Labour relations

British Economy Unemployment reached 800, Pound is devalued Yom Kippur War and three day week Winter of discontent Unemployment as low as 297, MacMillan “Britain never had it so good” Korean War ended Suez Crisis 1954 Rationing ended Spending £4.7billion a year on the Cold War Debts of £4198 Million 1956 Unemployment tops a million Doing well Doing badly

In 1970s Britain was changing. There was no longer any need for blue colour workers. Blue collar workers = Jobs in industry and manufacturing – coal miners There was more demand for White collar workers White collar workers = jobs in offices or in the service sector. Understandably. Blue Collar workers were worried by these developments, and looked to their Trade Unions to protect them

Trade unions are organisations that represent people at work. Their purpose is to protect and improve people's pay and conditions of employment. They also campaign for laws and policies which will benefit working people.

The National Union of Miners (NUM) went on strike to try and force the government to increase their pay. The Government refused to give in and so their was a shortage of coal/fuel

The Oil Crisis 1973

= Workers unhappy

Israel: America please help

Use Source A and your own knowledge to explain why the 1973 oil crisis had a large impact on Britain (10 marks) A basic answer level 1 Makes a simple statement from the source or from own knowledgeMany people gathered to stop coal being delivered A good answer level 2 Makes supported statements. Better answers will use the source and own knowledge Source a shows a picket blocking the entrance to the coal depot. This aimed to stop fuel getting to power stations and thus cut electricity supplies A better answer level 3 Answers as level 2, but explains the supported statements The miners forced power cuts to secure their wage demand which they had failed to achieve with five months of talks (they did this because)

From an interview with NUM President Joe Gormley on 13 th December 1973 The supplies of cheap oil are finished forever. The government are going to need more coal to fill the gap. And they wont have anybody to do that because men in Britain will not continue to work at the coal faces for less that £40 a week. If the country doesn’t see the sense of our argument then woe betide them for the future Use Source A and your own knowledge to explain why the 1973 oil crisis had a large impact on Britain (10 marks) A basic answer level 1 Makes a simple statement from the source or from own knowledge A good answer level 2 Makes supported statements. Better answers will use the source and own knowledge A better answer level 3 Answers as level 2, but explains the supported statements (The did this because)