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jan 24, 1978 - in an effort to tackle inflation James Callaghan's Labour government tries to persuade trade unions to limit pay rises to no more than 5%, however, the unions refuse and Britain is hit by a wave of strikes

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jan 24, 1978
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~ 48 years ago

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