LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Nurses strike in London

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:09

Description

Interview with Sister Sarah Jones, about the decision of nurses at the Middlesex and University College hospitals to take industrial action on 03/02/88 without calling a ballot. The strike goes against the policy of the largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing, of never taking strike action and reflects unrest among nurses in London over low pay and staffing cuts. Female interviewer poss. Margaret Shiels.

Contributors

Sarah Jones; Margaret Shiels?

Keywords

London; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Cost reduction; Nurses; Hospitals; Royal College of Nursing

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