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61 results found for '"Labour productivity"' in Keywords.
John Greenborough on Ford 5% pay offer (1978)
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- Interview
John Greenborough, CBI, on Ford Motors 5% pay offer to workers and need for flexibility in government’s wage policy but also not settling too high and increasing inflation. Need to lower inflation to...
James Prior on incomes policy (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with James Prior, Conservative Party employment spokesman, on the Labour government’s incomes policy and the need for a return a form of collective bargaining. There is growing discontent in...
British Leyland output (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with Terry Pattinson on low productivity of British Leyland workers which came out via a leaked report in the Daily Mirror. Recommendations of the report to improve productivity. Interviewer not...
Arthur Scargill on incentive scheme (1978)
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- Interview
Interview with Arthur Scargill, NUM, on the miners incentive scheme-claims increase in rate of accidents is due to this scheme. Rejects NCB remarks that he is reading statistics wrongly or that he is...
ASLEF calls off strike over manning in BR (1978)
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- Press conference
ASLEF calls off strike over single manning in BR following negotiations. Press conference with ASLEF spokesman on settlement, and normal duties will be resumed. Also a Mr Campbell of the managers side denies...
Miners wage claims (1978)
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- Speech
Harold Wadsworth speech (at an NUM conference?) putting forward Yorkshire miners’ claim for wages of £6,500 per year. He is against the incentive schemes.
Post Office engineers dispute (1978)
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- Interview
Norman Howard on Post Office engineers’ dispute over call for 35-hour working week, ongoing for last 7 years and now coming to a head with industrial action planned. Discuss government wage policy and...
Derek Ezra on future of coal industry (1978)
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- Interview
Sir Derek Ezra on future of coal industry and increase in productivity now incentive schemes are being taken up; no evidence of increase in accidents due to incentive schemes; economic recession reducing...
Joe Gormley on incentive schemes (1978)
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- Speech
NUM President Joe Gormley speech defending his decision to allow incentive schemes at NUM conference. The schemes give miners extra wages and have already led to increased productivity in places where they...
Kent miners wage demands (1978)
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- 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.