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  • Soviet cosmonauts return to earth (1978)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the return to earth of Soviet cosmonauts Colonel Vladimir Kovalyonok and Alexander Ivanchenko after four and a half months in space on board the space station Salyut 6, breaking the endurance...

  • International reaction to US economic measures (1978)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the reaction of international exchanges to US President Jimmy Carter’s anti-inflation measures with the Bank of Japan buying between six hundred and seven hundred million dollars in a bid to...

  • BL pay claim call to management (1978)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by Derek Robinson, British Leyland chief union negotiator at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham, calling on the BL management to accept a pay claim and avoid industrial action.

  • British Oxygen Company dispute (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with union negotiator John Miller, about a dispute over wages at the British Oxygen Company. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian White).

  • Rail passengers view on BR fare increases (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with John Oliver, Chairman of the Rail Passengers Association, about the announcement of fare increases by British Rail. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Union reaction to Ford pay offer (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with TGWU leader Ron Todd about a twelve and a half percent pay offer by Ford Motor Company. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Ford dispute - wives meeting in Southampton (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Telephone interview with Jean Russell, wife of a Ford worker, on a meeting at the company’s Southampton plant by wives aimed at getting their husbands back to work during a labour dispute over wages, and...

  • Ford dispute - rejection of offer (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Bernard Passingham, TGWU negotiator at Ford, on the rejection of a seventeen percent pay offer by workers. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Ford dispute - rejection of offer (1978)

    Genre
    Speech

    Speech by a male union official (not identified) during the rejection by Ford workers of the company’s seventeen percent pay offer.

  • Ford dispute - reaction to rejection of offer (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with union negotiator Ron Todd, about the Ford workers’ rejection of the company’s seventeen percent pay offer. Male interviewer not identified.