John Davies on Industrial Relations

John Davies on Industrial Relations

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Location

Conway House, Dunmurry

Year

1966

Date

Production 06/01/1966

Length

02min 28sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

John Davies of the Federation of British Industry (later the Confederation of British Industry) speaks to Jimmy Robinson about Northern Ireland’s record of industrial relations. He feels an informal arrangement between business and workers isn’t efficient.

Notes

John Davies, MBE (8 January 1916 – 4 July 1979) was a British businessman who served as director-general of the Confederation of British Industry during the 1960s. He later went into politics and served in the Cabinet of Edward Heath as the first Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy/Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, a position which he held from October 1970 to 4 November 1972. Davies was President of the Board of Trade, and from July to October 1970 was Minister of Technology.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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