Trade Union Regional Conference on the Beveridge Report : abridged report
1943-01-16 1943 1940s 7 pages 2 Trade Unionism, which elected its first Parliamentary Committee in 1871, and from 1885 the T.U.C. became the great protagonist of collective ideas and ideals which mark the boundary between the old world and the new. He referred to the lead given by the Trade Union Mo...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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16 January 1943
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| Summary: | 1943-01-16
1943
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2 Trade Unionism, which elected its first Parliamentary Committee in 1871, and from 1885 the T.U.C. became the great protagonist of collective ideas and ideals which mark the boundary between the old world and the new. He referred to the lead given by the Trade Union Movement on great social questions such as sweating, unemployment, the aged poor, and also the fact that what the State did not provide the Trade Unions did, and also that had it not been for the pressure of the Trade Union Movement there would have been no Workmen's Compensation, National Health or Unemployment Insurance Acts. That lead, taken a generation ago, was again in evidence with regard to the Beveridge Report, for it was a result of a deputation from the T.U.C. that things got moving and the Government announced the setting up of an Inter-departmental Committee to "survey the existing National Schemes of Social Insurance and Allied Services." Though the plan was in general on similar lines as the T.U.C. proposals, Mr. Bussey said there were differences in details, though these were not great. The share of contribution to cost borne by the insured person was large in proportion to that of the employers and the speaker feared the effect of what amounted to increased direct taxation on working class incomes. Though the plan envisaged no fundamental change in the capitalist system, it should be the aim of the Trade Union Movement to lead the fight for its adoption, so as to fit itself for the still greater struggles which lie ahead of it. Mr. Bussey dealt in detail with important Beveridge Report proposals as they compared with the T.U.C. proposals, and his address was warmly applauded. Mr. Corby. Mr. Corby followed with a very lively and highly interesting contribution. For a man of over 70 he spoke with remarkable vigour and appeal. He evidently had the subject at his finger tips, and had a ready reply for any interrupter and eventual questioner. Enlarging on what the Chairman had said, Mr. Corby said that their enemies had already started their opposition. He knew their tactics, as he was frequently in touch with their representatives. "They will persuade you to ask for all sorts of things to be included in the scheme, and so load it up financially, that the Opposition in the Houses of Parliament will be able to turn it down," said Mr. Corby. He said that he was on the T.U.C. Committee which framed the proposals which were placed before the Beveridge Committee. He was with them in their two interviews with the Beveridge Committee, and he referred to the lengthy cross questioning which took place. He had first-hand experience of legislation during the last
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