but added two major penalties: local deals, and a commitment to introduce.
of the Labour government's pay restraint had led to coming through and a consequent the power of shop The unique technology of TV puts into the hands of small highly-skilled the ability turn off the profit machine at the flick of a switch. But new technology could The companies' gamble — that the unions, with no strike pay, would be sustain a long • a major mistake. improved offer in mid-September was rejected by an astonishing 85 per cent of union members in shop meetings throughout the network. Then advertisers began to put pressure on management.
The deal finally accepted gives 17.5 pen er 7.S percent in fantary, and a backdated to 1 July, further 15 per cent in July 1980. There are no prohibitions on local deals, and the introduction of electronic news gathering has a protracted schedule involving an arbitration procedure.
wide variety technological changes in the offing -glass fibre optics, video-cassettes and records, cable TV, satellite TV - the whole character of the television industry is about to change radically in ways no one has thought through properly.
TV, and TV-related profit-making.
degree not money.
of scotched the companies magnificent display of strength.
and to see that they don't win it.
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