Editing In Place of Strife (section)

{{Short description|1969 UK Government white paper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
[[File:InPlaceofStrife.jpg|thumb|300px|''In Place of Strife'' ([[Command paper|Cmnd 3888]])]]
'''''In Place of Strife''''' ([[Command paper|Cmnd 3888]]) was a [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK Government]] [[white paper]] written in 1969.<ref name="castle obit">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/932237.stm |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=3 May 2002 |access-date=1 October 2010 |title=Barbara Castle: Labour's red queen}}</ref> It was a proposed act to use the law to reduce the power of [[trade unions in the United Kingdom]], but was never passed into law.<ref name="castle obit"/> The title of the paper was a reworking of the title of [[Aneurin Bevan|Nye Bevan]]'s book ''[[In Place of Fear]]''.

It was proposed by the [[Secretary of State for Employment|Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity]], [[Barbara Castle]].<ref name="castle obit"/>  Amongst its numerous proposals were plans to force unions to call a [[ballot]] before a [[strike action|strike]] was held and establishment of an Industrial Board to enforce settlements in industrial disputes. The [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], [[Harold Wilson]], was divided over the issue.<ref name="castle obit"/> The proposals had been drafted in secret by Wilson and Castle.<ref name="straw"/> Divisions quickly appeared within the Cabinet when the proposals were presented, with the opposition led by Home Secretary [[James Callaghan]].<ref name="straw">{{cite news |author=Jack Straw |author-link=Jack Straw |work=[[New Statesman]] |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/node/158109 |title=Socialism's first lady |date=28 July 2003 |access-date=1 October 2010 }}</ref> A settlement was eventually reached with the [[Trades Union Congress]] whereby the proposals were dropped.<ref name="castle obit"/>

Although the paper itself never resulted in legislation, it was influential in the drafting of the [[Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974]] ("TULRA"). TULRA, which subsequently became the [[Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992]], had repealed [[Robert Carr]]'s controversial [[Industrial Relations Act 1971]]. The white paper's requirement that strike action could only take place after a trade union ballot would later become a key component of TULRA.

A copy of the paper may be downloaded from the [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|National Archives]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Castle |first=Barbara |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7660873 |title=Memorandum Former Reference: C (69) 123, Industrial Policy |date=1969-09-23}}</ref>