The British Printers’ 40-Hour-Week Strike of 1959: Background, Dispute, and Aftermath
(2023)
Journal Article
Lyddon, D., Roe, A., & Telford, J. (2023). The British Printers’ 40-Hour-Week Strike of 1959: Background, Dispute, and Aftermath. Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, 44(1), 3-41. https://doi.org/10.3828/hsir.2023.44.2
The 1959 printing workers’ strike for the 40-hour week led to them winning that iconic demand which then spread to other manual workers. This success was all the more remarkable as the printing industry was riven by union ‘wage autonomy’ and craft di... Read More about The British Printers’ 40-Hour-Week Strike of 1959: Background, Dispute, and Aftermath.