The abolition of the National Dock Labour Scheme and the revival of the Port of Liverpool

Economic Affairs

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 18-22

  Stoney, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool Research Group in Macroeconomics   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR RELATIONS; PORT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032775661     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0270.00152     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. For a fuller discussion, see R. Lawton and C. M. Cunningham (1970) Merseyside: Social and Economic Studies, London: Longman.
2. R. Bean and P. Stoney (1986) 'Strikes on Merseyside', Industrial Relations Journal, 17, 1;
3. P. Stoney and R. Bean (1986) 'Merseyside Strikes: Determinants and Recent Trends', Merseyside Economic Prospect, 1, 2.
4. The Devlin Report (1965), London: HMSO.
5. I am grateful to P. A. Jones, Port Operations Director, The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, for helpful discussions.
6. Lawton and Cunningham (1970) The Devlin Report op. cit.
7. This section and the next draw on: Neil Evans and Professor Donald MacKay (both Pieda plc), and Mike Garratt and Philip Sutcliffe (both MDS Transmodal) (1993) 'The Abolition of The Dock Labour Scheme', Department of Transport, Research Series No. 14.
8. P. J. M. Stoney (1996) The Employment Impact of The Port of Liverpool in the 1990s: an Update, Proof of Evidence on behalf of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, as Applicant and Acquiring Authority, Liverpool Macroeconomic Research Limited, Liverpool University.