LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

New Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit on unions and unemployment

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Sep 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:36

Description

Industrial editor John Perkins interviews newly appointed Employment Secretary Norman Tebbit following Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet reshuffle. Covering the government’s possible confrontation with the TUC and trade unions over wage restraint and announcement of a 4 percent wage increase ceiling. Also on Tebbit’s plans to tackle unemployment, and the planned introduction of trade union reform legislation.

Contributors

John Perkins; Norman Tebbit

Keywords

Trade unions; Industry; Wages; Wage policy; TUC; Margaret Thatcher; Labour relations; Unemployment; Employment; Prime ministers; Norman Tebbit; Government policy; Cabinet ministers; Law reform; Political appointments; Employment legislation; Competitiveness (business)

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