ROBERT TAYLOR is employment editor of the Financial Times. Previous books include The Future of Trade Unionism (1994) and The Trade Union Question in British Politics (1993).

'...unlikely to be bettered.' - Paul Routledge, New Statesman 'Robert Taylor has achieved something unprecedented in the annals of trade union historiography. He has written a readable book on the TUC.' - Denis MacShane, Prospect 'Robert Taylor's chosen method of telling that story largely through the leading personalities is a shrewd formula. His narrative puts all the giants of the trade union movement on stage.' - Geoffrey Goodman, UCATT Building Worker 'One has only to read and re-read Taylor's gripping account of the battles over In Place of Strife to realize what opportunities were lost in the late 'sixties, and maybe the 'seventies, to re-develop trade unionism.' - Geoffrey Goodman, IPMS Bulletin 'The brothers who recently assembled for their 132nd Congress in Glasgow may well have longed to be rewarded with a more inspiring, or even encouraging, tale. Yet they could hardly have hoped for a better balanced ore more informative one.' - Anthony Howard, Sunday Times '...a refreshing reminder of the contribution made to cililisation by some of the leading figures of this other - much maligned - institution.' - Jimmy Burns, The Tablet

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The TUC: An Assessment Walter Citrine and TUC Modernisation 1926-1939 Ernest Bevin and the TUC's War 1939-1945 Trade Union Freedom and the Labour Movement: Arthur Deaking, Frank Cousins 1945-1964 What Are We Here For? George Woodcock and TUC Reform 1960-1969 Under Siege: Vic Feather and the Battle for the TUC 1969-1973 Jack Jones and the Social Contract: Myths and Realities Into the Wilderness : The TUC Under Len Murray and Norman Willis Postscript: John Monks and New Unionism Index

ROBERT TAYLOR is employment editor of the Financial Times. Previous books include The Future of Trade Unionism (1994) and The Trade Union Question in British Politics (1993).

'...unlikely to be bettered.' - Paul Routledge, New Statesman 'Robert Taylor has achieved something unprecedented in the annals of trade union historiography. He has written a readable book on the TUC.' - Denis MacShane, Prospect 'Robert Taylor's chosen method of telling that story largely through the leading personalities is a shrewd formula. His narrative puts all the giants of the trade union movement on stage.' - Geoffrey Goodman, UCATT Building Worker 'One has only to read and re-read Taylor's gripping account of the battles over In Place of Strife to realize what opportunities were lost in the late 'sixties, and maybe the 'seventies, to re-develop trade unionism.' - Geoffrey Goodman, IPMS Bulletin 'The brothers who recently assembled for their 132nd Congress in Glasgow may well have longed to be rewarded with a more inspiring, or even encouraging, tale. Yet they could hardly have hoped for a better balanced ore more informative one.' - Anthony Howard, Sunday Times '...a refreshing reminder of the contribution made to cililisation by some of the leading figures of this other - much maligned - institution.' - Jimmy Burns, The Tablet

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The TUC: An Assessment Walter Citrine and TUC Modernisation 1926-1939 Ernest Bevin and the TUC's War 1939-1945 Trade Union Freedom and the Labour Movement: Arthur Deaking, Frank Cousins 1945-1964 What Are We Here For? George Woodcock and TUC Reform 1960-1969 Under Siege: Vic Feather and the Battle for the TUC 1969-1973 Jack Jones and the Social Contract: Myths and Realities Into the Wilderness : The TUC Under Len Murray and Norman Willis Postscript: John Monks and New Unionism Index