridge Club Institute financial statements, 1960-1; rpt. of AEU motor manufacturing industry delegate conf., 1960 Oct 28.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1961 Jan 18, Feb 21, Mar 22, Apr 17, May 15, Jun 19, Jul 17, Aug 21, Sep 18 and Oct 16 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each mtg. except Mar 22).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1961 Jan 11, Mar 15, Apr 11 12, May 8, Jun 12, Jul 10, Aug 14, Sep 11 and Oct 9 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each mtg. except Jun 12).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/25 1961 Nov - 1962 Nov

Subjects incl.: dayworkers' pay claim; English Electric (Rugby) dispute; Letchworth Polishing Plating Co. (Letchworth) dispute national engineering wage claim; race relations at Longbridger; West Press Shop mobility of labour regulations.

Contains: AEU SSs' Fund balance sheet, 1960-1; BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1962 Sep 25; Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1961-2.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1961 Nov 18, 1962 Jan 15, Feb 19, Mar 19, Apr 16, May 21, Aug 20, Oct 15 and Nov 19 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each mtg. except 1962 Mar 19 and Nov 19).

Pprs. for Cttee, mtgs., 1961 Nov 13, Dec 11, 1962 Jan 8, Mar 14, Apr 9, May 21, Jul 9, Aug 13, Sep 10, Oct 8, Nov 12 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each mtg.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/26 1960 Dec - 1963 Dec

Subjects incl.: Appeal for Amnesty in Spain; Ford (Dagenham) dispute; Main Press Shop dispute between day and night shifts re labour mobility; membership disputes at Longbridge between AEU and NUVB; Morris Motors (Llanelly) dispute; P.A.Marriot (Birmingham) dispute; Pollard Bearings (Northampton) dispute; V.P.B.

Contains: AEU SSs' fund-raising ephemera; national wage agt., [1963 Dec?], dupl.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtgs., 1960 Dec 7 (agenda), 1961 Dec 18 (agenda) and 1962 Dec 17 (agenda, MS. secretary's rpt.).

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1963 Jan 21 (convener's rpt.) Feb 18, Mar 18 (convener's rpt.), May 27, Jun 17, Aug 19, Sep 16 (convener's rpt.), Oct 21 (convener's rpt.) and Nov 18 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1963 Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 11, Apr 8, May 13, Jun12, Jul 1, Jul 10, Aug 14, Sep 10, Oct 8, Nov 12 and Dec 10 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each except Apr 8 and Jul 1)

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/27 1963 Nov - 1965 Feb

Subjects incl.: Raleigh toolroom (Nottingham) dispute; South African treason trials; visit by a delegation from the Moscovitch Car plant, USSR.

Contains: list of AEU SSs at Longbridge, Nov 1963.

Pprs. for SSs mtgs., 1964 Jan 20, Feb 17 and Mar 16 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1964 Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 10 Apr 14 and Apr 20 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each except Apr 20).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/28 1964 Apr - 1965 Nov

Subjects incl.: Cannon Industries (Bilston) dispute; Dunford Elliot (Sheffield) dispute; Fletton Brick (Bedford) dispute; four night wkg. week; labour mobility; national claim for 40 hour week.

Contains: AEU SS special fund balance sheet, 1965 Jul; BMCJSS Cttee. mins., 1965 Apr 3; list of AEU SSs at Longbridge, 1964 Apr.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1964 Jan 15, Aug 17, Nov 16 and 1965 Jan 18, Feb 15, Jun 21, Aug 16 and Oct 18 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1964 Aug 11, Nov 10, Dec 22, 1965 Jan 12, Feb 8, Jun 15, Jul 12, Aug 16, Sep 20, Sep 27, Oct 12, Nov 9 and Nov 23 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for AEU SSs' progress rpt. mtgs., 1965 Oct 5, Oct 19, Oct 26, Nov 2 and Nov 16.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/29 1963 Dec - 1965 Nov

Contains: AEU SS special fund balance sheet. 1965; list of AEU SSs at Longbridge.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtgs., 1963 Dec 16, 1964 Dec 14 and 1965 Nov 22 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each).

Related Material

MS. Convener's rpt. for annual mtg. of 1965 Nov 22 is in MSS.202/S/J/3/2/61 above.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/30 1965 Dec

Subjects incl.: Cannon Industries (Bilston) dispute.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1965 Dec 14 (agenda) and Dec 21.

Pprs. for AEU SSs' progress rpt. mtg., 1965 Dec 7 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/31 1965 Dec - 1966 Jan

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1966 Jan 17 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1966 Jan 11 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/32 1966 Jan-Feb

Subjects incl.: Millspaugh Ltd. (Sheffield) dispute.

Contains: list of AEU SSs at Longbridge, [1965?].

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1966 Feb 15 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for SSs' progress rpt. mtg., 1966 Jan 25 (agenda)

Pprs. for Cttee. progress rpt. mtg., 1966 Feb 8 (agenda.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/33 1966 Feb-Apr

Subjects incl.: 1966 general election; opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1966 Mar 21 and Apr 18 (agendas and convener's rpts. for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1966 Mar 15 (agenda and convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/34 1966 Feb-Jun

Subjects incl.: armature winders and maintenance wkrs.' disputes.

Contains: BMC circular "Merger of BMC body plants".

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1966 Mar 10, May 16 and Jun 20 (agenda for each).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1966 Jun 13 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/35 1966 Jun-Jul

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1966 Jul 13 (agenda and convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/36 1966 Jul-Aug

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1966 Aug 15 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1966 Aug [?].

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/37 1966 Jul-Sep

Contains: signed petition sheets, British Safety Council petition for abolition of purchase tax on safety wear.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1966 Sep 5 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1966 [Sep?] (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/38 1966 Sep-Oct

Contains: misc. District Office circulars.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/39 1966 Sep - 1967 Jan

Subjects incl.: dayworkers' pay claim; redundancies.

Contains: AEU SSs' special fund a/cs for 1966; list of AEU SSs'at Longbridge, 1966 Sep.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1966 Dec 12 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1966 Nov 21 and 1967 Jan 16 (agenda for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1966 Nov 15, 1967 Jan 10 and Jan 17 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/40 1967 Feb-Mar

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1967 Feb 20 and Mar 20/21 (agendas for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1967 Feb 14, Feb 28 and Mar 14 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/41 1967 Feb-Apr

Subjects incl.: opposition to incomes policy.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1967 Apr 17 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1967 Apr 11 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/42 1965 Dec - 1967 Jun

Subjects incl.: toolroom earnings.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1967 May 15 (agenda) and Jun 19 (agenda, convener's rpt.)

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1967 Jun 13 16 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/43 1967 Apr-Jul

Subjects incl.: excessive overtime wkg.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1967 Jul 11 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/44 1967 Jul-Aug

Subjects incl.: former Austin wkrs. applying for re-employment.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1967 Aug 15 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/45 1967 Sep-Oct

Subjects incl.: four night wkg. week; noise abatement at Longbridge; race relations at Longbridge; W.H. Briscoe (Birmingham) dispute.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1967 Sep 18 and Oct 16 (agendas for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1967 Oct 10 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/46 1967 Oct-Nov

Subjects incl.: AEU/AUEW [Amal. Union of Foundry Wkrs.] amalgamation.

Contains: broadsheet "What's wrong at tractors", Tractors Transmissions SS Cttee. n.d.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/47 1967 Oct-Nov

Contains: article by Etheridge on 1967 TUC

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1967 Nov 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

N.B. MS. text of convener's rpt. in MSS.202/S/A/3/1/59 below.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/48 1967 Nov-Dec

Subjects incl.: East German holidays for SSs; progression for indirect wkrs. and its relation to race relations and trotskyist organisation at Longbridge.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1967 Dec 18 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1967 Dec 12 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/49 1967 Nov - 1968 Mar

Subjects incl.: dispute between day and night shifts of No.2 Machine Shop re a productivity agt.; East German holidays for SSs.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1968 Jan 9 (agenda), Jan 27 (mins.) and Jan 30 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/50 1968 Feb

Subjects incl.: Doncaster's (Shefffeld) dispute.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1968 Feb 13 and Feb 19 (agendas for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1968 Feb 27 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/51 1968 Mar

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1968 Mar 18 (agenda)

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1968 Mar 12 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/52 1968 Mar-May

Subjects incl.: Cofton Hackett interim pay arrangements; national wage claim.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1968 May 20 (agenda, convener's rpt.)

Pprs--for Cttee. mtg., 1968 Apr 9 (agenda, convener's rpt.)

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/53 1968 May-Jun

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1968 Jun 17 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee, mtg., 1968 Jun 11 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/54 1968 Apr-Jul

Contains: handbill "policy for BMC toolrooms", [1965?].

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1968 Jul 9 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/55 1968 Jun-Aug

Contains: London Trade Unions and Old Age Pensioners Jt. Cttee. ephemera.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1968 Aug 19 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1968 Aug 13 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/56 1968 Jun-Sep

Contains: BLTUC EC mins., Jun 17; BLTUC EC, MS. notes on mtg., Sep 16.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1968 Sep 16 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1968 Sep 10 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/57 1968 Oct

Contains: routine corres.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/58 1968 Oct-Nov

Subjects incl.: engineering industry national strike, Oct 21.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1968 Nov 12 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/59 1967 Nov - 1968 Nov

Subjects incl.: engineering industry national wage claim.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtgs., 1967 Nov 13 (MS. convener's rpt.) and 1968 Nov 18 (agenda, MS. convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/60 1968 Dec - 1969 Jan

Subjects incl.: promotion of Morning Star by AEF SS Cttee.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1968 Dec 10, 1969 Jan 14 and Jan 20 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/61 1969 Feb

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1969 Feb 17 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/62 1969 Feb-Mar

Subjects incl.: opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1969 Mar 17 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1969 Mar 11 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/63 1969 Feb-Apr

Subjects incl.: further education for SSs; opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Contains: list of AEF SSs in East Works.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1969 Apr 15 (agenda, convener's rpt., MS. mins).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/64 1969 Mar-May

Subjects incl.: opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1969 May 13 and 19 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/65 1969 Mar-Jun

Subjects incl.: Leyland Motors (Lancs) dispute.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1969 Jun 16 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1969 Jun 10 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/66 1969 Feb-Aug

Subjects incl.: financial support for People's Press Printing Soc. [printers of Morning Star]; opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1969 Aug 18 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1969 Jul 15 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/67 1969 Jul-Oct

Subjects incl.: dispute in Auto Shop involving allegations of restrictive practices, intimidation of a wkr. by SSs and of victimisation of a SS by management; membership dispute between AEF and ASTMS.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1969 Sep 15 and Oct 20 (agendas for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1969 Oct 14 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/68 1969 Sep-Dec

Contains: list of AEF SSs at Longbridge; schedule of apprentices wages at Longbridge.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1969 Oct 20 (agenda) and Dec 15 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1969 Oct 14, Nov [?] (agenda) and Dec 9 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/69 1969 Oct - 1970 Feb

Subjects incl.: membership dispute between AEF and ASTMS; opposition to industrial relations legislation.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1970 Jan 19 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Feb 11 (agenda) and Feb 16 (agenda, convener's rpt.).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/70 1970 Jan-Mar

Subjects incl.: AEF/ASTMS relations at Longbridge.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1970 Mar 16 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/71 1970 Feb-May

Subjects incl.: engineering industry national procedure agt. negotiations.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1970 Apr 20 (agenda, convener's rpt.) and May 18 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Apr 14 and May 12 (agenda and convener's rpts. for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/72 1970 Jan-Jun

Subjects incl.: 1970 general election.

Contains: proposed CSEU/EEF national procedure agt.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1970 Jun 15 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1970 Jun 9 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/73 1970 Apr-Jun

Subjects incl.: voluntary redundancies.

Contains: Representative Body mins., Jun 18.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg. 1970 Jun 29 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/74 1970 Jun-Jul

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1970 Jul 14 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/75 1970 Jul-Aug

Subjects incl.: four-night wkg. week; participation of young people in trade unions and the TUC.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1970 Aug 17 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1970 Aug 11 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/76 1969 Nov - 1970 Nov

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtgs., 1969 Nov 24 (agenda) and 1970 Nov 30 (MS. convener's rpt.).

Related Material

See also : MSS.202/S/A/3/1/87 below.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/77 1970 Sep-Dec

Subjects incl.: J E.

Contains: East Works Shop Stewards' Bulletin, in np.1 [1970 Oct]; Longbridge Club Institute financial statement, 1969-70.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1970 Dec 10 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/78 1970 Nov - 1971 Mar

Contains: Engineering Voice News Bulletin, no.2, 1970 Nov.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1971 Feb 15 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1971 Jan 20, Feb 9, Mar 9 and Mar 16 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/79 1970 Oct - 1971 Apr

Contains: BMCJSS Cttee. mins., Oct 3.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1971 Apr 19 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/80 1971 May-Aug

Subjects incl.: unemployment.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1971 Jun 21 and Aug 16 (agendas for both).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1971 May 17 and Aug 10 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/81 1971 Sep-Oct

Subjects incl.: apprenticeship; DATA industrial action against redundancies.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1971 Oct 12 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/82 1971 Nov-Dec

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1971 Dec 20 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1971 Dec 14.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/83 1971 Dec - 1972 Jan

Contains: list of SSs in membership of several unions at Longbridge.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs.,1971 Dec 29 and 1972 Jan 11 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/84 1971 Nov - 1972 May

Subjects incl.: AUEW/ASTMS relations; Birmingham Battery Metal Co. dispute.

Contains: list of AUEW SSs at Longbridge.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1972 Apr 11 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1972 Mar 20 and May 9 (agendas for both).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/85 1972 Apr-Jun

Subjects incl.: engineering industry national wage claim; Smiths MAI (Cricklewood) dispute.

Contains: AUEW Birmingham Junior Workers Cttee. mins., May 7; BLTUC EC mins., Apr 26.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1972 Jun 19 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1972 Jun 21 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/86 1972 Aug-Dec

Contains: ltrs. and circulars received from AUEW Birmingham West District Office.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/87 1969 Nov - 1972 Dec

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtgs., 1969 Nov 24 (MS. convener's rpt.), 1970 Nov 30 (agenda), 1971 Nov 22 (agenda, MS. convener's rpt.) and 1972 Dec 11 (MS. convener's rpt.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1970 Nov 16 and 1972 Nov 14 (agendas for both).

Related Material

See also : MSS.202/S/A/3/1/76 above.

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/88 1972 Jun - 1973 Jan

Subjects incl.: AUEW/ASTMS relations at Longbridge; MDW.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1973 Jan 9 and Jan 23 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/89 1972 Dec - 1973 Mar

Subjects incl.: Harrison (Birmingham) dispute; millwrights grading; Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) (Basingstoke) dispute.

Contains: Newman - Tonks Ltd., Engineering Division, procedural agt., 1972 Dec.

Pprs. for SSs' mtgs., 1973 Feb 19 (agenda) and Mar 19 (mins.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1973 Jan 30, Feb 27 and Mar 13 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/90 1973 Apr-Aug

Subjects incl.: one-day strike against incomes policy; trade unionism in Spain.

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1973 Apr (?), May 15, Jun 12 and Aug 14 (agenda for each).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/91 1973 May-Oct

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1973 Oct 9 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/92 1973 Oct-Nov

Subjects incl.: Con-Mech v AUEW [NIRC case].

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1973 Oct 31.

Pprs. apparently for Cttee. mtg., 1973 [Nov?]

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/93 1973 Nov - 1974 Apr

Subjects incl.: Birmingham sheet metal workers' union [BMSMWS] representation on the Works Cttee.; Chile; three-day working week during fuel crisis.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1974 Jan 7.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1974 Mar 18 (agenda, mins.).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1974 Jan 23 (agenda, convener's rpt.), Mar 11 (agenda, convener's rpt.) and Apr 8 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/94 1973 Dec - 1974 Aug

Subjects incl.: AUEW strike in protest at NIRC fines; Factory Unit 4 anomalies claim; Harrison (Birmingham) dispute; 1974 general elections.

Contains: JSS Bulletin, no.1.

Pprs. for SSs' mtg., 1974 Jun 17 (agenda).

Pprs. for Cttee. mtgs., 1974 May 20, Jun 10, Jul 8 and Aug 12 (agenda and convener's rpt. for each except Jul 8).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/95 1974 Nov-Dec

Pprs. for Cttee. mtg., 1974 Nov 11 (agenda).

MSS.202/S/A/3/1/96 1974 Dec nd

Subjects incl.: millwrights' upgrading claim.

Pprs. for SSs' annual mtg., 1974 Dec 9 (agenda) convener's rpt.).

Also : notes for speeches made by Etheridge re industrial relations legislation, [1971?].

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/1-8 AEU / AEF / AUEW Shop Stewards' Cttee. Correspondence and Subject files 1954-73

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/1 1954-65

Misc. corres. with District Office and SSs' at Longbridge, financial records and fund-raising ephemera.

Subjects incl.: toolroom piecework agt. of 1957; employees' car-purchase scheme.

Contains: AEU Cttee. annual a/cs, 1953-54 and 1956-57; Austin Staff Hospital Benevolent Fund Rules, 1963; BMC Life Assurance Scheme Rules, 1955; Lord Austin Longbridge Works Memorial Fund Rules, 1963.

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/2 1961 1964

Corres.

Subjects incl.: local confs.

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/3 1963-64

Corres.

Subject: election of SSs.

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/4 1963-65

Corres. and MS. notes.

Subject: membership disputes between the AEU, ETU and NUVB.

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/5 1968

Incomplete list of SSs'.

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/6 1970

Corres. and MS. notes

Subject: Dispute involving allegedly corrupt use of No.2 Paint Shop SSs' Fund

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/7 1971

Corres., MS. note, ephemera.

Subject: ABEW one-day strikes against the Industrial Relations Bill.

MSS.202/S/A/3/2/8 1972-73

Corres. and MS. mins. of Cttee. mtgs.

Subject: Complaint re election of a SS in Toolroom Die Shop.

MSS.202/S/A/3/3/1-6 AEU/AEF/AUEW Shop Stewards' credentials and record cards 1959-74

MSS.202/S/A/3/3/1 1960-74

Credential cards.

MSS.202/S/A/3/3/2-6 1959-74

Record cards completed by Dick Etheridge.

These are duplicates of record cards sent to the District Office.

MSS.202/S/C Shop Stewards Combine Committee records.

Related Material

Related records in MSS.228

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/1-10 Minutes of the BMC Joint Shop Stewards' Committee and of conferences held by the Committee. With related papers. 1952-75

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/1

1952 Feb - 1953 Aug.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/2

1954 Mar - 1955 Mar.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/3

1955 Nov 1 1956 Mar. Also contains pprs. re nightshift demand for "switchover" with dayshift.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/5

1956 Aug - 1959 Dec.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/7

1961 Aug - 1968 Apr.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/8

1968 Aug-Dec.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/1/10

1973 Apr - 1975 Mar.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/3/1-5 BMC Joint Shop Stewards' Committee subject and correspondence files 1952-67

MSS.202/S/C/BM/3/1

1952. Conference between BMC and CSEU representatives on future policy of BMC: dupl. rpt.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/3/2

1959. BMCJSS Cttee. conf. on automation and other topics: corres.; MS. notes; resolutions.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/3/3

1961. Lobby of parliament re unemployment in the motor industry: ephemera.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/3/4

[1962?]. Sickness and accident insurance scheme for BMC: pr. prospectus for a scheme proposed by the BMCJSS Cttee.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/3/5

1967. BMCJSS Cttee. conf. re short-time wkg., redundancies and other topics: draft resolution; list of those present; MS. speaking notes.

MSS.202/S/C/BM/4/1-2 BMC Joint Shop Stewards' Committee publications. 1957 - [59?]

MSS.202/S/C/BM/4/1A and 1B

Clarien, "Organ of BMC Joint shop Stewards' Committee", vol.1, nos.1-6,and vol.2,nos.1-5, 1957-[59?].

MSS.202/S/C/BM/4/2

Constitution, objects and standing orders, dupl., n.d.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/1/1-5 Dick Etheridge's papers as a member of the BLMC Pensions Joint Working Party. 1973-75

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/1/1 1973 Sep - 1975 May

Mins. of Working Party and of the trade union side; prpposed pension schemes 1973 Sep.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/1/2 1973 Nov - 1975 Apr

MS. notes on mtgs.; agreed rpt. of working party; final earnings pension scheme,BLMC, 1975.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/1/3 1974 May-Oct

Mins. of Working Party; proposed pension schemes and circulated commentaries; various documents concerning the Lucas Works Pension Fund add the British Steel Corporation Manual Grades Superannuation Scheme.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/1/4 1974 Dec

Mins. of Working Party; proposed pension schemes.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/2/1-5 BL Trades Union Committee subject and correspondence files. 1969-75

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/2/1 1969 Nov

Standard Triumph International (Liverpool) dispute.

Various pprs. concerning mtg. of BLTUC with Lord Stokes.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/2/2 1970 Feb-Jun

Industrial relations in BL : mtg. of SSs with union officials re a statement by Lord Stokes.

Dick Etheridge's notes for a commentary on Lord Stokes' statement; MS. notes on mtg. of Longbridge Works Cttee. with management; various other pprs.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/2/3 nd

Albion Motors Plant, BL.

Procedure agt.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/2/4 1974 Jul

CSEU mtg. to discuss BLMC's financial position and prospects.

Corres.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/3/2/5 1974 Nov - 1975 Feb

Ryder Cttee. and reorganisation of BL

MS. notes; circulars, memoranda and rpts. of AUEW, BLMC, BLTUC, CSEU and TGWU.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/4/1 1972-74

BL Trades Union Committee publications.

MSS.202/S/C/BL/4/1 1972

Measured Daywork?, 1972 and several other ephemeral publications.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/1-9 1952-60

Various papers relating to the National Motor and Ancilliary Trades Shop Stewards Committee.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/1 1962 Feb - 1956 May

Subjects incl.: redundancy.

Contains: Cttee. mins., 1952 Feb 9 and Mar 1 and 1955 Jun 5; circulars.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/2 1955 Jul-Sep

Subjects incl.: conf. on automation held in Oxford, 1955 Sep.

Contains: Steering Cttee. mins., 1955 Jul 2; completed questionnaire re dermatitis at Longbridge; Shardlow's Ancilliary Dispute Fund Balance Sheet, Sheffield, n.d.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/3 1955 Jul-Sep

Subjects incl.: conf. on automation held in Oxford, 1955 Sep.

Contains: resolutions; circulars.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/4 1955 Sep-Nov

Subjects incl.: conf. on automation held in Oxford, 1955 Sep.

Contains: drafts of conf. rpt. and related pprs.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/5 1956 Feb -[1957?] Oct

Subjects incl.: BMC dispute, 1956; international conf. of car wkrs., Paris, 1956 Feb.

Contains: Cttee. mins., 1956 Aug 18; Steering Cttee. mins., 1956 Apr 7, Aug 25 and [1957?] Oct 27; ephemera.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/6 1956 Oct

Subjects incl.: conf. on redundancy policy of SSs held in Coventry, 1956 Oct.

Contains: resolutions; MS. notes.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/7 1956 Apr - 1960 Jun

Contains: dupl. mins. of Cttee. with related pprs.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/8 1956 Nov - 1957 Jan

Contains: income and expenditure a/cs, 1956; misc. corres.

MSS.202/S/C/NM/3/9 1955

Contains: pr. conf. rpts., The MASS conference report (1955 June); and All in favour say aye! (1955 Sep).

MSS.202/S/C/IN/3/1-4 1956-62

International Motor Industry Shop Stewards' Organisations and conferences.

MSS.202/S/C/IN/3/1 1956

International conference, Paris, 1956 Feb.

Contains: MS. notes on conf.; resolutions, dupl.

MSS.202/S/C/IN/3/2 1957

International conference, Paris. 1957 May. ["Confrence Internationale des Travailleurs et des syndicats de L'automobile, Accessoires et Equipements"]

Contains: circulars re conf. and travel arrangements; corres.; text of a speech by Dick Etheridge; rpt. to conf. from preparatory cttee.; resolution adopted.

MSS.202/S/C/IN/3/3 1957 May

International conference, Paris

Contains: dupl. pprs., incl. draft rpts.

MSS.202/S/C/IN/3/4 1962 May

Miscellaneous.

Contains: Summary, International Liaison Committee for the Exchange of Information Among Automobile Workers mtg., Paris, 1959 Oct

Report, International Automobile Liaison Committee mtg., Milan, 1961 Feb; ltr. from Liaison Committee re mtg., Paris

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MSS.202/CP ETHERIDGE PAPERS : COMMUNIST PARTY

The standard Modern Records Centre classification scheme has not been used in allocating references in this section of the Etheridge papers.

MSS.202/CP/1-16 National Executive Committee minutes and notes 1961-73

Dupl. circulated agendas, minutes and other papers, Etheridge's MS. notes on mtgs. and MS. speaking notes for speeches to the Committee, corres.

MSS.202/CP/1 1961

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/2 1962

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/3 1963

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/4 1964

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/5 1965

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/6 1966

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/7 1967

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/8-9 1968

Minutes and Notes

See also MSS 202/CP/87 below.

MSS.202/CP/10 1969

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/11 1970

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/12-13 1971

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/14 1972

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/15 1973

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/16 Undated

Miscellanea

Minutes and Notes

MSS.202/CP/17-29 National Executive Committee weekly letter 1961-73

Dupl. commentary on current affairs circulated to NEC members

MSS.202/CP/17 1961

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/18 1962

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/19 1963

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/20 1964

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/21 1965

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/22 1966

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/23 1967

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/24 1968

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/25 1969

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/26 1970

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/27 1971

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/28 1972

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/29 1973

Weekly Letter

MSS.202/CP/30-38 National Congresses [1943?] - 1973

Draft and final resolutions and amendments, pr. NEC rpts., dupl. circulars and MS. notes

MSS.202/CP/30 [1945?]

MS. notes only. In notebook which also contains notes on a British-Soviet Unity Conf. [1944?] and a Halesowen Trades Council mtg., n.d.

MSS.202/CP/32 1949

Draft and final resolutions and amendments

MSS.202/CP/33 1963

Draft and final resolutions and amendments

MSS.202/CP/34 1965

Draft and final resolutions and amendments

MSS.202/CP/35 1967

Draft and final resolutions and amendments

MSS.202/CP/36 1971

Draft and final resolutions and amendments

MSS.202/CP/38 1973

Executive Cttee. rpt. only.

MSS.202/CP/39-51 Midlands District 1942-74

District Committee agendas and minutes and MS. notes on mtgs., District Congress agendas and resolutions and reports received from District Committee, corres., circulars, accounts, minor publications, District Bulletin and ephemera.

MSS.202/CP/39 1942-9

Minutes of District Cttee. 1947 only and of District Secretariat 1947-48 only.

MSS.202/CP/40 1950-9

Minutes of District Cttee. and Secretariat 1954-9 only.

MSS.202/CP/47 1970

Minutes [District Congress only]

MSS.202/CP/49 1972

Minutes [District Congress only].

MSS.202/CP/52-53 Birmingham City 1938-74

Minor publications, dupl. circulars, tickets for mtgs. and functions, other ephemera

MSS.202/CP/52 1938-67

Contains: The housing problem, a plan..., 1943; Production proposals, 1944 [Aero factory group]; dupl. rpt. to City Conf. for years 1963-6.

MSS.202/CP/54-56 Halesowen Branch

MSS.202/CP/54 1936-1947

Dick Etheridge's Borough Council election campaigns, 1946 and 1947: corres.; election literature; official forms; circulars; a/cs; and speaking notes re 1945 General Election, 1945-7.

Also election address of Dick Etheridge as Labour Party candidate, 1936

MSS.202/CP/55 1945-6

Halesowen Branch: corres.; circulars; receipts; and fund-raising ephemera

MSS.202/CP/56 1946-73

Halesowen Branch: notices of mtgs.; membership cards; leaflets; corres., [mainly 1946-9].

Austin Motor Co. Group

MSS.202/CP/57 1943-65

Minutes of mtgs., 1943 Jan-Apr; list of sympathisers, [194?]; speaking notes, [196?]. [only 5 items in all ].

Parliamentary Candidature, Birmingham (Northfield) 1950

MSS.202/CP/58-59 1936-1938

A volume and a file of loose papers: MS. speaking notes; MS. notes on mtgs. and organisation; corres.; a/cs; election literature; press-cuttings; CP circulars; an anonymous cartoon.

Volume contains: 2 items re Etheridge's Labour Party candidature in Halesowen local elections, 1936; Halesowen Labour Club bar a/cs, 1938.

AEU Group

MSS.202/CP/60 1960-2 and 1966

MS. notes and corres. concerning: AEU Rules Revision Confs., 1960 and 1962; legal case involving Ernie Roberts; and, participation of CP in Broad Left in AEU

Birmingham Broad Left

MSS.202/CP/61 1966-72

Agendas, notes for and on mtgs., corres. with Albert Ingram and others.Subjects incl. campaign for election of Broad Left nominees to national and local office in the AEU/AUEW/AEF

MSS.202/CP/62-69 Motor Industry Group and policy

MSS.202/CP/62-64 1947-1978; 1957-8, 1947-78

Notes on Standard Motor Co. (Coventry) SSs' organisation

MS. speaking notes; MS. notes on, and dupl. material for,Oxford University school on the future of the motor industry, 1957-8 [See also MSS.202/S/J/3/4/14-15 and MSS.202/S/A/3/1/16 above]; drafts of CP publications; pamphlets and leaflets; corres.; circulars; and non- CP publications, 1947-78.

[An original file]

MSS.202/CP/65 [early 1950s?]

Anotebook containing: notes on rate-fixing at Standard Motor Co. (Coventry); and, notes on CP policy

MSS.202/CP/66 June 1961

Conf. re motor industry, CP questionnaire with copy of Dick Etheridge's replies and a dupl. summary of all replies received; speaking notes; publications.

MSS.202/CP/67 Dec 1971

National BL CP Group mtg., agenda; MS. notes; publications and press-cuttings.

Also contains MS. notes on BLTUC mtg., 1971 May 12

MSS.202/CP/68 1972 or 1973

The BL Worker: drafts of this Midlands District pamphlet; MS. speaking notes for a mtg. to discuss the draft

MSS.202/CP/69 1944-72

Miscellaneous unfiled papers found loose and arranged by MRC staff in chronological order.

MS. notes on mtgs., speaking notes; drafts of CP policy statements; publications; corres.; and circulars.

Also contains Morris Motors Ltd., Tractors and Transmissions factory "Code of practice and factory agreement" as proposed by management,1966.

MSS.202/CP/70-80 Speeches and Writings

MSS.202/CP/70 1956 - 1961

"Wages and redundancy", Birmingham : 1 ltr. only, 1956 Mar

"Automation", Daily Worker : draft; corres, 1957 Oct

"How to beat the car crisis", Birmingham: speaking notes; circular, 1960

"Black Country history and culture", Coventry: 1 ltr. only, 1961 Oct

MSS.202/CP/71 1962 [Feb?]

"The pay pause", location unknown: speaking notes; draft rpt. of Economic Sub. Cttee; pubs.

MSS.202/CP/72 1963

Topic unknown, Challenge: 1 ltr. only, 1963 [May?]

Don't be a donkey, pamphlet: draft; pamphlet as printed, 1963

"Planning and production: the big illusion", location unknown: speaking notes, [1963]

MSS.202/CP/73 [1963 or 1964]

"Women in industry", location unknown: speaking notes; publications.

MSS.202/CP/74 1964-1965

[Why I am a regular reader of Comment], Comment: 1 ltr.; draft, 1964 [Feb?]

"Automation in British industry", an un-named East German periodical: corres, 1964 [Oct?]

"The engineers' package deal", Comment [apparently requested but never written] : corres, 1965 Jan

MSS.202/CP/75 1965 [Jan]

"What the engineering package deal means", location unknown: speaking notes; publications.

Also: ltr., publications and ephemera re 1966 General Election.

MSS.202/CP/76 1965-1966

"Cuba", Walsall;corres. only, 1965 [Jun]

[The Morning Star] : speaking notes only, 1966 [Jan]

"Short-time working in the motor industry", Comment [apparently requested but never written] : corres, 1965-6

Speech in support of Comrade Jelf [CP parliamentary candidate] , location unknown: incomplete speaking notes; various information papers, 1966 [Mar]

Speech in support of Dr. A. Chater, CP parliamentary candidate, Luton: speaking notes; corres, 1966mMar

"The fight for wages and in defence of the trade unions", East Midlands District: ltr.; syllabus for weekend school, 1966 Apr

"The problems facing the car industry and the methods of work needed to meet the challenge", Rubery, Birmingham: speaking notes, 1966 Sep

MSS.202/CP/77 1966 Oct

"Fraternal greetings from Nat. Executive", S.E. Midlands District Congress, Luton: speaking notes; corres.; agenda; resolutions; MS. notes on proceedings.

MSS.202/CP/78 1966 - 1969

Untitled, Birmingham: speaking notes, 1966

[Speech to potential recruits?], location unknown: speaking notes, [1966?]

Topic unknown, Luton: corres, 1967 Jul

Copy ltr. declining invitation to speak, 1968 Oct

Oxford University CP invitations to speak; corres., 1969 May Aug

Mansfield CP invitation to speak: corres., 1969 Aug

Communist University of London invitation to speak: corres.; dupl. ephemera, 1969

"Next steps in the campaign in the defence of trade unions", location unknown: incomplete speaking notes, [1969]

MSS.202/CP/79 1970-1974

Jan Discussion, National School for Students, Swanwick, Derbyshire: ltr.; ephemera, 1970 Jan

Manchester CP invitation to speak: corres, 1970 Sep

"Fight for higher living standards", location unknown: speaking notes, [1970]

"1970 TUC", location unknown [Nat. Executive?]: speaking notes, 1970

"United struggle against the Tory government", location unknown: speaking notes,[1970]

Untitled, location unknown: speaking notes, [1971?]

"The fight against the crisis", location unknown: speaking notes, [1971?]

Yorkshire District invitation to speak: 1 ltr, 1972 Feb

Untitled, Bilston: speaking notes, [1973]

"The nature of the crisis", location unknown: speaking notes, 1974 [Feb?]

Speech in support of Arthur Jones, CP parliamentary candidate: speaking notes, [1974]

MSS.202/CP/80 1977, nd

Introduction for "Dave Cook of the EC", location unknown: speaking notes, [1977?]

Untitled [delivered in the Midlands] : speaking notes, [197?]

[Introduction for a publication on education?] : MS. draft, [n.d.]

[Part of speech of article on motor industry?] : 2 MS. sheets, [n.d.]

[Part of speech in support of a CP parliamentary candidate?]: 1 ts. sheet, [n.d.]

[Part of speech:]: 1 MS. sheet. [n.d.]

MSS.202/CP/81-88 Subject files

MSS.202/CP/81 1938-9

Proposed "Popular Front" in Britain: pr. ephemera; press-cuttings.

MSS.202/CP/82 1944-74

Daily Worker, Morning Star and People's Press Printing Society: corres.; circulars; ephemera; MS. notes. Principally concerns fund-raising and marketing.

MSS.202/CP/83 1949-77

The British Road to Socialism, the CPGB's principal statement of policy: pr. editions; drafts; MS. notes.

MSS.202/CP/84 1962 1972

Overseas visits: 2 items only.

MSS.202/CP/85 1964-6

Automation: corres; partially completed questionnaire; dupl. information paper; IMF rpt.

MSS.202/CP/86 1966

Prices and incomes policy: circulars; publications.

MSS.202/CP/87 1968-9

Czechoslovakia: MS. notes on debate on Soviet intervention (incl. Etheridge's own contribution); dupl. info. pprs.

MSS.202/CP/88 1974

Chile Solidarity Campaign Cttee., National Action Conf., Birmingham [Chairman R.A. Etheridge]: agenda; resolutions; circulated information papers; MS. notes; publications and ephemera.

[N.B. The above was not a CP organisation but one in which the CP played a part.]

Miscellaneous Correspondence.

Arranged alphabetically by surname.

MSS.202/CP/89 1945-72

Includes: 3 ltrs. from Trooper Reg. Bird in Germany re situation there, attitude of British Soldiers to the Soviet army, and other matters, 1945-6; and a ltr. from Cecil Kline re International Socialists.

MSS.202/CP/90-97 Study notes, lecture notes, notes for speakers, information papers and similar material.

All dupl. or pr.

MSS.202/CP/90 1942-7

Notes for speakers

MSS.202/CP/91 1949 and 1961 and nd

Location of Originals

[An original file.]

Study notes and speakers' notes

MSS.202/CP/93 1960-2

Information papers, mainly issued by Press Publicity Dept. of CP

MSS.202/CP/94 1963-4

Information papers

MSS.202/CP/95 1965-7

Information papers

MSS.202/CP/97 1973

"What the papers said", dupl., 196308.

"Newsletter", National Cultural Cttee.

Miscellaneous

MSS.202/CP/98 1955-72

Includes undated fragments.

MSS.202/CP/99-137 Publications

Booklets, pamphlets and ephemera, arranged chronologically

A full description of these publication appears below

MSS.202/CP/99/1-13 1934-8

MSS.202/CP/99/1

1934 Truth about Trotsky, 69pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/2

1937. Unity campaign manifesto, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/3-4

1937. Why you pay more [re food prices]. 2 editions, 23pp:14pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/5

1937. 20 years of freedom [re USSR], 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/6

1937. Friday night til Monday morning! 40- hour week, 13pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/7

1938. Discussion, vol.3, no.2, 47pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/8

1938. Britain's millions against Britain's millionaires, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/9

1938. ARP. The practical air raid protection Britain needs, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/10

1938. Czechoslovakia, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/11

[1938?]. Forging ahead. Song of the people. Music and words, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/12

193- . Tenant versus landlord, 30pp.

MSS.202/CP/99/13

n.d. Song sheet, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/100/1-5 1940-1

MSS.202/CP/100/1-3 1940

A letter to all Trade Unionists from W. Gallacher, M.P. (3 copies), 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/100/4 1940

The People's Convention Bulletin, no.2, 10pp.

MSS.202/CP/100/5 1941

The people's convention for a peoples government, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/1-16 1941-2

MSS.202/CP/101/1 1941

Marxism industrial workers, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/2 1942

Stalin. A biographical sketch by Ivor Montagu, 32pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/3 1942

The case for the second front and the arguments against it, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/4 1942

Speed the second front, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/5 1942

Communist organisation for victory, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/6 1942

Dieppe and the Don, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/7 1942

Battle for youth, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/8 1942

Women at war - Tanya the story of a soviet heroine, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/9 1942

Africa Europe victory!, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/10 1942

Guiding lines on questions of post-war reconstruction [Central Committee memorandum], 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/11 1941?

The Communist Party and the National Front [syllabus for four session school],24pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/12 1942?

How to sell literature.

MSS.202/CP/101/13 1942?

Socialism through victory : a reply to the policy of the ILP, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/14-15 1942?

Use our 1,000 bombers for the second front [sheet for collecting signatures] 2 copies, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/101/16 1942?

Shock brigades for victory, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/102/1-5 1943

MSS.202/CP/102/1 1943

The case for affiliation [Labour Party and Communist Party], 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/102/2 1943

France's hour has struck!, 19pp.

MSS.202/CP/102/3 1943

How long will it last? [speech made by William Gallacher, M.P.]

MSS.202/CP/102/4 1943

After the three-power conference. Tasks of the Communist Party, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/102/5 1943

Victory after [by Joseph Stalin], 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/1-21 1944

MSS.202/CP/103/1-2 1944

How to organise invitation meetings [Communist Party organising and propaganda series no.4], 2 copies, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/3 1944

Jobs homes security, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/4 1944

Demobilisation - how should it be done?, 13pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/5 1944

Electoral reform, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/6 1944

Tom Mann his life and work [an outline for speakers], 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/7 1944

How to organise open-air meetings [Communist Party Organising and Propaganda Series no.3], 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/8 1944

Trotskyist saboteurs [reprint from Daily Worker, Apr 10, 1944], 4 pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/9-10 1944

Invasion of Europe - call of the Communist Party (2 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/11 1944

Communist Party May Day manifesto - the promise of May Day, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/12 1944

Britain for the people - proposals for post-war policy, 23pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/13 1944

Educational commentary, 4th series, no.1, "Equal pay for equal work", 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/14-15 1944

Equal pay for equal work, (2 copies), 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/16 1944

Britain for the people, discussion guide, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/17 1944

BLAST - everybody's bomb story mentions it and Prof. J.B.S. Haldane F.R.S. explains it [reprint from Daily Worker, July 14th, 1944], 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/18 1944

Improve our party organisation, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/19 1944

Higher wages and full employment, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/20 1944

Victory peace security [report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party], 64pp.

MSS.202/CP/103/21 1944

Towards a greater trade union movemnt - an analysis and suggestions for improved trade union structure, activity and unity, 23pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/1-9 1945

MSS.202/CP/104/1 1945

Trade unions and the General Election, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/2 1945

Political letter to all members. The Communist Party and the Crimea Conference, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/3 1945

Engineering prospects wages, 33pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/4 1945

The Crimea conference : safeguard of the future, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/5 1945

Crisis in Greece, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/6 1945

Indonesia and Indo-China facts you may want to keep, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/7 1945

Communist policy for Britain - report of the 18th national congress of the Communist Party Nov 1945, 80pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/8 1945

National unity after the war - Communist Party statement, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/104/9 1945

Our borough - an introductory discussion syllabus, 21pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/1-12 1946

MSS.202/CP/105/1 1946

Political letter to all members - affiliation, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/2 1946

Hands off Indonesia, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/3 1946

Labours foreign policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/4 1946

Nursery schools - what they are and how to get them, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/5 1946

Local government reorganisation, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/6 1946

Laski's mistake - Dimitrov's speech in full - the Labour Party executive commissioned Prof. Laski to state its case against communist affiliation. Having no case, the Prof. distorted a speech by Dimitrov, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/7 1946

Communist Party replies to Labour Party executive, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/8 1946

Britains young citizens, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/9 1946

Affiliation Bulletin - Labour needs the communists, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/10 1946

Dimitrov replies to Laski, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/11 1946

The Communist Party today, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/105/12 1946

Russia at the peace conference, 30pp.

MSS.202/CP/106/1-5 1947

MSS.202/CP/106/1 1947

Looking ahead, 128pp.

MSS.202/CP/106/2 1947

Political letter to all members - Against the warmongers - for peace, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/106/3 1947

Facist threat to Britain, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/106/4-5 1947

The national conference on municipal and social questions by the Communist Party of Great Britain (2 copies), 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/1-12 1948

MSS.202/CP/107/1 1948

Gallacher's challenge to Bevin, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/2 1948

For Britain free and independent, 51pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/3 1948

The triumph of communism - communist manifesto centenary speech, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/4 1948

Communist manifesto centenary meeting and pageant - programme, 9pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/5-6 1948

Marxism an introductory course in five parts - 2 : Capitalist society (2 copies), 32pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/7 1948

Where is Labour going?, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/8 1948

Which way to socialism? The communist case, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/9 1948

Wages prices and profits - the communist case, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/10 1948

Political letter to all members - Party initiative and the mass movement, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/11 1948

'Paper! read all about it!', 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/107/12 1948

What's up with the Russians, 13pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/1-14 1949

MSS.202/CP/108/1 1949

Marxism an intoductory course in five parts - 1 : The aims of the Communist Party, 31pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/2 1949

For peace higher wages, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/3 1949

Protection at work - Phil Piratin's fight for safety of employment, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/4 1949

Workshop talks - those Russians, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/5 1949

Workshop talks - communism and liberty, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/6 1949

Workshop talks - why the slump?, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/7 1949

Devaluation - how it hits you, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/8 1949

Devaluation what it means to you - A communist special, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/9 1949

The Communist Party and the coming election - why are we fighting the election?, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/10 1949

The Communist Party and the coming election - The British voting system, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/11 1949

Report of 21st National Congress of the Communist Party - communist policy to meet the crisis, 64pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/12 1949

Report of the 16th National Congress of the Young Communist League, 1949 - Build the Young Communist League for peace and socialism, 26pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/13 1949

Wreckers!, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/108/14 1949

The Communist Party and the coming elections - Getting the campaigns going - in Gorbals, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/109/1-4 Undated 1930's/40's

MSS.202/CP/109/1 c1930-1940

The english tradition - to fight for freedom, 3pp.

MSS.202/CP/109/2 c1930-1940

A guide for treasurers, 11pp.

MSS.202/CP/109/3 c1930-1940

How to report for the daily worker, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/109/4 c1930-1940

Women take a hand!, 11pp.

MSS.202/CP/110/1-3 1950

MSS.202/CP/110/1 1950

Three talks for socialists, 14pp.

MSS.202/CP/110/2 1950

Marxist study themes no.1 - The Communist Party, unity,and the fight for peace, 20pp.

MSS.202/CP/110/3 1950

The Communist Party and the coming election - communists stand for cheaper food, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/111/1-5 1951

MSS.202/CP/111/1 1951

America - go home, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/111/2 1951

Marxist study themes : The British road to socialism, Part One. Peace and friendship with all people, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/111/3 1951

Marxist study themes : The British road to socialism, Part Two. National independence and fraternal association, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/111/4 1951

Communist policy for peace : negotiate now, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/111/5 1951

Youth! win your future : save peace, build socialism, 7pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/1-8 1952

MSS.202/CP/112/1 1952

Britain arise. (22nd National Congress of the Communist Party), 52pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/2 1952

People's democracy for Britain, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/3 1952

The truth about moral rearmament, 19pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/4 1952

Marxist study themes : The Communist Party and the fight for unity, 20pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/5 1952

The Nazis shall not pass! [Anti-Nazi propaganda], 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/6 1952

Out with the Tories, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/7 1952

A policy for Labour, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/112/8 1952

We must have higher wages, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/113/1 1953

1953

Socialism for trade unionists, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/114/1-6 1954

MSS.202/CP/114/1-2 1954

The Young Communist League 1954 membership card, [card nos.4849 and 4850], 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/114/3-4 1954

Marxist study themes : Socialism and the British Labour movement, [parts 1 and 2], 31pp and 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/114/5 1954

In defence of peace : the case against rearming the Nazis, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/114/6 1954

This good life [Communist Party broadsheet], 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/1-11 1955

MSS.202/CP/115/1 1955

A policy for Britain (General Election programme of the Communist Party), 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/2 1955

No colour bar for Britain, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/3 1955

Time for more in the pay packet, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/4-5 1955

The Communist Party : 35 years (2 copies), folded leaflet.

MSS.202/CP/115/6-7 1955

Our aim is socialism (The Communist Party : an introductory course) [2 copies], 21pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/8 1955

The party of socialism (Communist Library 1), 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/9 1955

Local election facts for speakers and canvassers, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/10 1955

Rents must NOT go up!, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/115/11 1955

10 questions and answers on European Security ('Soviet News' Booklet), 19pp.

MSS.202/CP/116/1-4 1956

MSS.202/CP/116/1 1956

The people will decide (The Communist Party 24th National Congress), 55pp.

MSS.202/CP/116/2 1956

End the bans, [On the alliance between communism and the Labour Party], 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/116/3 1956

Automation - friend or foe?, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/116/4 1956

The truth about wages, 6pp.

MSS.202/CP/117/1-5 1957

MSS.202/CP/117/1 1957

Communist Party 25th Congress Report, 78pp.

MSS.202/CP/117/2 1957

The report of the commission on inner party democracy (for 25th [special] Congress of the Communist Party), 60pp.

MSS.202/CP/117/3 1957

Why not nationalise?,15pp.

MSS.202/CP/117/4 1957

H bomb tests : end them now. What everyone can do, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/117/5 1957

Satellite special (issued by the Communist Party), 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/118/1-6 1958

MSS.202/CP/118/1-2 1958

The British road to socialism (Programme of the Communist Party) [2 copies], 30pp.

MSS.202/CP/118/3 1958

The Communist Party and the trade unions, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/118/4 1958

Hands off the Middle East!, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/118/5 1958

Open letter (to members of the Labour, trade union and co-operative movement from the Communist Party).

MSS.202/CP/118/6 1958

Stop the sackings, leaflet.

MSS.202/CP/119/1-6 1959

MSS.202/CP/119/1 1959

The future in your hands - communist pictorial, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/119/2 1959

Join the party that's fighting unemployment - The Communist Party [enrolment form], 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/119/3 1959

Britain's peril, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/119/4 1959

Your vote can help ban the bomb, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/119/5 1959

What next? John Gollan examines the future for Labour and socialism, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/119/6 1959

About wages strikes stewards, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/120/1-7 1960

MSS.202/CP/120/1 1960

Notes on Trotskyism - by the Central Education Department, 22pp.

MSS.202/CP/120/2 1960

The German menace - a damning exposure, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/120/3 1960

Labour and the bomb - the fight for peace after the summit conference, 9pp.

MSS.202/CP/120/4 1960

Harry Pollitt [A tribute - speeches at his funeral 9 Jul 1960], 31pp.

MSS.202/CP/120/5 1960

Communist Party of Great Britain 40th anniversary, 28 Aug 1960, 6pp.

MSS.202/CP/120/6 1960

Stand by Congo, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/120/7 1960

Gaitskell or Socialism?, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/1-8 1961

MSS.202/CP/121/1 1961

Communist Party of Great Britain 27th National Congress Draft Resolutions, 11pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/2 1961

The TV tie-up, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/3 1961

Labours unity can be won only by a real peace and anti-Tory policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/4 1961

Memorandum of evidence to the Royal Commission on the press, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/5 1961

Rowley Regis Communist Party public meeting [leaflet indicating place and time of meeting], 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/6 1961

The Communist Party statement on the ETU [Electrical Trades Union], 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/7 1961

Let nothing divide us, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/121/8 1961

A world of difference, 20pp.

MSS.202/CP/122/1-8 1962

MSS.202/CP/122/1 1962

A communist call to the people, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/122/2 1962

Britain needs coal, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/122/3-4 1962

Who is to blame? (2 copies), 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/122/5 1962

More pay for engineers, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/122/6 1962

Say 'no' to the common market, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/122/7 1962

The people against the Tories, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/122/8 1962

The railways and the people - an appeal to passengers and workers, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/1-13 1963

MSS.202/CP/123/1 1963

A good life - thats what we want!, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/2 1963

The future of trade unionism [speech made at the 29th congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain], 14pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/3 1963

Beeching answered, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/4 1963

Don't be a donkey, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/5-7 1963

Communism your questions answered by Emile Burns (3 copies), 19pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/8 1963

New days - new ways - communist policy for trade unions, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/9 1963

How to defend Britain - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/10 1963

The case for higher wages - the incomes policy racket exposed, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/11 1963

End monopoly rule - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/12 1963

Homes for the people - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/123/13 1963

The nations health - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/1-14 1964

MSS.202/CP/124/1 1964

Education in Britain - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/2 1964

Local government finance - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/3 1964

Britain's way to prosperity and freedom - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/4 1964

How will you vote, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/5 1964

The Communist Party and Science - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/6 1964

Pensions and nationl insurance - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/7 1964

Britain 64 - The case for socialism, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/8-9 1964

Profits and production shoot up (2 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/10 1964

End racialism in Britain - Communist Party policy, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/11-12 1964

The ETU ballot - Communist Party statement (2 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/13 1964

Stamp out the racialist menance!, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/124/14 1964

How to solve Britain's crisis, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/1-16 1965

MSS.202/CP/125/1 1965

Engineering wages - an anlysis and exposure,9pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/2 1965

Britain's crisis - the communist solution, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/3 1965

The Labour government a momentous choice, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/4 1965

Report of the committee on party organisation, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/5 1965

What's wrong with our Communist Party? the first of a series of articles dealing with problems of the British Communist Party to be issued in the period prior to the November congress, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/6 1965

Conference of communist workers' parties in European capitalist countries, 10pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/7 1965

Racialism cause and cure, 14pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/8 1965

Trade union problems in Britain today - Memorandum submitted by the Communist Party to the Royal Commission on trade unions and employers' associations, 35pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/9-11 1965

The Royal Commission on trade unions and employers associations - memorandum of the Communist Party (3 copies), 43pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/12 1965

Hands off the trade unions, 15pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/13 1965

Executive committee statements on : The international communist movement, 27pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/14 1965

Turn left for progress, 18pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/15 1965

The incomes policy fraud, 11pp.

MSS.202/CP/125/16 1965

Plessey profile - prepared and published by the South Essex District Communist Party, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/126/1-8 1966

MSS.202/CP/126/1 1966

Make it a year of advance - join the Communist Party, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/126/2 1966

End the US war in Vietnam - stop the bombing of North Vietnam, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/126/3 1966

Challenge - Young Communist League journal vol.11, no.3, March 166, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/126/4-7 1966

Incomes policy the great wage freeze trick (4 copies), 21pp.

MSS.202/CP/126/8 1966

The case for socialism in the sixties, 98pp.

MSS.202/CP/127/1-4 Derek Robinson, General Election 1966 1974

MSS.202/CP/127/1 1966,1974

Vote for Derek Robinson - election pamphlet, 6pp.

MSS.202/CP/127/2 1966,1974

Letters to R. Etheridge from Derek Robinson Communist candidate, 5pp.

MSS.202/CP/127/3 1966,1974

Austin joint shop stewards committee, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/127/4 1966,1974

Paper banner with 'Robinson' printed on it, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/128/1-2 1967

MSS.202/CP/128/1 1967

Questions of ideology and culture - statement from the executive committee of the Communist Party for discussion, 12pp.

MSS.202/CP/128/2 1967

Change Britain with communist ideas, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/1-10 1968

MSS.202/CP/129/1 1968

How to help Britain get out of the red [reprint from the Morning Star, 9 Feb 1968], 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/2 1968

Aims and constitution of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 14pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/3 1968

Crisis - the communist answer, 22pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/4 1968

One race the human race, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/5 1968

Donovan exposed - A critical analysis of the report of the Royal Commission on trade unions, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/6 1968

Czechoslovakia - statement of the Executive committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/7-8 1968

Hammer the rich not the people (2 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/9 1968

Danger from big business (including US big business) over Essex, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/129/10 1968

Solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/1-9 1969

MSS.202/CP/130/1 1969

Keep the unions free, 16pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/2 1969

Let's spend the money on people! Vote Communist, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/3 1969

Pay up now!, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/4 1969

John Gollan speech to the World Communist conference, Jun 1969, 11pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/5 1969

Vietnam and Peace - Appeals from the World Communist Conference, Jun 1969, 11pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/6 1969

Common market - the cost of joining, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/7 1969

Britain needs more communists, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/8 1969

London transport, A London Communist Party pamphlet for London Transport Workers, 13pp.

MSS.202/CP/130/9 1969

Unions not for sale!, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/131/1-6 1970

MSS.202/CP/131/1 1970

Productivity agreements on exposure of the latest and greatest swindle on the wages front, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/131/2 1970

Constitutional reform and the future of Wales written evidence to the commission on the constitution submitted by The Welsh Committee of the Communist Party, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/131/3 1970

Kill the Bill - 8 Dec National day of action, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/131/4-5 1970

Make 1970 the year of the Morning Star (2 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/131/6 1970

The holiday of the century - fifteen days in the Soviet Union, leaflet, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/132/1-4 1971

MSS.202/CP/132/1 1971

The role of trade unions today - industrial political [meeting information], 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/132/2 1971

Communist Party public meeting leaflet - 1871 - 1971 100th anniversary of the Paris commune, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/132/3 1971

Aims and constitution of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 14pp.

MSS.202/CP/132/4 1971

Build the Communist Party YCL 'Morning Star', 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/1-13 1972

MSS.202/CP/133/1 1972

Now lets flush the Tories out, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/2-3 1972

Why militancy is not enough (2 copies), 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/4 1972

Workshop talking points - over the offensive - Smash the Industrial Relations Act, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/5-7 1972

Equal rights for British citizens, (3 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/8-9 1972

The arts the fight for socialism in Britian (2 copies), 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/10 1972

Challenge monthly papers of the Young Communist League, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/11 1972

Campaign launched to build the Communist Party, Young Communist League and Morning Star, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/12 1972

Into Action! Smash the Tory attack! Build the Party the 'Star', 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/133/13 1972

Trade union group holidays - "Invitation to the COntinent" - Holiday brochure, 7pp.

MSS.202/CP/134/1-5 1973

MSS.202/CP/134/1 1973

Heath's war on your wage packet, 22pp.

MSS.202/CP/134/2 1973

Time to change course - what Britain's communists stand for, 150pp.

MSS.202/CP/134/3-4 1973

May Day 1973 give the Tories notice to quit! (2 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/134/5 1973

Guilty of werecking Britains economy - the way out of the crisis, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/135/1-2 1974

MSS.202/CP/135/1 1974

Social contract cure-all or con-trick?, 26pp.

MSS.202/CP/135/2 1974

Challenge - Defeat facism racism - The battle for democracy is on, 8pp.

MSS.202/CP/136/1 1975

Britain's crisis cause and cure - the 6 fraud exposed, 29pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/1-14 1980 undated

Leaflets, pamphlets ephemera

MSS.202/CP/137/1 1980

1980. Defeat the anti-union laws, 24pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/2 1980

Assist the Morning Star now, leaflet, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/3 1980

Cut the dole queues - smash the 5 limit, win a 35 hour week, expand social services, 18pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/4 1980

Great public rally to hear communist policy for full employment peace and socialism, leaflet, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/5 1980

Mining leader in danger, petition, 1pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/6 1980

No German finger on the nuclear trigger!, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/7 1980

Policy points, 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/8 1980

Join the Communist Party

MSS.202/CP/137/9 1980

Who is wrong Youth or Britain?, 4pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/10-11 1980

Why should you read the Morning Star? (2 copies), 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/12 1980

General election fund appeal - collection box.

MSS.202/CP/137/13 1980

Read the Daily Worker every day [advertisement slip], 2pp.

MSS.202/CP/137/14 1980

Collecting cash card.

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MSS.202/5 ETHERIDGE PAPERS : MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

Related Material

N.B. A substantial number of publications received with the Etheridge papers have been transferred to University of Warwick Library stock. This is particularly the case with periodicals of which there were incomplete holdings in both the Etheridge papers and the Library.

Motor Industry

MSS.202/5/1-2 1960-6

BMC World, British Motor Corporation house' journal, nos.1-73, [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/3 1969-70

Austin Morris World, British Leyland house journal, nos.109-123, [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/4-5 1970-1979

Austin Morris Express, British Leyland house journal, nos.1-31, 1970-3 [incomp.] and new series nos.4, 5 and 7, 1979 and supplements.

MSS.202/5/6-7 1974-8

British Leyland Mirror, British Leyland house journal, nos.14-63, [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/8 1955-62

Torque, Austin Motor Co. aprentices magazine, vol.7, no.2 - vol13, no.4

MSS.202/5/9 1942-73

Austin Motor Co. minor publications and dupl. and pr. ephemera. Includes 1942 Lord Austin Longbridge Works Memorial Fund

Fund Rules.

1955 Austin Salesman.

1958 A handbook for check employees 1965

1964 "Youth development scheme"

1966 "Supervisors' hand book".

MSS.202/5/10 1955-60

British Motor Corporation minor publications and pr. ephemera. Includes 1955 Life assurance scheme

1955 Retirement benefit scheme.

MSS.202/5/11 1970-1977

British Leyland minor publications and pr. ephemera. Includes 1975 Employee participation in Leyland Cars.

1975 Pension Scheme.

MSS.202/5/12 1968-75

Various publications and items of ephemera taking British Leyland as their subject. Includes Counter Information Services and Labour Research Dept. publications.

MSS.202/5/13 1954-72

Ford Motor Co. : publications of the company and publications about the company including trade union and shop stewards publications.

MSS.202/5/13/1 1966 Apr

Information handbook for hourly paid wkrs.

MSS.202/5/13/2-4 [195-], 1961 1971

Agreements and conditions of employment booklets

MSS.202/5/13/5 1972 Dec 14

Ford NJNC : Notes of procs. of mtg. re Wages Conditions Application 1973 (photocopy)

MSS.202/5/13/7-9 1955

The Voice of Fords Workers, vol.1, nos.1, 3, 8

MSS.202/5/13/12 1963 Apr

Report of Jack Inquiry into dispute, Cmnd. 1999

MSS.202/5/13/13 [1962]

Jt. Ford SSC : What's wrong at Fords, 16 pp.

MSS.202/5/13/14 1970

TGWU : The Ford wage claim, 47 pp.

MSS.202/5/13/15 1959 May 31

2nd Ann. Deleg. Conf. of all Ford Plants : dupl. report [14 pp.]

MSS.202/5/13/16-17

'Trade union background at the Ford Motor Company Dagenham', TS., 2 edns.

MSS.202/5/13/18 [1977]

Ford (UK) Workers Combine : 'Ford workers : our case'.

MSS.202/5/14 1957,1972

Publications of Chrysler UK (1972), Vauxhall Motors (1957) and Volvo Corporation (n.d.) : 1 item for each.

MSS.202/5/15 1948 - 1971

Miscellaneous shop stewards' and trade union publications and ephemera, 1948-71. Includes Humber Clarion, new series, no.2, 1948.

Park Royal Vehicles Dispute, 1952.

Rank and file, moderate and anti-communist publications

MSS.202/5/16 1971-2

Carworker, nos.1, 2 10

MSS.202/5/17 [1978]

Engineering Gazette, unnumbered, 4 issues

MSS.202/5/18-19 1966-75

Engineering Voice, un-numbered [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/20 1969 1971

Midlander, Midlands edition of Engineering Voice un-numbered, [2 issues only].

MSS.202/5/21 1964,1970

Voice/Voice of the unions,1964 and 1970 [2 issues only].

MSS.202/5/22 c1942-1960

Engineering Allied Trades Shop Stewards' National Council publications, [1942?]- 1960.

Includes Metal Worker, vol.8, no.5 - vol.23, no.10, 1948-60 [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/24 1953-76

Other moderate and anti-communist publications incl. Moral Re Armament and Economic League publications

MSS.202/5/24/1 1976

Birmingham Worker , no.1

MSS.202/5/24/2 1964 Spring

Common Cause Bulletin

MSS.202/5/24/3 [1964 May]

Repr. of art. re Projectile Eng. Co. work-to-rule

MSS.202/5/24/4-10

Economic League:

MSS.202/5/24/4 1954 Oct 2

Midland Counties branch : rpt. on residential course for youth in industry

MSS.202/5/24/5 1959

Leaflet No.30 'Wild-cat'

MSS.202/5/24/6-7 1962 Mar

'Two Minute News Review', nos.321-2

MSS.202/5/24/8 1967

Leaflet No.28 'Unfair?'

MSS.202/5/24/9 1967

Leaflet No.29 'Twenty-four hours'

MSS.202/5/24/11 1953 Sep 15

ICFTU : Info. Bull., vol.IV, no.18

MSS.202/5/24/12-13 1961 Apr; 1970 Aug

IRIS News, vol.V, no.8, vol.XIV, no.12

MSS.202/5/24/14 1970

Capitalists can change, N. Chowdhury, pub. by Friends of Moral Re-armament (India)

MSS.202/5/24/15 nd

Ideology and co-existence, MRA

MSS.202/5/24/16 nd

Truemid, Centre Force, 'Brother can you spare a - vote' : leaflet re AEUW elections

MSS.202/5/24/17-18 1970 Dec; 1974 May

Waterfront Industrial Pioneer

MSS.202/5/25 1956,1976-7

AEU/AEF/AUEW Rank and file, Broad Left and moderate ephemeral publications, 1956 and 1976-7.

MSS.202/5/26 1944-1977

Misc. non-motor industry rank and file and shop stewards' publications, 1944-77. Includes 1944 Multitone News.

1946 Road haulage news-letter.

1959 Blow you Jack, BOAC Joint Shop Stewards Cttee.

1967 Armstrong's men. The story of the shop stewards' movement in the Tyneside Works, Vickers, Newcastle.

Publications relating to places

MSS.202/5/27 1947 nd

Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund ephemera

MSS.202/5/28 1938-66

Birmingham Municipal Bank publications and ephemera

MSS.202/5/29 1942, 1946-8, 1954, 1958-59

Birmingham Trades Council and Borough Labour Party Annual Reports.

MSS.202/5/30 1946-55

Birmingham Trades Council Journal, nos.1-101, [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/31 1956-71

Birmingham Trades Council Journal, nos.112-290, [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/32 1951-71

Birmingham Trades Council ephemera

MSS.202/5/33 1939-76; 1939

Birmingham and Black Country miscellanea.Includes Souvenir of the [1889-1939] jubilee, Chain Makers' and Strikers' Assoc.

MSS.202/5/34 1939-65

Publications from and about China, including some of the Britain-China Friendship Assoc.

MSS.202/5/35 1964-8

Publications from Cuba, including posters.

Some items in Spanish.

MSS.202/5/36 1965, 1972

Democratic German Report, 1965 and 1972, 3 issues only.

MSS.202/5/37 1969,1973

FDGB Review, East German Trade Union Confederation, 1969 and 1973, 3 issues only.

MSS.202/5/38-39 1938 - c1970

Miscellaneous publications and ephemera from and about Germany, mainly East Germany, 1938-197?. Includes 1938 Memoirs of the living dead, Relief Cttee. for the victime of Fascism, London.

1942 Allies inside Germany?, Free German League of Culture, London.

Some items in German.

MSS.202/5/40 1936-64

Miscellaneous publications about Spain

MSS.202/5/41 1968-71

Soviet Union,nnos.220-261, [incomp.].

MSS.202/5/42 1936-41

AnglosRussian Parliamentary Cttee. publications

MSS.202/5/43 1949-55

British-Soviet Friendship Society publications

MSS.202/5/44 1939-46

Russia Today Society publications

MSS.202/5/45 1942-71

Miscellaneous publications and ephemera from and about the USSR

MSS.202/5/46-7 1946-74

Incl. material from or re Brazil, Bulgaria, Cypmus, Czechoslovakia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Poland USA and Vietnam.

MSS.202/5/48 [1939]-1961

HMSO minor publications for the information of the public,benefit claimants, etc.

MSS.202/5/49 1968-71

Institute for Workers' Control, Includes material re 1969 Nat. Conf. special study group on motor industry.

MSS.202/5/50 [1960s?]

Labour Research Dept., mostly undated

MSS.202/5/51 1972-5

World Federation of Trade Unions Flashes from the trade unions

Publications arranged on a subject basis

MSS.202/5/52 1942-72

Catalogues of books and films

MSS.202/5/53 1920-73

Communism and Socialism, miscellaneous

MSS.202/5/54 1961 - 1972

European Economic Community

MSS.202/5/55 1939-74

Interest groups' publications ephemera re civil liberties, nuclear disarmament, peace and other issues

MSS.202/5/56-7 1936-74

Wholly miscellaneous, Includes 1936 Tom Mann 80th birthday souvenir, London.

1943 Williams-Ellis, A.,Women in war factories, Victor Gollancz, London.

1943 A.A. Brigade "Parish"Magazine, Columbo, Ceylon, vol.1, no.6.

n.d. Handbook for works employees, Albright and Wilson Ltd... Wilson Ltd... Oldbury Works.

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MSS.202/7 ETHERIDGE PAPERS : MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous corres., ephemera, press-cuttings and MS. fragments which can not be incorporated into any of the files listed above.

MSS.202/7/1 1943-79

Pr. and dupl. ephemera incl. song sheets and advertising ephemera.

MSS.202/7/1/1

Swan fountain pen box.

MSS.202/7/1/2 [194-]

'The Free Britisher' : dupl. appeal for revision of military law.

MSS.202/7/1/3

'Songs for May Day' : WMA sheet.

MSS.202/7/1/4 [194-]

Unity Theatre prog.: 'One more mile'.

MSS.202/7/1/5 1943

LT : Underground lines route plan.

MSS.202/7/1/6 1946

NCLC : Circ. 2 forms.