Tag: Data and Statistics

Commentary

One strike or two? How data changes undermine what we know about stoppages

Changes over the past decade to the ways in which data on strikes is collected and published risk undermining the value for academics and policy-makers of a series which has been running since the 1890s, according to an analysis by industrial relations specialist Dr Dave Lyddon. In an open access article for the Industrial Relations Journal, Dr Lyddon argues that the most recent change, which … Continue reading One strike or two? How data changes undermine what we know about stoppages

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Books etc

Well read: labour historians recommend books that deserve to be better known

Newspapers and magazines always like to list their ‘best books of the year’ as Christmas approaches. But what if the best books weren’t published this year? Preferring to take a longer perspective, we asked labour historians to tell us about a work relevant to labour history that they felt was overlooked, should be better known – or which simply meant something to them. Here’s what … Continue reading Well read: labour historians recommend books that deserve to be better known

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Labour History Review

Labour History Review Volume 87 (2022), Issue 2

Labour History Review Volume 87 (2022), Issue 2 has now been published. Contemporary images of the 1926 General Strike often show smiling volunteers good-naturedly going about the business of keeping the country running. In this issue of Labour History Review, Liam Ryan explores the involvement of often middle-class strike breakers in the period 1911-1926 and lifts the lid on the unexplored darker and often violent … Continue reading Labour History Review Volume 87 (2022), Issue 2

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Labour History Review

‘The Bricks and Mortar of All Policy Areas Which Concern Government’: Statistics and the Labour Force Survey at its UK Origins

Author: Linda ArchThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2022), 87, (2), 183-211. Read more. On 1 January 1973, the UK joined the European Economic Community and, in its capacity as a member state, conducted a Labour Force Survey in that year for the first time. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the history of the Labour … Continue reading ‘The Bricks and Mortar of All Policy Areas Which Concern Government’: Statistics and the Labour Force Survey at its UK Origins

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