| Title |
Unions: general papers |
| Reference |
KNNK 15/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1983–1991 |
| Extent and Medium |
5.5 archive boxes |
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| Content and context |
Papers and correspondence on Labour's relations with the trade unions, including: various union disputes; meetings with union representatives on reform of the Labour Party; union contributions to Labour Party funds; correspondence with specific unions, particularly the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU); correspondence with the Trades Union Congress on reforms to industrial relations legislation. |
| Churchill/KNNK 15/1 contains: |
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Trade Unions: lists, general information. Correspondence, cuttings and papers, including: a list of union-sponsored MPs; forms for the election of the General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), 1984; draft text from NK for the TGWU booklet on the Political Fund; text of NK's speech from the National Pensioners' Convention, 1985; text of speech by Norman Willis, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, on the proposed abolition of the state earnings related pensions scheme; Trade Union speaker's notes for the 1983 General Election; TUC membership figures and lists of area secretaries, etc.
1 file. |
Jul 1983-Sep 1985 |
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2
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National Graphical Association dispute. Correspondence, cuttings, briefings and notes of meetings with the NGA over their dispute with Messenger Group Newspapers (owned by Eddie Shah) over union recognition and the sacking of the "Stockport Six" strikers. Correspondents include: Martin O'Neill; John Evans [employment spokesman].
1 file. |
Apr 1983-Jan 1984 |
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3
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Trade Union correspondence and briefings. General correspondence with representatives of the unions, and briefings for meetings, including: briefings for a meeting with the NGA (National Graphical Association) on the Closed Shop, with legal opinions on the effect of the European Social Charter on the charter shop; briefings for meetings with Rodney Bickerstaffe [General Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees, NUPE] on the National Policy Forum, reselection and OMOV (one member one vote); briefing for a meeting with Jimmy Knapp [General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, NUR] on a London Underground dispute; briefing for a meeting with Brenda Dean [General Secretary of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades, SOGAT]; briefing for a meeting with Ron Todd [General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, TGWU] on dock labour and avoiding differences at the Party Conference.
2 files. |
Sep 1983-May 1990 |
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4
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Trade Union correspondence. Correspondence with representatives of the unions, including Gavin Laird, General Secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) and Eric Hammond, General Secretary of the Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EEPTU), and also Max Madden. Also includes: an issue of the AEU Workers' journal, with an interview with NK; briefings for meetings with Bill Jordan, President of the AEU and Hector McKenzie (? GMB) on the 1990 conference, and also briefings on an Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel dispute, 1990.
1 file. |
Oct 1983-Jan 1990 |
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5
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Trade Union correspondence. Papers, briefings and correspondence with representatives of the unions, particularly the GMB, National and Local Government Officers Association (NALGO), National Communications Union (NCU), National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Staffs Union (TASS), Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT), Union of Communication Workers (UCW) and Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). Includes: briefing papers for a meeting with John Edmonds [General Secretary of the GMB] on the 1990 Party Conference, particularly OMOV (one man one vote) in the reselection of parliamentary candidates; briefing on devolution to regional government; text of an article by NK for the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, on the crisis in the steel industry and the closure of the Ravenscraig strip mill [Lanarkshire, Scotland]; briefing for and notes of a meeting with Alan Jenkinson, the new General Secretary of NALGO; briefing for a meeting with Tony Yung, new General Secretary of NCU; a letter from John Prescott on the National Union of Seamen (NUS) and a misleading report about the state of British shipping; briefing from UCATT for prospective parliamentary candidates; briefing for a meeting with Alan Tuffin [General Secretary of UCW] on the 1990 Party Conference; paper from the Industrial Strategy Group on the broadband network; draft article by NK for USDAW on the challenges of 1990; briefings for meetings with [David] Garfield Davies [General Secretary of USDAW] and Albert Williams [General Secretary of UCATT].
1 file. |
Oct 1983-Jul 1990 |
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6
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National Union of Journalists (NUJ). Copies of correspondence with Kenneth Ashton, General Secretary of the NUJ, on a reduction in current affairs output by the BBC and also correspondence on Patricia Hewitt's membership of the union.
1 file. |
Nov 1983-Jul 1984 |
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7
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Six Men of Dorset. Souvenir programme for a production sponsored by the Trade Union and Labour Movement to mark the150th anniversary of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
1 file. |
1984 |
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8
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GCHQ. Correspondence with the Council of Civil Service Unions on the restoration of trade union rights at GCHQ Cheltenham [Gloucestershire], following the Government's decision to bar Civil Servants at GCHQ from being union members. Other correspondents include: Denis Healey; Oonagh McDonald; Anthony Christopher, General Secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation; John Smith [Treasury and economic affairs spokesman].
1 file. |
Jan 1984-Mar 1985 |
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9
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Trade Unionists for Labour (TUFL). Papers on union contributions to Labour Party funds, including: results of political fund ballots within individual unions, 1985; report on meeting between the National Executive Committee and unions on the political fund, 1984; briefings for NK for meetings with Trade Unions for a Labour Victory (TULV) and the Trade Union Co-ordinating Committee (TUCC) and briefing on the Political Fund Ballot campaign; papers on union support for Labour, building up to the 1987 General Election.
1 file. |
Aug 1984-Jul 1986 |
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10
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Trade Unionists for Labour (TUFL). Papers on union contributions to Labour Party funds, including: copies of the TUFL accounts; replies to a union questionnaire on the political levy, political membership and political funds; briefing for a meeting with Ron Todd [General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, TGWU] and William Keys [Chairman of the Trade Union Co-ordinating Committee]; TUFL report on the period leading up to the 1987 General Election.
1 file. |
Jan 1984-Jan 1988 |
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11
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Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Staffs Union (TASS). Minutes and reports from union committee meetings, cuttings, reports on an anti-apartheid national boycott and a transcript of Weekend World programme on industrial legislation, particularly the dispute between [Keith] Rupert Murdoch [Director of News International] and the print unions over his newspaper plant at Wapping [London].
1 file. |
Sep 1984-Feb 1987 |
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12
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Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM). Correspondence and cuttings on Nottingham and the union, including: letter from John Concannon on Nottinghamshire miners' being removed from local Labour Party committees as the UDM was not affiliated to the Party; text of an address by Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), at their annual conference; issues of the Nottinghamshire Miner newsletter; copies of correspondence between Scargill and the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme's investment in the Watergate Hotel in the United States; briefing for and notes from a meeting with Nottinghamshire NUM representatives and Stanley Orme, on relations between the NUM, UDM and Labour; copies of correspondence between Orme and the Nottinghamshire NUM.
1 file. |
Feb 1986-Dec 1986 |
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13
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Trades Union Congress. Papers and correspondence on proposed reforms to industrial relations legislation, including: correspondence with Eric Hammond, General Secretary of the Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EEPTU) over remarks by John Prescott, employment spokesman about his opposition to pre-strike ballots; letter from NK to Ron Todd [General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, TGWU] on the proposed reforms; TUC papers and statements on the reforms; briefing for a TUC Liaison Committee meeting on the Policy Review People at Work group; comments from Prescott and Alexander Irvine on the reforms; correspondence with Brenda Dean, General Secretary of the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT), papers and notes from a meeting with the National Graphical Association (NGA), SOGAT and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) on the dispute between [Keith] Rupert Murdoch [Director of News International] and the print unions over his newspaper plant at Wapping [London].
1 file. |
May 1986-Sep 1986 |
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14
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News on Sunday. Correspondence with individuals including Anthony Christopher, General Secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation, [George] Nicholas Horsley [Chairman of News on Sunday Publishing] (2) and John Newbigin [policy advisor to NK], briefings and notes of meetings with unions on the financing of a new newspaper by unions and local authority pension funds.
1 file. |
Jul 1986-Aug 1986 |
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15
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Trade Union correspondence. Correspondence with union representatives, including: Clive Jenkins, General Secretary of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) (2); Hector MacKenzie, General Secretary of the Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE); Derek Foster, Opposition Chief Whip, on Joan Walley's candidature for the Social Services Security Committee; [David] Garfield Davies, General Secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW); representatives of the GMB, the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Also includes a draft letter to Norman Willis [General Secretary, Trades Union Congress] and briefing on the TUC-Labour Party Liaison Committee Management of Change seminars.
1 file. |
Nov 1986-Mar 1988 |
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16
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Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Minutes and papers of TGWU Parliamentary branch and Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs Parliamentary branch meetings. Also includes an issue of the T&G Record, with an interview with Larry Whitty, General Secretary of the Labour Party.
1 file. |
Jul 1984-Feb 1987 |
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17
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Transport and General Worker's Union Temporary Workers Rally, Jan 1987. Includes: draft and notes for NK's speech for the TGWU link-up campaign for temporary and part-time workers; copy of temporary workers' charter.
1 file. |
Dec 1986-Mar 1987 |
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18
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Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). General correspondence, papers, texts of articles and briefings for meetings with Ron Todd, General Secretary and Bill Morris [Deputy General Secretary], on subjects including: Labour Party reform; majority voting in the European Council of Ministers; the Conservative record; defence and nuclear disarmament; the Regional Broad Left.
1 file. |
Dec 1987-Dec 1990 |
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19
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Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Papers and briefings for meetings with Eddie Haigh [Assistant General Secretary], Albert Blighton, Secretary of the TGWU Conference Arrangements Committee, and Ron Todd, General Secretary, on subjects including: the TGWU conference; defence and nuclear disarmament; Labour Party reform, particularly OMOV (one man one vote) and the selection of MPs; elections to the National Executive Committee from the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union (MSF).
1 file. |
1989-Jun 1990 |
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20
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Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). Report of the enquiry into TGWU General Executive Council elections.
1 file. |
Feb 1990-Mar 1990 |
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21
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Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EEPTU). Papers and correspondence relating to the expulsion of EEPTU from the Trades Union Congress, with correspondents including: Eric Hammond, General Secretary of EEPTU (2); Larry Whitty, General Secretary of the Labour Party (3); Norman Willis, General Secretary of the TUC (2); Lord Irvine [legal and home affairs spokesman] (2). Also includes: report from the TUC General Council; notes on EEPTU's affiliation to the Labour Party; address by Hammond on relations with the TUC; TUC information note on EEPTU's expulsion.
1 file. |
May 1988-Sep 1988 |
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22
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Invitations to Union Conferences.
1 file. |
Mar 1988-Feb 1990 |
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23
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National Communications Union (NCU). Briefings for a meeting with Tony Young, General Secretary, on subjects including Labour Party reform and transcript and later account of an interview between NK and Young for the NCU journal.
1 file. |
Jul 1989-Sep 1989 |
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Press for Union Rights campaign. Papers and correspondence from a campaign for the legal rights of people at work, including: press statement from Tony Blair, employment spokesman; briefing for and notes of a meeting with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ); copies of correspondence between Harry Conroy, General Secretary of the NUJ, and Michael Howard, Secretary of State for Employment, and Patrick Nicholls, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment; background papers on trade union law.
1 file. |
Dec 1989-Jun 1990 |
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Trade Union correspondence and briefings. Includes: briefing and speech notes for a meeting on a National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) dispute over ambulance personnel; Electrical Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EEPTU) membership survey and briefing for meeting with Eric Hammond, General Secretary, on industrial relations policy.
1 file. |
Apr 1990-Jun 1990 |
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GMB Conference. Includes: briefing for a meeting with John Edmonds [General Secretary of the GMB] on Liverpool and the reselection of parliamentary candidates; arrangements for NK's visit to the conference; GBM response to a Labour consultation paper on selection and reselection, with accompanying correspondence; information on housing in Liverpool and the background to the city council's 1991-92 budget overspend.
1 file. |
Dec 1990-Jun 1991 |
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Meeting with Jimmy Knapp. Briefing for and notes of a meeting with Knapp [General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, NUR] on possible disputes by staff of London Underground and British Rail. Also includes a note on Labour's general relations with the unions.
1 file. |
c 1991 |
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28
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National Union of Teachers (NUT). Correspondence with Doug McAvoy, General Secretary, on the Schoolteachers' Pay and Conditions Bill, negotiating rights and the proposed teachers' pay review body.
1 file. |
Apr 1991-Jul 1991 |
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Print of miners returning home.
1 file. |
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