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PREM19/1651
Transport (London Underground dispute, June 1979: reactivation of Civil Contingencies Unit; arbitration; London Transport pay; threatened London Underground and bus strikes)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 122
Themes: Employment, Pay, Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, Local government

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Date Value Title
81 Jun 5 Fr Major Transport: No.10 minute to Department of Transport (“London Transport: Pay”) [government position] [released Dec 2014]
81 Jun 6 Sa Major Transport: Fowler statement (“Priorities in Transport Spending”) [“Some councils claim they have a mandate from their electors to reduce fares, even if it means putting up rates”] [released Dec 2014]
81 Jul 7 Tu Major Transport: Department of Transport minute to Cabinet Office (“London Underground Strike Threat: 20th July”) [“There is at present no indication that NUR members on BR will take any action in support of the underground strike”] [released Dec 2014]
81 Jul 13 Mo Major Transport: Fowler minute to MT (“British Rail and London Underground”) [Livingstone’s position on pay increases, negotiations] [released Dec 2014]
82 Mar 4 Th Major Transport: Howell minute to MT (“London Transport Strike on 10 March”) [“It is not possible to give a reliable assessment on what will happen to traffic in London”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 26 Mo Major Transport: Ridley minute to MT (“London Underground Strike”) [“seems very likely that the unions will succeed in stopping all services on the London Underground, and almost all services on London Transport buses”] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Transport: Ridley PS letter to No.10 (“London Underground - Strike Threat”) [“the signs are that the NUR will ignore the injunction and press on with an official strike”] [released Dec 2014]
85 May 20 Mo Major Transport: Ridley PS letter to No.10 (“London Underground Strike”) [“some 21,500 NUR men were called out on official strike from midnight last night”] [released Dec 2014]