Prime Minister addresses TUC conference

Title

Prime Minister addresses TUC conference

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

4 Sep 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:05

Description

Tom Maddocks reports on Prime Minister James Callaghan’s speech to the TUC conference in Brighton, calling them to vote for Labour in the next election and to support the 5% pay policy. Election is likely to be this year. ALan Fisher, General Secretary of NUPE, was not too impressed; Sidney Weighell, head of the NUR, and Denis Healey on union support for pay policy.

Contributors

James Callaghan; Alan Fisher; Sidney Weighell; Denis Healey; Tom Maddocks

Keywords

Elections; Trade unions; Labour Party; Wages; Wage policy; TUC; James Callaghan

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