Archive

Large scale document archive

1980 Oct 23 - 1981 Nov 9
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/518
Local government (Pay of local authority manual workers; Fire Service dispute; industrial action in the water industry) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 171

PREM19/518 - download whole file (PDF, 85.77 MB)

Selections from this file

Showing items 1 - 20 of 28

Date Value Title
80 Oct 30 Th Major Pay: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Firemen's Pay") ["A very high settlement at this stage would make it difficult to hold other public groups to low settlements"] [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 31 Fr Major Pay: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Lord Gowrie-Ibbs-Hoskyns-Wolfson-Vereker) ["Firemen's Pay"] [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 31 Fr Major Pay: Vereker note to Lankester ("Firemen's Pay") [index-linking of firemen's pay] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 3 Mo Major Pay: Lankester minute to MT ("Firemen's Pay") [outcome of meeting between Whitelaw and Local Authorities] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 3 Mo Major Pay: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Soames-Pym-Heseltine-Lord Gowrie-Armstrong-Wolfson) ["Fireman's Pay"] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 5 We Major Pay: Vereker minute to MT ("Cabinet 6 November: RSG and Fireman's Pay") [HMG willing to face industrial action by firemen] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 10 Mo Major Pay: Sanders minute to MT ("Firemen: Mr. Whitelaw's Statement") [report on Whitelaw's delivery of statement to House of Commons] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 13 Th Major Pay: Vereker minute to Duguid ("Industrial action by the firemen") [contingency plans; "battle for public opinion"] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 14 Fr Major Pay: Vereker minute to Lankester ("Firemen") ["difficulty of getting public sympathy on our side in the firemen's dispute"; Angus Maude statement to the press; Thorneycroft "has undertaken to use his influence" to ensure media attention] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 17 Mo Major Pay: Whitelaw minute to MT ("Firemen's Pay") [update on state of negotiations between local authorities and Fire Brigades' Union] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 26 We Major Pay: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Industrial Affairs: Fire Service Dispute") [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 26 We Major Pay: Vereker minute to MT ("Cabinet 27 November: Firemen's Pay, and the NHS Cash Limit") [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 27 Th Major Pay: Prior letter to MT (pay dispute with the firemen) ["I am convinced that despite all the difficulties, we should not allow a strike"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 7 We Major Pay: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Pay Negotiations in the Water Industry") [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 14 We Major Pay: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Monitoring Report - Public Trading Sector") [pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 14 We Major Pay: Ingham minute to MT ("Water Workers' Dispute") [Vereker concerned "that little is being done to mobilise public opinion against the water and sewage workers during their unions' period of consultation"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 20 Tu Major Pay: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Heseltine-Whitelaw-Prior-King-Ingham-Wolfson-Vereker) [threat of industrial action in the water industry] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 23 Fr Major Pay: Vereker minute to Ingham ("Water Workers' Dispute") [points arising from meeting of the Contingency Unit] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 27 Tu Major Pay: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prior) [water manuals pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 27 Tu Major Pay: Vereker minute to Sanders ("Water Workers Dispute") [update on pay dispute] [declassified 2011]