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61 results found for '"David Basnett"' in Contributors.

  • GMWU conference (1977)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report by Quinton McFarland on the General and Municipal Workers Union (GMWU) Conference, Southport, 06/77; call for return to free collective bargaining; speeches by Jack Bohanna(?); Fred Biddlestone; David...

  • David Basnett on Thatcher and trade unions (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with TUC chairman David Basnett on his reaction to Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher’s idea for a referendum on trade unions. He speaks about the lack of clarity surrounding where they...

  • TUC congress (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech

    Reports, interviews and speeches from the TUC Congress, Blackpool, 09/77. Contributors include Marie Patterson, TUC President; Shirley Goodwin, Health Visitors Association; Betty Harrison, pension...

  • GMWU view of the National Front (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with General Secretary of the GMWU David Basnett on the view of the union on its members joining the racist National Front. Male interviewer not identified.

  • TUC election support (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with trade union spokesman David Basnett about TUC support for the Labour Party during the up coming elections and about the formation of the trade union Committee for a Labour Victory. Party and...

  • David Basnett calls for unions to support Labour (1978)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by TUC Chairman David Basnett at the TUC conference in Brighton, attacking Tory policies and calling on unionists to work and vote for Labour.

  • PM speaks to TUC conference (1978)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Peter Spencer reports on Prime Minister James Callaghan’s speech to the TUC conference in Brighton, with hints election may be set for October. Includes TUC Chairman David Basnett and Hugh Scanlon speeches...

  • Labour conference - Five percent pay limit (1978)

    Genre
    Music; News report; Speech

    Report on the debate at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool on the Government’s controversial five percent pay policy. General Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees, Alan Fisher...

  • GMWU will not ban National Front members (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    David Basnett, General Secretary of the General and Municipal Workers Union, on the Union’s decision not to ban members of the right-wing National Front political party. Basnett claims that as long as...

  • Callaghan election announcement - David Basnett response (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with David Basnett, Trades Union Congress, responding to the announcement by Prime Minister James Callaghan that there will not be an early general election. Male interviewer not identified (poss....