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Birmingham Trades Council Meetings

Catalogue reference: MS 1591/B/3/1

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Birmingham Trades Council Meetings dating from 1982 - 1991.

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Reference

MS 1591/B/3/1

Title

Birmingham Trades Council Meetings

Date

1982 - 1991

Description

This lever arch folder is marked Birmingham Trades Council Meetings and contains Paul Mackney's personal copies of business papers, including agendas for and minutes of meetings, reports etc. Some of these are annotated. Whilst the papers cover the full range of BTUC business during this period, there are specific references to TURC with which Mackney was closely connected. These references include: 04/03/1982 Item 11 Report of Birmingham TURC; 13/05/1982 Item 5 TURC; 07/10/1982 Item 6 Matters Arising; 04/11/1982 Item 15 Report by the President re: Activities of TURC; 06/01/1983 Item 11 Privatisation Report by Roger Kline on work of TURC & Birmingham Anti-Cuts Committee; 03/03/1983 Item 9 TURC: Action Progress Report; 11/08/1983 Item 8c Matters Arising: Resource Centre Mgt Cttee; 01/12/1988 Item 6a Matters Arising: TURC Funding; 03/10/1991 Item 6.2 Matters arising: TURC; Item 9 YETRU: Racial Harassment at Work; See note from Paul [Mackney?] to Midge [Miller] dated 08/05/1987: a call by PM for TURC to 'YETRU-ise' more of its work; a discussion of differing views between TURC Staff and BTC/TURC Mgt Cttee over whether TURC should produce a Journal for BTUC.

Held by
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Language

English

Creator(s)
Birmingham Trades Council
Physical description

1 File

Administrative / biographical background

Council was composed of delegates to BTC, nominated by individual trades unions. This was the official decision making body

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/39ce2559-c1c1-419c-b559-eb17db45b537/

Series information

MS 1591/B

Paul Mackney - Trades Unionist

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Papers of Paul Mackney

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Paul Mackney - Trades Unionist

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BTUC Birmingham Trade Union Council

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Birmingham Trades Council Meetings