PAY RISES IN U.K.
Unions may ask for 5 per cent (N.Z.P.A.Reuter—Copyright > LONDON, April 14. British trade unions are considering a plan to ask the Labour Government for a 5 per cent wage rise this year, instead of the 3 per cent limit they have been asked to accept, according to informed union sources in London. This could be part of the unions’ answer to the unprecedented proposals by the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Denis Healey) in his Budget last week, in which he asked the unions to accept a 3 per cent limit in return for back-dated tax concessions. The Prime Minister (Mr Callaghan) told Parliament yesterday that the Chancellor was waiting to hear what the unions intended to do, so that he could “adjust his Budget accordingly.” Mr Callaghan’s remark gave rise to a storm of protest from Opposition Conservatives, who maintain that the Government is abdicating its responsibility to the powerful unions.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34129, 15 April 1976, Page 13
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