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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)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 171
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81 Jan 7 We Major Pay: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Pay Negotiations in the Water Industry") [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 26 We Major Pay: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Industrial Affairs: Fire Service Dispute") [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 Nov 9 Mo Major Pay: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Water Manuals Pay Negotiations") [Howe questions Heseltine's assumptions about pay and impact of industrial action] [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 13 Tu Major Pay: Heseltine minute to MT ("Water Manuals Pay Negotiations") [assessment of prospects] [declassified 2011]
81 Nov 3 Tu Major Pay: Heseltine minute to MT ("Water Manuals Pay Negotiations") [update] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 9 Mo Major Pay: Heseltine minute to MT (pay dispute with water workers) [update on pay dispute] [declassified 2011]
81 Oct 23 Fr Major Pay: Hoskyns minute to MT ("Industrial Action in the Water Industry") [comment on MISC 61 report] [declassified 2011]
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]
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]
80 Nov 3 Mo Major Pay: Lankester minute to MT ("Firemen's Pay") [outcome of meeting between Whitelaw and Local Authorities] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 23 Mo Major Pay: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Heseltine-King-Armstrong-Wade-Gery) ["Water Workers Dispute"] [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 27 Tu Major Pay: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Prior) [water manuals pay negotiations] [declassified 2011]
81 Jul 17 Fr Major Pay: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Chancellor of the Exchequer) [police pay] [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 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 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]
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]