Britain’s strong labor organization bought working-class influence in war government.

Evidence

Th e preservation of workingclass organization in Britain meant that the labor movement was, from the beginning, aware of its strength and able to set some conditions for its cooperation in the prosecution of the war” … Under the war government of Lloyd George, Labour MP Arthur Henderson joined the War Cabinet. John Hodge, the secretary of the Steel Smelters, and George Barnes, the former secretary of the Amalgamated Engineers, took the new posts of minister of labour and minister of pensions, respectively. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1653

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts with Italy’s labor position and anticipates the divergence in post-war austerity politics between Britain and Italy that Mattei develops. — connects to: Labor bureaucrats steered English unionism away from class struggle into nationalism — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 239; Austerity-driven unemployment stripped organized labor of its political power in Britain. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 1503; British labour integrated into state structures without a hegemonic challenge (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Austerity-driven unemployment stripped organized labor of its political power in Britain. #contradicts (0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1503
• British labour integrated into state structures without a hegemonic challenge #expands (0.80)
• Large union membership made British unions prudent and conservative #expands (0.78)
• Labor bureaucrats steered English unionism away from class struggle into nationalism #complicates (0.75) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 239
• Postwar British workers commanded a historically unprecedented share of national income #corroborates (0.75) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 1485