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PREM19/1540
Industrial policy (Wages Councils: international obligations under Convention 26 of the International Labour Organisation) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 307
Themes: Foreign policy (International organizations), Employment, Industry, Pay, Economic policy - theory and process

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Date Value Title
82 Apr 5 Mo Major Industrial Policy: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Wages Councils") [possible consequences of breach of International Labour Convention] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Apr 28 We Major Industrial Policy: Prior minute to MT ("Wages Councils and the Issue of Low Pay") [warns against abolition of Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 May 20 Th Major Industrial Policy: Walters minute to MT ("Wages Councils") [possible abolition of Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 May 24 Mo Major Industrial Policy: Walker minute to MT ("Wages Councils") [advises against abolition of Wages Councils and proposes alternative approach to reform] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jun 4 Fr Major Industrial Policy: Sparrow minute to MT ("Wages Councils") [proposal for regional minimum wages; reform of Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jun 17 Th Major Industrial Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Tebbit-Walters) ["Wages Councils"] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jun 30 We Major Industrial Policy: Walters minute to No.10 ("Wages Councils: Draft Paper for E Committee") [Walters "perturbed" by "dull ring of defeatism" in Tebbit's paper] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 13 Tu Major Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Wages Councils (E(82) 47, 48 and 56)") [reform of Wages Councils; International Labour Convention] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 15 Th Major Industrial Policy: Walters minute to No.10 ("Wages Councils") [approach to abolishing Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Jul 21 We Major Industrial Policy: Tebbit minute to MT ("Fair Wages Resolution") [plan to denounce ILO Convention on Fair Wages] [declassified Dec 2014]
82 Sep 30 Th Major Industrial Policy: MT letter to Francis Blanchard of the International Labour Convention (ILO Convention No. 26 and Wages Councils) [thanks Blanchard for memo on limiting scope of Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Feb 14 Mo Major Industrial Policy: Walters minute to MT ("Wages Councils and Unemployment") [increased minimum wages and impact on employment] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 18 Mo Major Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Wages Councils and International Labour Convention No 26") [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 9 Mo Major Industrial Policy: Redwood minute to MT ("Wages Councils, Jobs and the Labour Market") [need for coherent employment and labour market policies] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jul 10 Tu Major Industrial Policy: Prior minute to MT ("Wages Councils") [opposes proposal to denounce ILO Convention 26 and abolition of Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 5 We Major Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Wages Councils (E(A)(84)69)") [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th Major Industrial Policy: Letwin minute to MT ("Wages Councils") [comment on King paper; need for "robust presentation of the argument against Councils"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 14 Th Major Industrial Policy: King minute to MT ("Wages Councils - Draft Consultative Paper") [abolition or reform of Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 21 Th Major Industrial Policy: Department of Employment letter to No.10 ("Wages Councils - Consultative Paper") [final copy for publication] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jun 28 Fr Major Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Secretary of State for Employment") [abolition or reform of Wages Councils] [declassified Dec 2014]