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Categories: British trade unions history, Winter in the United Kingdom, 1978 in the United Kingdom, Rail transport strikes, Inflation in the United Kingdom
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Winter of Discontent  "Winter of Discontent"  1979 winter  British winter of 1978-1979  the Winter of Discontent
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The Winter of Discontent was the period between November 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 opposition, to control inflation. Wikipedia
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The Winter of Discontent was the period between November 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 opposition, to control inflation. Wikipedia
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political crisis
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Winter of Discontent
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1979 winter, British winter of 1978-1979, the Winter of Discontent, Winter of 1978-1979, Winter of 1978-79 in the United Kingdom, Winter of 1978–1979, Winter of discontent
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