Dave Bowman on NUR wage demands

Title

Dave Bowman on NUR wage demands

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:04:32

Description

Peter Allen interviews Dave Bowman of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) on the union’s 60 percent wage demand. Bowman is critical of Chancellor Denis Healey’s severe wage restrictions and says wages are not the only cause for rises in inflation.

Contributors

Peter Allen; Dave Bowman

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour Party; Wages; Inflation; Wage policy; Economics; NUR; Railway workers; Incomes policy; Collective bargaining; Denis Healey

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