| Description | /1 'Long Suffering British Workers - Working Time in Europe' [July 1981] contrasts working hours and conditions of British workers with their counterparts elsewhere in the European Economic Community and sets this within the TUC's Campaign for Reduced Working Time.
/2 'State Benefits 1982 - a Guide for Trade Unionists' [February 1982] describes the main benefits available in 1982, including National Insurance benefits, non-contributory benefits and means-tested benefits.
/3 'State Benefits 1983 - a Guide for Trade Unionists' [January 1983] describes the main benefits available in 1983, including National Insurance benefits, non-contributory benefits and means-tested benefits.
/4 'Fighting Asbestos at work and at Home' [October 1983] considers the risks of asbestos and action to force employers and the government to tackle the issue. Interleaved with this booklet is a sticker 'Asbestos, cancer hazard'.
/5 'Unity is Strength - join your union' [January 1984] considers some of the range of issues covered by trade unions.
/6 'Cutbacks, closures and Takeovers, LRD's Guide to Redundancy Rights' [April 1984] focuses on employees' statutory rights on redundancy and transfers.
/7 'Defending the NHS' [June 1984] addresses issues arising from the government's policies towards the National Health Service.
/8 'Rate Capping and Abolition - councils in danger' [August 1984] considers the challanges facing local authorities and their employees. Note: originally interleaved with this booklet was 'Trainees join your union' which has been catalogued separately.
/9 'Trainees - Join your Union' [1984] encourages YTS recruits [Youth Training Scheme] to gain trades union protection.This booklet is a reprint with updates. It wsa originally interleaved with 'Rate Capping and Abolition - councils in danger'
/10 'The Miners' Case' [October 1984] presents the case for retaining a viable coal industry.
/11 'Privatisation - The Great Sellout' [February 1985] addresses the privatisation of public services and the impact on public sector employees.
/12 'Bosses' Freedoms, Workers' Burdens' [April 1985]considers government proposals [in part contained in a report 'Burdens on Business'] with regard to workers' pay and conditions.
/13 'VDUs, Health and Jobs' [September 1985] assesses the impact of VDUs [visual display units] within workplaces. |
| AdminHistory | These booklets were published by the Labour Research Dpartment [LRD] and covered a range of employment related subjects. LRD was an independent, trade union based research organisation that provided an enquiry service as well as publications. |