Trade union leaders respond to Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget

Title

Trade union leaders respond to Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:21

Description

Report on response by trade union leaders to Chancellor Geoffrey Howe’s first Budget as they leave a meeting to discuss it, with concerns over implications for pay and rising prices. Reaction from Moss Evans of the TGWU; David Basnett, GMWU; Terry Duffy, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW); Frank Chapple, Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EETPU); Clive Jenkins of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS). Vivian White reports.

Contributors

Clive Jenkins; Moss Evans; David Basnett; Vivian White; Frank Chapple; Terry Duffy

Keywords

Budgets; Trade unions; Government; TGWU; Wages; Prices; Conservative Party; GMWU; AUEW; ASTMS; Geoffrey Howe; National budgets; Value Added Tax; Standard of living; EETPU

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