Ford Motor Company9 October 1978
Agrees to negotiate despite the government's wage restraint policy.
Great Britain · Politics / Trade Unions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Agrees to negotiate despite the government's wage restraint policy.
Accept a seventeen percent settlement that breaks the pay guideline.
Public sector workers reject low pay limits before the winter strikes.
Strike action challenges the government's five percent pay limit.
Lorry drivers' action becomes part of the wider Winter of Discontent.
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