White-Collar Workers and Industrial Militancy: The Formation of the ACTSS 6/567 Branch at the Port of Liverpool

Taylor, Greig

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“…Moreover, casualism meant that people were willing to support others because they knew the following week it could be them struggling to get by. Since the formation of the National Union of Dock Labourers (NUDL) in 1889, which later merged with the National Transport Workers’ Federation and other unions to become the Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU) in 1922 the industrial action taken to improve working conditions and job security has been strikes (Taylor, 2012). The NDLS marked a significant moment in narratives of struggle, however it did not mark the end point of it.…”

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“…Phase two occurred between 1970 and 1972 and ended piecework through local deals. In Liverpool, recently negotiated piecework rates meant that this type of work remained (Taylor, 2012).…”

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“…Seaforth Container Terminal opened in 1972 following lengthy negotiations with the shop stewards in Liverpool about staffing levels. The city’s dock workers had previously refused to handle cargo coming from Aintree Container Base in 1969 and supported the national strike in 1972 that aimed to free five dock workers imprisoned for picketing a container base in London (Taylor, 2012). The Aldington–Jones agreement of 1972 essentially secured permanent jobs for registered dock workers, but it also marked the start of years of voluntary severance schemes.…”

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Love, laughter and solidarity on the docks in Liverpool, c.1950s–1990s

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By focusing on love and humour, this article examines the role of positive emotions in the making and remaking of solidarity on the docks in Liverpool to demonstrate that solidarity was, and still is, embedded within power dynamics that shaped daily life. After outlining the persistent insecurities dock workers and their families faced due to the casual system of employment in place until 1967, the dangerous nature of work and the impact of containerisation, I assess how experiences during this period were remembered. A combination of oral history interviews and archival records of the National Dock Labour Board and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company are used to highlight the significance of family support, the dockers’ bucket and nicknames to understanding the emotional dimensions of class. Ultimately, I outline that solidarity action should not be understood as overt moments of political struggle alone as it was sustained by creating moments of happiness and joy.

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“…Phase two occurred between 1970 and 1972 and ended piecework through local deals. In Liverpool, recently negotiated piecework rates meant that this type of work remained (Taylor, 2012).…”

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“…Putnam, ). In the workplace for example, employees are pitted against one another in a climate characterised by competitive relations, individualism and insecurity (Sennett, ; Taylor, ). Society and ‘the market’ have become conflated as all aspects of life are subsumed under a market based logic (Baudrillard, /1998; Bauman, ; Cohen, ; Isaksen & Roper, ; Featherstone, ; Kelly, ; Kotz, ; McDonald et al, ; Sandel, ).…”

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Social Psychology, Consumer Culture and Neoliberal Political Economy

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Consumer culture and neoliberal political economy are often viewed by social psychologists as topics reserved for anthropologists, economists, political scientists and sociologists. This paper takes an alternative view arguing that social psychology needs to better understand these two intertwined institutions as they can both challenge and provide a number of important insights into social psychological theories of self-identity and their related concepts. These include personality traits, self-esteem, social comparisons, self-enhancement, impression management, self-regulation and social identity. To illustrate, we examine how elements of consumer culture and neoliberal political economy intersect with social psychological concepts of self-identity through three main topics: 'the commodification of self-identity', 'social categories, culture and power relations' and the 'governing of selfregulating consumers'. In conclusion, we recommend a decommodified approach to research with the aim of producing social psychological knowledge that avoids becoming enmeshed with consumer culture and neoliberalism.Key Words: consumer culture, decommodification, neoliberalism, political economy, selfidentity. 1 The following analysis draws on material from the authors' book on social psychology and consumer culture (McDonald & Wearing, 2013). Consumer Culture & Neoliberal Political Economy 2 IntroductionConsumer culture has become a significant phenomenon in Western societies. Consumer items are viewed as "important and valuable in their own right" so that many people's lives revolve around the consumption of products, services and experiences that are mediated by the market (Ritzer, 2007, p. 164). As societal institutions, consumer culture and neoliberalism set many of the rules that both constrain and empower social behaviour (Binkley, 2014; Campbell, 2001; King & Pearce, 2010;Rose, 1996;1999), they provide society with "patterned, organised, and symbolically-templated 'ways of doing things'" (Jenkins, 2000, p. 10).Given the important role that consumer culture and neoliberalism play in people's lives, it stands to reason that these two institutions be analysed in relation to self-identity as 'social influence', broadly defined, is one of social psychology's main areas of research. Social psychology's reluctance to engage with societal institutions like consumer culture and neoliberalism is likely due to a perception that these are topics reserved for anthropologists, economists, political scientists and sociologists. In line with Parker (2015), we argue that engaging with insights across the broader social sciences can provide social psychology with a theoretical understanding of contemporary cultural, political and economic trends effecting society.Research on consumer culture in social psychology has typically taken a microsocial perspective, examining consumer behaviours such as product choice and decision making by focusing on individual social cognitions (e.g. Bagozzi, Gurhan-Canli & Priester, 2002; Kardes...

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Internecine strife in trade union organisations: status, competition and the effect of industry rationalisation and neo-liberalism

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White-Collar Workers and Industrial Militancy: The Formation of the ACTSS 6/567 Branch at the Port of Liverpool

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Love, laughter and solidarity on the docks in Liverpool, c.1950s–1990s

Love, laughter and solidarity on the docks in Liverpool, c.1950s–1990s

Social Psychology, Consumer Culture and Neoliberal Political Economy

Internecine strife in trade union organisations: status, competition and the effect of industry rationalisation and neo-liberalism

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