History A-Level
Employer resistance and industrial conflict
What Employer resistance and industrial conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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William Martin Murphy, a prominent employer, opposed unions and led the lockout, showing conflict between labour and capital.
Topics that use Employer resistance and industrial conflict
- Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 5 Improving working and living conditions: trades union militancy in Ireland, 1907–14 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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