Results
39,247 results found for all records.
Kent miners wage demands (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Kent area secretary of the NUM Jack Dunn on their reaction to an agreed productivity incentive deal, and how they are planning to take industrial action. Male interviewer not identified.
British Leyland staff cuts (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Speech
Rita Carter reports on British Leyland chairman Michael Edwardes’s planned job cuts and the meeting between BL management and the unions over the way the cuts were announced in the press. Includes press...
British Leyland toolmakers may strike (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Leyland’s toolroom trade union spokesman Roy Fraser on the prospect of strike action if they do not get a place at the negotiating table and support from other staff in Leyland. Male...
NUT pay claim (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with leader of the NUT Fred Jarvis on the pay claim being made by the union for teachers. Male interviewer not identified.
Michael Edwardes plans to save British Leyland (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on new Chairman Michael Edwardes addressing British Leyland’s shop stewards on how he hopes to save the company including losing jobs and restructuing the company. Includes a press conference by...
Eddie McGarry on British Leyland job cuts (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Leyland TGWU union shop steward leader Eddie McGarry on the prospect of job cuts at BL and if any factories will have to be shut. Male interviewer not identified. Audio quality poor.
Homeworkers wages and union representation (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter? Sharp interviews Steve Percy on the rates paid to homeworkers and the difficulties in getting a standard wage with workers across a wide spread of job types and not having a trade union. Follows...
Engineering pay claim (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Engineering Employers Federation spokesman John Porter on their annual pay offer and its rejection by unions and prospects for negotiations. Male interviewer not identified. Sound levels unequal.
British Leyland staff cuts (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Leyland trade union spokesman Derek Robinson on the prospect of new Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes making staff cuts in the company. Male interviewer not identified.
Derek Robinson on British Leyland options (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Leyland trade union spokesman Derek Robinson on the options other than staff cuts available to Michael Edwardes, the new BL Chairman to make the company economically viable. Male...