Download or read book The World of Labour written by G. D. H. Cole and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cole saw the trade unions as being critical to progress, but to realise their role they needed to change and the issue of trade union structure therefore became fundamental. He considered in this volume that trade union structure was a central problem of the labour movement – he described British trade unionism as a movement bereft of ideas and policy. He discusses the evolution in the trade unions to cover not only wages and working conditions but the organisation and control of industry.