Labour conference - Wage policy rift

Title

Labour conference - Wage policy rift

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Oct 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:04:09

Description

Unidentified male union member on opposition to Prime Minister and party leader James Callaghan’s five percent wage policy following the vote to reject it at the Labour Party conference in Blackpool. He comments on the lack of a union alternative policy except for free collective bargaining. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Ed Boyle).

Contributors

Ed Boyle?

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour Party; Wages; Inflation; Wage policy; Political conferences; James Callaghan; Unemployment; Political parties; Conferences; Collective bargaining; Economic policy; Moss Evans; Blackpool; Market economy

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