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61 results found for '"David Basnett"' in Contributors.
GMWU conference (1977)
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- 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 Thatcherâs idea for a referendum on trade unions. He speaks about the lack of clarity surrounding where they...
GMWU view of the National Front (1977)
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- 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 congress (1977)
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- 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...
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...
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....
Labour conference - Wage policy rejected (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the Labour Party conference in Blackpool voting against Prime Minister and party leader James Callaghan’s five percent wage policy and reaction to the vote result. With comment from General...
David Basnett on public sector pay (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
President of the Trades Union Congress, David Basnett on negotiations with the Government on pay policy. Basnett identifies Britain’s main problems as the collapse of its manufacturing industry and its...