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The General Strike
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Series
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service: Collective Conciliation: Case Files
Catalogue reference: CW 9
What's it about?
CW 9
This series contains Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Collective Conciliation case files.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CW 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service: Collective Conciliation: Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Collective Conciliation case files.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ACAS, CA, AB
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, 1975-1975
- Conciliation and Arbitration Service, 1974-1975
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 100 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2022 Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Labour
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The National Archives records selection criteria 3.2: records which illustrate a significant event/policy which lead to a change in policy, set a precedent or caused controversy and add to what is already known; ie case files.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) is responsible for helping trade unions and management of a business or organisation to resolve conflict at work. The Conciliation and Arbitration Branch were responsible for providing conciliation and mediation as a means of avoiding and resolving industrial disputes. Conciliation is where ACAS helps parties reach their own agreement and outcome.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13504272/
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