Road sweepers' strike - Lambeth, 1979
1979 1974-79 "Road sweepers' strike - Lambeth, 1979" [BW0096], 1979, Trades Union Congress In July 1978, the Labour Government introduced a new guideline for pay rises of 5%. The TUC voted on 26 July to reject the limit and insist on a return to free collective bargaining. Although th...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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London
1979
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/BDA7DA71-481F-4DDB-A00C-2629E46CDD1D http://hdl.handle.net/10796/D1823215-9EF1-4624-BE56-095B8CA1D2BD |
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"Road sweepers' strike - Lambeth, 1979" [BW0096], 1979, Trades Union Congress
In July 1978, the Labour Government introduced a new guideline for pay rises of 5%. The TUC voted on 26 July to reject the limit and insist on a return to free collective bargaining. Although the government did not make the 5% limit a legal requirement, it decided to impose sanctions on government contractors who broke the limit.
On 22 January, 1979 public sector unions held a "Day of Action", in which they held a 24-hour strike and marched to demand a £60 per week minimum wage. Many workers stayed out indefinitely after that day. This photo shows a Transport and General Workers' picket outside a street cleaners' depot in Lambeth on February 7. The local authority workers dispute was settled on February 21 with an 11% increase plus £1 per week |
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