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Appointed First Secretary of State by Wilson, bringing her firmly into the heart of Government, the trade unions rebel against her proposals to reduce their powers in her 1969 white paper, In Place of Strife, also involved a major cabinet split, with threatened resignations, and James Callaghan breaking ranks to publicly try to undermine the bill
Shore sided with those in cabinet who were opposed to Barbara Castles White Paper, In Place of Strife
Opposes penal provisions in the government's proposed trade-union legislation during a divisive Cabinet meeting.
The Labour Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister Harold Wilson, was divided over the issue, however, and the opposition, led by Home Secretary James Callaghan, prevails
Plans to force unions to call a ballot before a strike was held and establishment of an Industrial Board to enforce settlements in industrial disputes
Submits plans to force unions to call a ballot before a strike was held and establishment of an Industrial Board to enforce settlements in industrial disputes, produces Cabinet splis & never realized.
Submits plans to force unions to call a ballot before a strike was held and establishment of an Industrial Board to enforce settlements in industrial disputes, produces Cabinet splits & never realized.
The Labour Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister Harold Wilson, was divided over the issue, however, and the opposition, led by Home Secretary James Callaghan, prevails.
The trade unions rebel against her proposals to reduce their powers in her 1969 white paper, "In Place of Strife".
The white paper never becomes law, although some elements of it could be recognised in the more far-reaching union legislation later enacted by the Government of Margaret Thatcher.
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