Wages, 1970

Scope and Content

Correspondence, memoranda, cuttings, minutes of meetings of the Tripartite Sub-Committee of the cotton unions and of the BTEA and the unions, and research notes concerning the 1970 pay round. The unions made a claim for a 50s. flat rate advance; in May 1970 a raise of 35s. was agreed to run for one year from June 1970, with provision for further advances if cost-of-living thresholds were breached.