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Government cuts (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
? Perkins reports on the effect of government cuts on health, transport, building industry. Speaking are: Stanley Orme, Labour MP; Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine who orderd the cuts; Kenneth Clarke;...
Government decentralisation (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Ian Wrigglesworth (civil servants’ union) on plans to move out of Whitehall. Says the UK economy would benefit in the short term from the dispersal of government departments out of London and the South East.
Education cuts (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Fred Jarvis of the NUT, on teachers being compromised by cuts, and the union’s advice to its members.
Coal strikes to go ahead (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
TGWU official George Henderson, on miners’ grievances and conference resolution to hold a series of one-day strikes until Christmas/New Year. According to Henderson, January may see a stepping up of the...
Joe Gormley on miners wage rises (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
NUM President Joe Gormley, on the need for negotiation and compromise by all parties involved in wages discussions, from day to day. He feels miners and union need to be realistic, and explains his strategy....
British Leyland ballot (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Michael Edwardes, Chief Executive of British Leyland, on the forthcoming ballot. He believes that BL can achieve a recovery plan and so have a future, provided an overwhelming majority of its workers vote...
British Leyland ballot (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Pat Lowry of British Leyland, on the way forward for the company after a resounding ‘yes’ vote by its workers. He hopes that the TGWU will change its policy on the recovery plan. Male interviewer not...
British Leyland ballot (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Union representative Todd Sullivan, following the ballot of British Leyland workers on Leyland Chief Executive Michael Edwardes’ proposals. Male interviewer not identified.
British Leyland production (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Jim Pickard, chairman of the Park Royal shop stewards, responds to British Leyland Chairman Michael Edwardes’s charge that production at British Leyland has been held back. Pickard strenuously denies the...
Roy Orchard on British Leyland protest (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Longbridge shop steward Roy Orchard (possibly during a demonstration against Michael Edwardes’s plans for British Leyland), on the government’s lack of sympathy for the workers, need to safeguard jobs,...