Engineering strikes, 1979

1979 1974-79 "Engineering strikes, 1979" [BW0199], 1979, Trades Union Congress During the summer and autumn of 1979, the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions organised an overtime ban and a series of one day stoppages in support of a claim for a basic weekly wage of £80 for...

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Institution:TUC - Trade Union Congress Library
Language:English
Published: London 1979
United Kingdom
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description 1979 1974-79 "Engineering strikes, 1979" [BW0199], 1979, Trades Union Congress During the summer and autumn of 1979, the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions organised an overtime ban and a series of one day stoppages in support of a claim for a basic weekly wage of £80 for skilled craftsmen. This photo shows the picket line at BL Ltd [British Leyland], Cowley during the strike on 13 August 1979.
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institution TUC - Trade Union Congress Library
is_hierarchy_title Engineering strikes, 1979
language English
physical Photograph
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publishDate 1979
publisher London
United Kingdom
spellingShingle Trade Union Congress, UK
Car industry
Shipbuilding
Strikes (search also under the names of individual strikes)(RT: Strikebreaking; Lockouts; Right to strike)(BT: Labour disputes)(NT: Picketing)
Engineering strikes, 1979
title Engineering strikes, 1979
topic Trade Union Congress, UK
Car industry
Shipbuilding
Strikes (search also under the names of individual strikes)(RT: Strikebreaking; Lockouts; Right to strike)(BT: Labour disputes)(NT: Picketing)
url http://hdl.handle.net/10796/1814757E-AA96-48A0-8FF5-8D74ECD30207
http://hdl.handle.net/10796/462B8B48-C7E1-46E7-8095-D449F03C33A9