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Xan Smiley on uprising in Shaba, Zaire (1978)
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Reporter, Xan Smiley on the background to the conflict in the Shaba province of Zaire. He says Shaba is a thousand miles from Kinshasa and is the richest area of Zaire because of its copper resources. The...
David Basnett on Phase 3 wage restraint negotiations (1978)
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David Basnett, Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), on Phase 3 of the Social Contract which sets wage restraints. He says there should be no structured incomes policy and a return to voluntary...
David Basnett on need for public sector wages policy (1978)
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David Basnett, Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), on the need for a public sector wages policy. He says unions should make common approaches to the Government to avoid being disadvantaged. Male...
David Basnett on unions’ vote to return to collective bargaining (1978)
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David Basnett, Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), says the Social Contract was not originally supposed to be about wage restraint. He says the TUC’s vote to return to voluntary collective...
Terry Duffy on British Leyland toolmakers (1978)
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Terry Duffy, President of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW), on his appeal to British Leyland toolmakers not to strike. Male interviewer not identified.
Roy Fraser on demands of British Leyland toolmakers (1978)
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Roy Fraser, the shop steward leading the British Leyland toolmakers’ strike, says workers are demanding an end to outsourcing, a rate of pay which reflects their responsibility and a wage comparable to...
Don Connor on Ford workers’ demands for 25 percent pay increase (1978)
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Don Connor, convenor at Ford’s Dagenham plant in Essex, says Ford can afford to give workers a 25 percent pay increase. Male interviewer not identified.
Don Connor on claims of intimidation by Ford foremen (1978)
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Don Connor, convener at Ford’s Dagenham plant, says he has never heard of any complaints by the striking factory foremen who walked out amid claims of intimidation by violent workers. He says the newspaper...
Dagenham foreman on intimidation by Ford workers (1978)
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Bonel(?) Jones, a foreman at Ford’s Dagenham plant in Essex, says foremen are intimidated by workers who are unwilling to leave their card games in the canteen when it is time to work. He says there have...
Bob McCusker on talks to end strike by Ford foremen (1978)
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Bob McCusker, of the Association of Scientific Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS), on talks to end the nationwide strike of foremen at Ford motor plants. He says the problem of intimidation will not be...