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The Winter of Discontent was the period between late September 1978 and February 1979 in the United Kingdom characterised by widespread strikes by private, and later public, sector trade unions demanding pay rises greater than the limits Prime Minister James Callaghan and his Labour Party government had been imposing, against Trades Union Congress (TUC) opposition, to control inflation.
It was run by the Conservative Party in 1978 in anticipation that Labour Party Prime Minister James Callaghan would call a general election. It was revived for the general election campaign the next year, after the government lost a vote of no confidence in the wake of the Winter of Discontent. It was designed by advertising agency Saatchi ...
The union strikes affected Britain during the Winter of Discontent (1978–1979) as public services ground to a halt. Furthermore, inflation was back in double digits. The House of Commons passed a vote of no confidence in late March 1979, by one vote.
He gambled that a fifth year would further improve the economy and allow him to be re-elected in 1979, and so he attempted to hold pay rises to 5% or less. The trade unions rejected continued wage restraint and in a wave of widespread strikes over the winter of 1978–79 (known as the Winter of Discontent) secured higher pay. The industrial ...
The Winter of Discontent refers to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, ... the 8th episode of the 7th season of TV series American Horror Story; Other uses
The Labour campaign was hampered by recent memories of a series of industrial disputes and strikes during the winter of 1978–79, known as the Winter of Discontent, and the party focused its campaign on support for the National Health Service and full employment. After intense media speculation that a general election would be held before the ...
7 Sep. 1978 On the Winter of Discontent Harold Wilson: 14 Oct. 1974 On the Labour Party manifesto Edward Heath: 7 Feb. 1974 On the eve of the general election: 13 Dec. 1973 On the three-day week 31 Dec. 1972 On the entering of the UK into the European Common Market (European Union) 27 Feb. 1972 On Inflation and the Miners strike Harold Wilson
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