Iron and Steel Act 1967
The Iron and Steel Act 1967 was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which regulated corporate governance in the iron and steel industries. It required that employees had voting rights for the board of directors.
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| Long title | An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Steel Corporation and the transfer thereto of the securities of certain companies engaged in the production of steel and, in connection therewith, to revive certain provisions of the Iron and Steel Act 1949 and continue others in force and to amend certain of the revived provisions; to make fresh provision for the control of the provision of iron and steel production facilities; to dissolve the Iron and Steel Board and amend the provisions of the Iron and Steel Act 1953 concerning the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 1967 c. 17 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 22 March 1967 |
Contents
Schedule 4, Part V, stated that the corporation was required to participate in discussions with the workforce. Under this provision, worker directors were introduced in 1969.
See also
References
- Labour Party, Industrial Democracy (1967) §92
- E Ganguin, ‘B.S.C.’s worker directors take stock of their first year’ (25 June 1969) Financial Times
- Bacot, ‘Blue Collars in the Boardroom’ (May 1972) Bus Ad 88
- P Brannen, ‘Worker directors: an approach to analysis. The case of the British Steel Corporation’ in C Crouch and FA Heller, Organizational Democracy and Political Processes (Wiley 1983) vol I, ch 6
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