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WHAT HAPPENED ON 9th September 1996?
8th September 1996
EX-BELGIAN MINISTER IN MURDER ARREST
A former Belgian government minister has been arrested in connection with the unsolved murder of a former socialist deputy prime minister in 1991 Alain Van der Biest was detained over the killing of Andre Cools following testimony by his former secretary Richard Taxquet. It was followed by the resignation of one of the case's police investigators. A statement said Raymond Brose quit over doubts about his professionalism.
9th September 1996
The TUC is angered by Government plans
to curb strike action. Nick Jones: On the first day of their conference TUC delegates found themselves back under the political spotlight. The Government & Labour appear to be competing to find new ways of curbing strike action. This summer's one day stoppages by postal & railway workers have caused considerable disruption but at minimum cost to union members.
9th September 1996
The TUC is angered by Government plans
to curb strike action. Nick Jones: In her opening address this year's TUC president Margaret Prosser attacked any move by the Government to withdraw the right to strike in essential services. Of course strikes were inconvenient but the right to withdraw labour was a fundamental human right she said. The one idea union leaders would like to discuss with either the Government or Labour is encouraging voluntary arbitration.
8th September 1996
IRAQ MUST PAY FOR AGGRESSION SAYS US
Saddam Hussein must be made to pay for acts of Iraqi aggression the US Secretary of State has reaffirmed. Warren Christopher said the US would mount more strikes if Iraq made further incursions in the north of the country. He told BBC1's Breakfast with Frost the Kurdish conflict had given Saddam an "interesting pretext" on which to test the will of the West. He said the need in the region now was for "watchful waiting".
9th September 1996
The TUC is angered by Government plans
to curb strike action. Nick Jones: On the first day of their conference TUC delegates found themselves back under the political spotlight. The Government & Labour appear to be competing to find new ways of curbing strike action. This summer's one day stoppages by postal & railway workers have caused considerable disruption but at minimum cost to union members.
9th September 1996
The TUC is angered by Government plans
to curb strike action. Nick Jones: In her opening address this year's TUC president Margaret Prosser attacked any move by the Government to withdraw the right to strike in essential services. Of course strikes were inconvenient but the right to withdraw labour was a fundamental human right she said. The one idea union leaders would like to discuss with either the Government or Labour is encouraging voluntary arbitration.
8th September 1996
IN BRIEF
S AFRICAAt least 18 miners have been hurt & 27 arrested after fighting between workers belonging to two different unions at East Driefontein gold mine south-west of Johannesburg. INDIA Police say 35 people were killed when a lorry carrying 70 people from a wedding party fell from a bridge into a swollen river at Cuddapah in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
9th September 1996
The TUC is angered by Government plans
to curb strike action. Nick Jones: On the first day of their conference TUC delegates found themselves back under the political spotlight. The Government & Labour appear to be competing to find new ways of curbing strike action. This summer's one day stoppages by postal & railway workers have caused considerable disruption but at minimum cost to union members.
9th September 1996
The TUC is angered by Government plans
to curb strike action. Nick Jones: In her opening address this year's TUC president Margaret Prosser attacked any move by the Government to withdraw the right to strike in essential services. Of course strikes were inconvenient but the right to withdraw labour was a fundamental human right she said. The one idea union leaders would like to discuss with either the Government or Labour is encouraging voluntary arbitration.
8th September 1996
IN BRIEF
S AFRICAAt least 18 miners have been hurt & 27 arrested after fighting between workers belonging to two different unions at East Driefontein gold mine south-west of Johannesburg. INDIA Police say 35 people were killed when a lorry carrying 70 people from a wedding party fell from a bridge into a swollen river at Cuddapah in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
9th September 1996
The TUC is angered by Government plans
to curb strike action. Nick Jones: On the first day of their conference TUC delegates found themselves back under the political spotlight. The Government & Labour appear to be competing to find new ways of curbing strike action. This summer's one day stoppages by postal & railway workers have caused considerable disruption but at minimum cost to union members.
9th September 1996
TUC CHALLENGES UNIONS TO RECRUIT 5M
Unions could recruit up to five million new members according to a survey of workers by the TUC. In the poll of 1 500 workers many said they were not in a union simply because they had never been asked to join. On the opening day of the TUC Congress in Blackpool TUC general secretary John Monks said the survey showed there was "huge potential" for union recruits He challenged unions to bring millions of workers into trade unionism.
