masked‚ it is no less brutal. Men‚ women and children are forced to work long hours in miserable conditions just to eke out a bare subsistence.’ (Andy McInerney‚ in Liberation & Marxism‚ issue no. 27‚ Spring 1996) ILO: a core labour standards The International Labour Organization (ILO) was created in 1919‚ at the end of the First World War‚ at the time of the Peace Conference which convened first in Paris‚ then at Versaillesneed for such an organization had been advocated in the nineteenth century
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May 1979 till November 1990‚ her policies can still be seen in effect today. The UK’s major parties‚ Labour and Conservatives‚ have taken into consideration her views and policies and adapted them to some extent. Some people can argue that the policies and ideas of Thatcher have “rubbed” off on the major parties; however others say these parties have changed their direction from Thatcher. The Labour party have still seen Thatcher’s views as valid. For example‚ in 1997‚ when Tony Blair was elected
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Socialism is no longer part of the New Labour ideology Introduction Neil Kinnock started the New Labour movement in an attempt to modernise the Labour Party and become more electorally popular after their crushing defeat to the Conservatives in the 1983 general election. The New Labour movement only received proper acknowledgement under Tony Blair. As part of the New Labour movement - ’The Project’ - ’Tony the Tory’ moved the party closer to the centre of the political spectrum than it had
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obviously predominant; the Labour and Conservative parties being the only two with the possibility of achieving majority vote and therefore forming a government. People voted for the party which represented their social class e.g. Conservative for middle class and Labour for working class. The clear distinction between which social classes would benefit from the two parties rule kept these two parties as a high percentage of the vote. In the elections leading up to 2005 Labour and Conservative seats
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Is the book Labour Relations in the Global Fast Food Industry (Royle & Towers 2002) and its key findings the product of the authors’ ideological frame of reference? Or is it the product of genuine‚ objective research? Introduction Employment relations is the study of all aspect of work and the interaction between the management and the employees or the employee’s representative such as the Union (Ackers and Wilkinson‚ 2005). The underlying beliefs of employment or labour relations are often implicit
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Labour Party In Power 1945-51 * Labour had won 393 seats compared to conservatives 213. * Reasons for Labour large scale victory in 1945: * Conservatives handicaps – had not understood the needs of ordinary people. Poor economy and unemployment with previous conservative government‚ unconvincing election campaign. * Labours advantages – attractive image (zeitgeist)‚ Labour better fitted to carry out post-war construction‚ leading labour figures gained respect from electorate during
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democracy. Wealth redistribution and nationalisation were prioritised heavily by the Attlee government. The Labour government’s changing commitment to nationalisation over its period in office demonstrates how socialist ideals were compromised by basic political pragmatism. As promised in Labour’s election manifesto of 1945‚ the first few years in power saw the government embark on
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behaviour? It is often said that social class is the key determinant in voting behaviour. When the next Government elections come up is it true that the middle and upper classes will vote for the Conservative Party and the working class vote for the Labour Party? Or is voter behaviour more complex than that? This essay explores how the impact of social class on voting behaviour has changed over the years. Social class was the main determinant of voting behaviour back in the 1960s because in the 1960s
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been pre eminent in the study of voting patterns in the UK. Simply put: [pic] Working class families are basically Labour [pic] Middle class families are basically Conservative In the classic period‚ and even today the pattern is close to: [pic] In this case very strong class identification would lead to a constant victory at the polls for Labour. Yet the Conservatives in the 1950s 1970s and the 1980s broke this mould. The reason lay in the conservative ability
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to build military equipment. Not long before the General Election the economy had begun to pick up. At the time Labour was a significantly divided party with the Gaitskillites and the Bevanites meaning some support of voters was lost through lack of assurance that the party would lead with strength and could make decisions that were right for the nation and not selfish. The Labour economy policies are also a reason why they lost. Gaitskell promised to increase public spending without increasing
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