Jim Tomlinson has argued that deindustrialisation was the ‘meta-narrative’ of post-war British history. In Wales, its historical economic reliance on extractive industries such as coal and slate saw their decline begin earlier in the twentieth century. Therefore, deindustrialisation has arguably been a ‘meta-narrative’ in Wales for decades longer. My dissertation looks at the history of worker and trade union responses to deindustrialisation in the south … Continue reading Cian Ireland (University of York) on worker and trade union responses to deindustrialisation in Wales