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Whitley|ˈhwɪtlɪ|
The name of J. H. Whitley (1866–1935), chairman of a committee set up in 1916 to consider relations between employers and employees, used attrib. with reference to the recommendations of this committee concerning good industrial relations, etc.
1917in State Service (1969) Sept. 226/3 The application of the Whitley report should be extended to occupations of a purely commercial or clerical character. 1919Manch. Guardian 11 Feb. 7/3 (heading) The Whitley councils. 1923Daily Mail 29 Jan. 7 Mistress and maid should be their own Whitley Council. 1924Glasgow Herald 20 Sept. 11 During the war and after the war Whitley bodies were set up in industries which up till then had nothing of the kind. Ibid., The Whitley machinery could be used to discuss reduction in wages. 1928Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inquiry) iii. v. 174 It is important to understand the causes of the limited degree of success which has attended the Whitley scheme. 1976Star (Sheffield) 3 Dec. 5/2 He recommends that a national forum be set up where Ministers can discuss policies with staff representatives, along with new regional Whitley Councils, and local committees.
Hence ˈWhitleyism, the use of Whitley Councils or similar methods for dealing with relations between employers and employees.
1919Manch. Guardian 28 Feb. 14/4 Judge Parry..criticised the bureaucracy for its failure to apply the principles of ‘Whitleyism’ to departments of the Government service. 1928Daily Tel. 14 Aug. 10/6 There has now followed a striking development, completing the destruction of Whitleyism in the Post Office. 1969State Service Sept. 226/1 (heading) Whitleyism in the Civil Service. |