1979 Sep 5 - 1985 Oct 14
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1662
Civil Service (Industrial relations in the Civil Service: Department of Health and Social Security industrial action)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 213 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 41 - 53 of 53
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 85 Jan 8 Tu | Minor | Civil service: Cabinet Office letter to Fowler PS (“Newcastle Computer Centre Strike”) [correspondence downgraded from secret to confidential] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 23 We | Major | Civil service: Fowler minute to MT (“Newcastle shiftworkers dispute”) [“This long dispute has been costly but it has achieved an important result in demonstrating our determination to make change where change is necessary”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Jan 29 Tu | Major | Civil service: Barney Hayhoe letter to Fowler (“Newcastle shiftworkers dispute”) [lessons to be learnt] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Feb 4 Mo | Major | Civil service: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to Fowler PS (“Newcastle shift workers’ dispute”) [“welcomes Mr. Fowler’s intention to discuss the lessons to be learned”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Mar 18 Mo | Major | Civil service:DHSS letter to Cabinet Office(“‘Sunday Times’ article - 17 March 1985”) [leak of documents on Newcastle DHSS computer strike] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Mar 19 Tu | Major | Civil service: Barney Hayhoe letter to Tom King (“Trade Union Act 1984”) [“there is a contract of employment between the Crown and civil servants”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Mar 20 We | Major | Civil service: Lord Advocate letter to Barney Hayhoe (“Trade Union Act 1984”) [“we have never admitted publicly that there is a contract of employment between the Crown and individual civil servants”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Mar 20 We | Major | Civil service: Barney Hayhoe minute to MT (“Industrial action in the civil service: use of the Trade Union Act 1984”) [“legal advice is that we have an excellent chance of success”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 May 17 Fr | Major | Civil service: Howe minute to MT (“Possible industrial action by FCO communications staff”) [Union seeking assurances in light of new computerised system requiring less staff ] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 May 21 Tu | Major | Civil service: Lawson minute to Howe (“Possible industrial action by FCO communications staff”) [“we should not be seen to be giving way in the face of industrial threats in this particular case”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 May 30 Th | Major | Civil service: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Possible industrial action by FCO communications staff”) [negotiations and action postponed] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Aug 9 Fr | Major | Civil service: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“FCO communications”) [“Treasury and FCO officials have reached a satisfactory agreement which the CSU have now accepted”] [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Oct 11 Fr | Major | Civil service: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (“Industrial action by CPSA at Companies Registration Office”) [“a firm stand is needed, especially in view of the programme of improvements in efficiency over the next several years”] [declassified 2014] |