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| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
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| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/1 | Shotton Works No 1 Lodge agreements. Copies of agreements between John Summers and Sons Limited and the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades. The agreements cover rates of pay, hours of work and manning at the plant, and accompanying correspondence and copies of authorisations for changes in the rates of pay. There is also a copy of a case to determine which union should represent the workers at the coke oven plant. |
21.7.1952-12.1965 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/2 | Shotton Works No 1 Lodge agreements. Copies of agreements between John Summers and Sons Limited and the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades regarding clothing, rates of pay, hours of work, manning, compensation, holidays, working arrangements and selection of employees. There are accompanying correspondence and authorisations for changes in the rate. |
14.1.1966-28.12.1969 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/3 | Shotton Works No 1 Lodge minutes. |
12.9.1952-17.5.1974 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/4 | Shotton Works No 1 Lodge correspondence. Correspondence to and from the district secretary regarding issues concerning No 1 Lodge. These include claims for expenses, rates of pay, and the resignation of lodge delegates. There are also several paper cuttings and a copy of a British Steel Corporation report into airborne dust levels at the ore screenhouse. |
31.1.1973-16.1.1975 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/5 | Shotton Works No 1 Lodge correspondence. Correspondence to and from the district secretary regarding issues concerning No 1 Lodge. These include a blast furnace reline, rates of pay, relations with the management, claims for expenses, early retirement on grounds of ill health. There are also copies of agreements regarding general working conditions for those working as drivers in the raw materials department. |
10.12.1974-9.4.1980 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/6 | Shotton Works No 1 Lodge correspondence. Correspondence regarding visits to the plant, reduction in employment costs, and Christmas and New Year working arrangements. There is also a copy of an agreement with No 1 Lodge regarding protective clothing. |
30.10.1975-3.3.1978 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/7 | Shotton Works No 1 Lodge correspondence. Correspondence regarding revision of rates of pay for workers. There are also copies of quarterly averages and authorisations for changes in rates, and correspondence regarding the suspension of D Rusowicz, and the subsequent inquiry into his case. |
3.1978-9.7.1979 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/8 | Shotton Works closure reports. Copies of reports regarding closures at Shotton, including a report by the British Steel Corporation for tripartite discussions on closures, and notes by the Department of Industry on the steel plant closure review as it affects Shotton. Also a British Steel Corporation document concerning cost information as regards development of the plant. |
7.1974-19.8.1974 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/9 | Shotton Works blast furnace report. Copy of the W.S.R.21 blast furnace report, concerning working arrangements of the furnaces, and recommendations for more effective use of manpower, plant and equipment. |
7.1970 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/10 | Shotton Works No 2 Lodge minute book. |
16.1.1963-15.10.1970 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/11 | Shotton Works No 2 Lodge minute book. |
18.1.1971-8.5.1979 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/12 | Shotton Works No 2 Lodge contributions book. The volume also contains a copy of a quarterly balance sheet for the lodge (1978), and a fragment of a contributions book for the Lodge (ending 30.9.1978). |
29.3.1980-12.1980 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/13 | Shotton Works No 2 Lodge stationery. Blank stationery from the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades. There are copies of the rules, blank copies of contribution cards, particulars of accidents, quarterly balance sheets, disability benefit claims, applications for union membership, and other blank forms. |
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| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/14 | Shotton's Future (report). Copy of a report by Shotton Steel Works and the Trade Union Steel Industry Consultative Committee regarding the future of the plant, containing a technical committee report, a chapter on shipping and transport, and a social survey. |
12.7.1974 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/15 | Shotton proposed rundown papers. Correspondence regarding the brochure produced by the Trade Union Steel Industry Consultative Committee detailing the plants rundown with accompanying papers on the issue. Correspondence and papers from the Shotton Steelworkers Action Committee concerning the rundown including a paper on geographical considerations for the retention of steelmaking at Shotton, and concerning a medium term plan for retaining work there. There is also a copy of the National Action Committee minutes for a meeting to discuss the future of the plant. |
9.1.1973-5.7.1974 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/16 | Shotton proposed closure papers. Correspondence to and from members of the Trade Union Steel Industry Consultative Committee at Shotton regarding issues at the plant including the tandem furnace scheme, the prospective closure of the plant, and its future in general. There are also copies of the minutes of a meeting with the British Steel Corporation, and of the TUSICC at Shotton. |
26.6.1978-7.12.1979 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/17 | Shotton proposed closure papers. Correspondence and papers regarding the closure of Shotton Works, including copies of minutes of the meetings of the Shotton Trade Union Steel Industry Consultative Committee. A copy of the British Steel Corporation presentation to the TUSICC regarding the closure of the heavy end production, answers to questions raised by the TUSICC, and their reply to the presentation. There are also correspondence and accompanying papers regarding the issue. |
7.1978-24.10.1979 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/18 | Shotton wages papers. Contains papers giving wage rates, average earnings and holiday rotas for employees at the plant. Correspondence regarding a wage claim from those working at the ore handling plant including a handwritten history of the claim. There are also papers from a conference on communications in industry run by Preston Education Committee. |
22.12.1952-11.1965 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/19 | Shotton wages papers. Papers giving authorisations for the revision and change of rates in the blast furnace department, and correspondence regarding payments to blast furnace personnel during a craft dispute. |
4.1954-15.9.1974 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/20 | Shotton wages papers. Details of rates of pay for workers at the plant. |
16.8.1966-6.8.1967 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/21 | Shotton wages papers. Copy of an agreement between the British Steel Corporation and the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades regarding the deduction of trade union subscriptions from wages. Also a copy of the notes of a meeting regarding wages, and a copy of the quarterly statement showing rates and earnings in the blast furnace department (12.1979). |
16.8.1971-24.4.1980 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/22 | Shotton wages papers. Copies of the average quarterly earnings tables for employees in the blast furnace department. |
12.1972-3.1975 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/23 | Shotton wages papers. Copies of quarterly statements showing rates and earnings for employees in the blast furnace department. A copy of the joint working party report on guaranteed week agreement and routine medical examinations, and notes of their meetings (1977). There is also a copy of the Trades Union Congress steel committee notes on the evaluation of training courses. |
9.1975-2.2.1981 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/24 | Shotton wages papers. Contains papers giving authorisations for the revision of rates in the blast furnace department. There are also papers detailing work measured incentive scheme, de-manning proposals and revised wage and manning structures, and a copy of the agreements reached at the Redcar Works. |
24.5.1970-24.4.1980 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/25 | Shotton Works correspondence. Correspondence regarding various issues at the plant. These include training courses, rates of pay, productivity, manning, retirement, retention bonus schemes, and work measured incentive schemes. There are also notes of a meeting regarding a dispute between the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades and the Transport and General Workers Union (1970). |
14.1.1969-9.9.1975 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/26 | Shotton Works papers. Contains a copy of a social survey report re-considering the case for Shotton Works. Including copies of authorisations for changes in rates, and revisions of rates for those working in the blast furnace department, and copies of agreements between the British Steel Corporation and the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades over general working practices, and productivity. |
9.1971-8.1976 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/27 | Shotton Works report. Copy of a report entitled "Factors bearing on the location of any new steel complex". |
7.1972 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/28 | Shotton Works papers. Copy of a report from a joint visit of the ISTC and the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades to the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh. Included also are guidelines on incentive schemes for process workers based on work measured principles. |
30.4.1976 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/29 | Shotton Works papers. A copy of an agreement regarding a reline for a blast furnace, and handwritten copies of notes from meetings, concerning the plant shutdown for the Christmas holidays, and the Bilston Works trade situation. |
26.10.1977-8.11.1977 |
| MNC/ISTC/D7/1/30 | Shotton Works agreement. Copy of an agreement between the British Steel Corporation and the Trades Union Congress Steel Committee regarding ex gratia payments made to employees in recognition of the closure of part of the plant. |
9.1979 |
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