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This is a political history of Labour's use of the tax system from 1906 to 1979; an epilogue brings the story up to the present, surveying New Labour's tax policies and dilemmas. Richard Whiting's lucid and readable study examines how Labour used taxation to further its political aims: to fund welfare, manage the economy, promote fairness and achieve greater equality. This study sheds new light on Labour's history, and is a valuable contribution to understanding both the tax structure and the politics of twentieth-century Britain more generally.

Get ready to turn heads with our stunning ruche detail gold sequin dress. The one shoulder design adds an element of sophistication, while the ruched detailing flatters the figure and adds a touch of glamour. Made from a comfortable and stretchy fabric, pull on and fully lined, this dress will hug your curves in all the right places and make you feel body confident. Whether you're attending a wedding, prom, or any other special occasion, this dress is the perfect choice for a chic and unforgettable look. Don't wait to add this stunning piece to your collection! All styles are limited edition and are made in the UK. Hand Wash Recommended 92% Nylon 5% Spandex 3% Metal

London-based label YMC offers up its own contemporary take on the iconic Chore jacket. Reimagined for the new season, it’s made from durable cotton and showcases a custom floral pattern throughout. Continuing its signature workwear influences, it’s complete with large, utility-style patch pockets and a subtle hammer loop detail at the hem. 98% Organic Cotton, 2% Elastane, Button Closure, Classic Collar, Chest Pocket, 2 Front Pockets, Hammer Loops, YMC, This product has undergone a garment dyeing process. Any uneven colour of the surface is a distinctive feature of the wash. - YMC Men's Labour Chore Jacket in Olive Floral, Size X-Large

London-based label YMC offers up its own contemporary take on the iconic Chore jacket. Reimagined for the new season, it’s made from durable cotton and showcases a custom floral pattern throughout. Continuing its signature workwear influences, it’s complete with large, utility-style patch pockets and a subtle hammer loop detail at the hem. 98% Organic Cotton, 2% Elastane, Button Closure, Classic Collar, Chest Pocket, 2 Front Pockets, Hammer Loops, YMC, This product has undergone a garment dyeing process. Any uneven colour of the surface is a distinctive feature of the wash. - YMC Men's Labour Chore Jacket in Olive Floral, Size Small

London-based label YMC offers up its own contemporary take on the iconic Chore jacket. Reimagined for the new season, it’s made from durable cotton and showcases a custom floral pattern throughout. Continuing its signature workwear influences, it’s complete with large, utility-style patch pockets and a subtle hammer loop detail at the hem. 98% Organic Cotton, 2% Elastane, Button Closure, Classic Collar, Chest Pocket, 2 Front Pockets, Hammer Loops, YMC, This product has undergone a garment dyeing process. Any uneven colour of the surface is a distinctive feature of the wash. - YMC Men's Labour Chore Jacket in Olive Floral, Size Medium

Track listings include: "Labour of Love 1 "Cherry Oh Baby," "Keep on Moving," "Sweet Sensation," "Johnny Too Bed." Labour of Love 2 "Here I Am (Com e And Take Me)," "Tears from My Eyes," "Singer Man," "Kingston Town." Labour of Love 3 "Holly Holy," "It's My Delight," "Soul Rebel," "My Best Girl," "The Time Has Come."

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For a clear understanding of the legal protections and remedies available to employers and workers in Canada, this convenient survey and analysis is ideal. Although it may be said that there are eleven distinct systems of labour law in Canada - encompassing ten provinces and the Federal government - the authors ensure depth of treatment by focusing on common policy themes and typical legal solutions, with significant departures noted in whatever province or area of law they may arise. However, the relevant law of the three most populous and influential provinces - Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia - is covered in particular detail, as is Federal labour legislation and case law. Among the important areas of Canadian law and practice emphasised are the following: the tension between trade union power and business flexibility; collective "labour law" and individual "employment law"; the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement; the central place of the legal concept of the employment contract; labour standards legislation; the influence of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms; court intervention in labour law, both under common law principles and Quebec's civil code; the role of labour relations boards; and judicial review of administrative decisions and arbitration awards. As an accurate and usable guide for lawyers not expert in Canadian law, Labour Law in Canada is without peer. It will be of particular value to business investors and their counsel.

What will the future of work, social freedom, and employment look like? In an era of increased job insecurity and social dislocation, is it possible to reshape economics along democratic lines in a way that genuinely serves the interests of the community? Of Labour and Liberty arises from Race Mathews’s half-century and more of political and public policy involvement. It responds to evidence of a precipitous decline in active citizenship, resulting from a loss of confidence in politics, politicians, parties, and parliamentary democracy; the rise of "lying for hire" lobbyism; increasing concentration of capital in the hands of a wealthy few; and corporate wrongdoing and criminality.It also questions whether political democracy can survive indefinitely in the absence of economic democracy―of labor hiring capital rather than capital labor. It highlights the potential of the social teachings of the Catholic Church and the now largely forgotten Distributist political philosophy and program that originated from them as a means of bringing about a more equal, just, and genuinely democratic social order. It describes and evaluates Australian attempts to give effect to Distributism, with special reference to Victoria. And with an optimistic view to future possibilities it documents the support and advocacy of Pope Francis, and ownership by some 83,000 workers of the Mondragon cooperatives in Spain. This book will interest scholars and students of Catholic social teaching, history, economics, industrial relations, and business and management.

In 1918 the Labour party began to build for power by embarking on a plan of reorganisation aimed at creating a national network of local branches through which it would recruit, engage and mobilise a 'mass membership'. This study assesses how that ambitious project played out in Manchester, a 'model' industrial city between 1918 and 1931. It concludes that despite significant electoral progress the goal of building a mass membership party organisation was largely frustrated by the unwillingness of more than a small minority of the public to embrace political activism. The study offers important evidence about Labour's growth in the immediate post-1918 period and provides useful insights into the nature of political activism and engagement which have a contemporary resonance.

The Labour Party welcomed the Russian Revolution in 1917: it paved the way for the birth of a socialist superpower and ushered in a new era in Soviet governance. Labour excused the Bolshevik excesses and prepared for its own revolution in Britain.In 1929, Stalin deported hundreds of thousands of men, women and children to work in labour camps. Subjected to appalling treatment, thousands died. When news of the camps leaked out in Britain, there were protests demanding the government ban imports of timber cut by slave labourers.The Labour government of the day dismissed mistreatment claims as Tory propaganda and blocked appeals for an inquiry. Despite the Cabinet privately acknowledging the harsh realities of the work camps, Soviet denials were publicly repeated as fact. One Labour minister even defended them as part of 'a remarkable economic experiment'.Labour and the Gulag explains how Britain's Labour Party was seduced by the promise of a socialist utopia and enamoured of a Russian Communist system it sought to emulate. It reveals the moral compromises Labour made, and how it turned its back on the people in order to further its own political agenda.

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During the Second World War, the Congress of Industrial Organizations in Canada grew from a handful of members to more than a quarter-million and from political insignificance to a position of influence in the emergence of the welfare state. What was it about the "good war" that brought about this phenomenal growth? And how did this coming of age during the war affect the emerging CIO?Labour Goes to War analyzes the organizing strategies of the CIO during the war to show that both economic and cultural forces were behind its explosive growth. Labour shortages gave workers greater power in the workplace and increased their militancy. But workers' patriotism, their ties to those on active service, memories of the First World War, and allegiance to the "people's war" also contributed to the CIO's growth - and to what it claimed for workers. At the same time, union organizers and workers influenced one another as the war changed lives, opinions, expectations - and notions of women's rights.Drawing on an impressive array of archival material, Wendy Cuthbertson illuminates this complex wartime context. Her analysis shows how the war changed lives, opinions, and expectations. She also shows how the complex, often contradictory, motives of workers during this period left the Canadian labour movement with an ambivalent progressive/conservative legacy.

The 1930s was the decade of the Jarrow March and the International Brigade - the 'Red Decade' of literary imagination. Yet there has seldom been a time when the influence of the British Left has been at a lower ebb. Why was this? In this book Ben Pimlott suggests answers, and challenges established myths about left-wing politics during a crucial period. Pimlott's study is concerned with the relationship between ideas and political action. The author is interested in the distinction which can be drawn between 'expressive' and 'instrumental' approaches to political behaviour, and a central theme is that the 'expressive' politics of some sections of the Left had an ironic effect of hindering the achievement of widely shared goals.

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What will the future of work, social freedom, and employment look like? In an era of increased job insecurity and social dislocation, is it possible to reshape economics along democratic lines in a way that genuinely serves the interests of the community? Of Labour and Liberty arises from Race Mathews’s half-century and more of political and public policy involvement. It responds to evidence of a precipitous decline in active citizenship, resulting from a loss of confidence in politics, politicians, parties, and parliamentary democracy; the rise of "lying for hire" lobbyism; increasing concentration of capital in the hands of a wealthy few; and corporate wrongdoing and criminality.It also questions whether political democracy can survive indefinitely in the absence of economic democracy―of labor hiring capital rather than capital labor. It highlights the potential of the social teachings of the Catholic Church and the now largely forgotten Distributist political philosophy and program that originated from them as a means of bringing about a more equal, just, and genuinely democratic social order. It describes and evaluates Australian attempts to give effect to Distributism, with special reference to Victoria. And with an optimistic view to future possibilities it documents the support and advocacy of Pope Francis, and ownership by some 83,000 workers of the Mondragon cooperatives in Spain. This book will interest scholars and students of Catholic social teaching, history, economics, industrial relations, and business and management.

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The Labours of Hercules is a vivid narrative describing the journey of the soul through the twelve signs of the zodiac, as viewed from the myth of Hercules. The text is based upon a series of lectures given by Alice A. Bailey and is an excellent introduction to an understanding of esoteric astrology. This book is an insightful addition to the 24 volume set of books by Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Master of the Wisdom, a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form whtich is always suitable to each period.

This elegantly written and researched book traces the gradual and painful disillusionment of the Labour Left with the Attlee governments and analyses the alternative, more militant, programme which the Labour Left devised. Never an organized bloc, the author argues that they are best understood as Labour's conscience -- a militant tendency in the true sense of the words.