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1979 May 31 - 1985 May 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

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
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79 May 31 Th Major Transport: No.10 note to MT (London Underground strike threatened) [“London Transport and the NUR are a long way apart on the size of a pay increase”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 1 Fr Major Transport: Department of Transport minute to MT (London Underground strike threatened) [“What form the strike might take is difficult to predict at this stage”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 6 We Major Transport: Home Office minute to Coles (“Civil Contingencies Unit”) [MT “concerned about the inter-action of such a strike with a sympathetic or parallel strike on London buses and a concurrent shortage of petrol and diesel”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 7 Th Major Transport: Gordon Taylor briefing (threatened London Transport strike) [impact of strike would depend on length] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 8 Fr Major Transport: Fowler minute to Whitelaw (London Underground strike preparations) [“It will be important for us to avoid any appearance of intervening in the tactical position that exists between the LTE and the transport unions”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 8 Fr Major Transport: Angus Maude minute to MT (“London Underground Strike”) [London Transport “wishes to stand firm and face a strike”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 11 Mo Major Transport: No.10 minute to Home Office (“London Underground Strike”) [pay discussions, impact on fares and local rates] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 12 Tu Major Transport: Fowler minute to MT (London Underground strike) [proposed pay increases, cost of settlement] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 13 We Major Transport: Fowler PS minute to Heseltine (London Underground strike contingency plans) [use of ministerial cars during strike] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 13 We Major Transport: Fowler PS minute to Heseltine (LTE arbitation procedures) [agreement to meet under ACAS for further talks] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 13 We Major Transport: Fowler PS minute to Whitelaw (London Underground strike contingency plans) [fuel supplies, position on car sharing] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 13 We Major Transport: Fowler letter to Whitelaw (“London Underground strike”) [Cutler “is prepared to stand firm, even if, as seems likely to him, the strike drags on for some time”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 13 We Major Transport: Civil Service Department minute to Keith Joseph (“London Underground Strike”) [minimizing impact of proposed strike] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 14 Th Major Transport: No.10 minute to MT (“London Underground Strike”) [“even if the unions do go to arbitration, there is a real possibility that the strike will go ahead”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 15 Fr Major Transport: Fowler PS minute to No.10 (London Underground strike) [meeting with ACAS, proposals tabled] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 15 Fr Major Transport: No.10 minute to Home Office (“Threatened Underground Strike”) [“The NUR and the London Transport Executive have agreed to put their dispute to arbitation, so the strike is off”] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jun 18 Mo Major Transport: Fowler PS minute to No.10 (London Underground strike) [proposed wage increases] [released Dec 2014]
79 Jul 13 Fr Major Transport: Department of Transport minute to Cabinet Office (“London Transport Underground Strike Negotiations: Position at 15.30 13 July”) [“LTE and the rail unions have now reached agreement on a formula which has resolved the threat of a strike next Monday”] [released Dec 2014]
80 Apr 16 We Major Transport: Fowler minute to No.10 (London Underground strike risk) [“an unusual degree of militancy amongst the bus and tubemen at present”] [released Dec 2014]
80 Apr 22 Tu Major Transport: Fowler minute to MT (“London Transport wages”) [Cutler “is naturally anxious to keep any pay settlement to a minimum because of the immediate effect on either subsidy or fares”] [released Dec 2014]