NUPE picket, 1979
1979 1974-79 "NUPE picket, 1979" [BW0157], 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...
| 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/10796/2B210367-C801-48E9-828D-65D28095D818 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/AE04F0B1-1FCB-428B-A2E6-998BF4D73330 |
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"NUPE picket, 1979" [BW0157], 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 photograph shows dustmen and street cleaners standing around a brazier on a National Union of Public Employees picket line in a refuse disposal depot in Southwark, London. The local authority workers dispute was settled on February 21 with an 11% increase plus £1 per week. |
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