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1979 Nov 30 - 1985 Oct 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1541
Industrial policy (Industrial action in the oil industry: possible tanker drivers' strike; contingency planning)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 187
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79 Dec 1 Sa Major Trade Unions: Howell minute to Whitelaw (“Prospect of industrial action in the oil industry”) [negotiations between oil companies and drivers not going well] [declassified 2014]
79 Dec 10 Mo Major Trade Unions: Whitelaw minute to MT (“Contingency planning for industrial action by oil tanker drivers”) [use of military personnel in event of strike] [declassified 2014]
79 Dec 13 Th Major Trade Unions: Whitelaw minute to MT (“Contingency planning for industrial action by oil tanker drivers”) [dispute resolved; risk of strikes low] [declassified 2014]
80 Jan 4 Fr Major Trade Unions: Whitelaw minute to MT (“Contingency planning for industrial action by oil tanker drivers”) [Service instructors on 24 hours notice to train; risk of strike still remote] [declassified 2014]
81 Oct 29 Th Major Trade Unions: Vereker minute to Scholar (“Industrial action by oil tanker drivers”) [contingency plans for oil strike] [declassified 2014]
81 Oct 30 Fr Major Trade Unions: Lawson minute to MT (“Contingency planning for industrial action by oil tanker drivers”) [need to plan for the worst] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 3 Tu Major Trade Unions: Armstrong minute to Whitmore (“Contingency planning for industrial action by oil tanker drivers”) [need to restrict the circulation of correspondence relating to possible strike] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 4 We Major Trade Unions: Vereker minute to Scholar (“Oil tanker drivers’ dispute”) [good grounds for expecting a peaceful settlement] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 4 We Major Trade Unions: Wade-Gery minute to Scholar (“Oil tanker drivers”) [Military contingency plan needs to be made ready] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 10 Tu Major Trade Unions: Wade-Gery minute to Halliday (“Oil tanker drivers”) [army to be alerted] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 10 Tu Major Trade Unions: Armstrong briefing for MT (“Oil tanker drivers”) [briefing before cabinet meeting] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 10 Tu Major Trade Unions: Wade-Gery minute to Halliday (“Oil tanker drivers: contingency measures”) [troops ready if strike action decided] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 13 Fr Major Trade Unions: John Vereker minute to Scholar (“Oil tanker drivers”) [CCU conclusions that it is unlikely industrial action will occur before 23rd November] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 17 Tu Major Trade Unions: Lawson minute to MT (“Oil tanker drivers”) [Oil unions vote developments] [declassified 2014]
81 Nov 25 We Major Trade Unions: Lawson minute for MT (“Oil tanker drivers”) [further developments with the oil union votes] [declassified 2014]
81 Dec 2 We Major Trade Unions: Chadwick minute to MT (“Oil tanker drivers”) [threat of strike lifted] [declassified 2014]
82 Dec 8 We Major Trade Unions: Burr minute to Vereker (“Oil tanker drivers: contingeny planning”) [inability of market forces to supply oil in event of strike] [declassified 2014]
82 Dec 13 Mo Major Trade Unions: Walters minute to Rowlatt (“Oil tanker drivers: contingency planning”) [rejects opposition to market forces as the basis of supplying fuel in a strike; government would rely on price mechanism] [declassified 2014]
83 Oct 13 Th Major Trade Unions: Armstrong minute to MT (“Withstanding an oil tanker drivers’ strike”) [conclusions of report] [declassified 2014]
83 Oct 26 We Major Trade Unions: Walker minute to MT (“Withstanding an oil tanker drivers’ strike”) [comments on report - servicemen should be used as much as possible; do not agree with report's faith in price mechanism] [declassified 2014]