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BOC wage negotiations (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Chief union negotiator John Miller was pleased that the British Oxygen Company (BOC) ignored Prime Minister James Callaghan’s five percent wage increase guidelines during their negotiations. Miller claims...
Clive Jenkins on Chrysler takeover (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Clive Jenkins, General Secretary of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staff, on the proposed takeover of Chrysler by Peugeot. Jenkins says that cars are becoming more advanced and there...
Peugeot-Chrysler merger (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Press conference
Jim Dallmeyer reports on Peugeot’s takeover of Chrysler. Trade union spokesman Grenville Hawley says there will be no closures of UK factories as a result. General Secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering...
Sir Terence Beckett attacks unions (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Interview
Sir Terence Beckett, Managing Director of the Ford motor company, criticises the unions’ refusal to discuss the efficiency of the workforce. Beckett claims that Ford is doing all it can to support the...
Dennis Kelly on stewards blocking Ford exports (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Liverpool port steward Dennis Kelly on the decision to block the import and export of Ford cars. Kelly says workers at the factories deserve a larger portion of the company’s profits. He says he wants to...
Paul Davis on Ford talks (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Trade union spokesman Paul Davis on the ongoing negotiations with Ford over workers’ pay. Davis says that Ford management has agreed to revise its pay offer, and he is quite happy with the day’s...
Workers’ leader on Ford talks (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
John Greenborough of the CBI on pay negotiations with Ford and whether they are related to the Government’s five percent pay increase limit. Male interviewer not identified.
Ron Todd on making Ford strike official (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Chief negotiator for Ford workers, Ron Todd says he is happy to discuss pay offers at any time. He says it is only a matter of time before all unions declare the strike official. Opens with strikers’...
Rejection of Ford pay offer (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Ford negotiator Paul Roots, on the ongoing negotiations with workers after unions refused the latest pay package. Roots expresses his frustration that talks have broken down and says unions should come back...
Rejection of Vauxhall pay offer (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Gould reports on talks between Vauxhall management and union representatives. Jack Whyman, leader of the union delegation, says they have rejected the first pay offer put forward by Vauxhall. It is...