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Article: In-fighting over union power, defamation and the rise of Libya's Col Gaddafi.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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There was bitter Cabinet in-fighting over plans by the Government to curb the power of the unions.
The industrial relations White Paper, In Place of Strife, drawn up by Employment Secretary Mrs Barbara Castle, divided the Labour Party in Parliament and was vehemently opposed by the unions.
Files show the extent to which Ministers feared the controversy could undermine the whole Government and even lead to the overthrow of Mr Wilson himself.
Mrs Castle's proposals - which followed a series of damaging strikes which had beset the ...