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28,816 results found for all records.
EEC budget proposals - Christopher Tugendhat view (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British EC Commissioner, Christopher Tugendhat, on the EEC budget proposals for the coming year and the UK budget contribution agreed. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Nick Peters?).
TGWU membership falls (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Moss Evans, TGWU, on a fall in union membership due partly to rising unemployment. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian White?). Start is cut.
Miners accept pay deal (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with National Coal Board (NCB) Chairman Sir Derek Ezra on the decision of the miners to except a thirteen percent pay increase. Male interviewer not identified (poss. John Perkins?).
len Murray on unemployment figures (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with TUC General Secretary Len Murray on high levels of unemployment in the UK. He says the true number of the people out of work far exceeds the number given by the Conservative...
Steel workers ballot (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bill Sirs, ISTC, on a ballot sent out to steel workers urging members to reject job cuts advocated by the British Steel Corporation (BSC) and its Chairman Ian MacGregor. Male interviewer not...
Michael Edwardes on BL future (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Leyland Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes on the future of BL in the 1980s and the cost-cutting programme that the company will have to make if it is survive. Male interviewer not...
NUM 35 percent pay claim (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with NUM leader Joe Gormley on the 35 percent pay claim put to the National Coal Board by the NUM. Male interviewer not identified (Vivian White?).
TUC congress - Moss Evans interview (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Moss Evans, TGWU, prior to the start of the 1980 TUC Congress in Brighton where he discusses the mood of delegates and the subjects likely to be debated at the conference including rising...
British steel survival plan proposed by Ian MacGregor (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the proposed survival plan for the British steel industry advocated by the new BSC Chairman Ian MacGregor including loss of 20,000 workers. The plans are being put to the workforce by ballot....
Thatcher on British Leyland, economy and Olympics boycott (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Allen interviews Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the effects of a current British Leyland strike on the future of BL and the prospects for the new Mini Metro car. Also on high unemployment,...