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16 results found for '"GMB"' in Keywords.
Wandsworth Council and private firms (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on Wandsworth Council plans to sell services to private companies, and the strike by Prichards staff over pay and refuse collection for the area. Grand Met also had a one-day strike following a fair...
Arthur Scargill on nuclear power (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report from the TUC Conference on individual union motions about scrapping nuclear energy. Includes an interview with National Union of Mineworkers president Arthur Scargill, who says that all nuclear...
TUC reject employment training scheme (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The TUC has voted at its Bournemouth conference against backing the government’s employment training scheme and will pull out after 2 years despite a plea from Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock to become...
John Edmonds on Labour Party reform (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with John Edmonds, General Secretary of the General, Municipal and Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union supporting Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock’s drive to modernise the Labour Party...
Liverpool funeral workers threaten strike (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Simon Capman(?) reports on a dispute between Liverpool City Council and trade unions including the GMB. Funeral workers are threatening to strike with the prospect of the dead being left unburied. The...
Maastricht Treaty handed to lawyers (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Interview
Report on the Maastricht Treaty ratification, in particular the Social Chapter, and how politicians and unions are handing the problems to lawyers to sort out as they can’t agree on a way forward. Margaret...
Proposals to end British Gas monopoly (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Tanya Hines reports on a possible break up of the monopoly of British Gas after a report by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. British Gas Chief Executive Cedric Brown on how this may impact the...
Labour conference -one member one vote views (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the One Member One Vote debate (which would remove trade union black votes) following Labour Party leader John Smith’s keynote speech at the party conference in Brighton. Views from John Smith;...
Labour conference- one member one vote debate (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the One Member One Vote debate that overshadowed the Labour Party conference in Brighton which would remove trade union black votes. Speeches from John Smith, Labour Party leader; John Edmonds,...
Labour conference-Neil Kinnock on one member one vote (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Angela Rippon for her Drivetime show introduces an interview with former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock about the One Member One Vote rule change being debated at the party conference in Brighton and how...