EU ruling could see British workers seek compensation
- Title
- EU ruling could see British workers seek compensation
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1994
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- Duration
- 00:03:51
- Description
- Report on the European Court of Justice ruling which found the British Government guilty of breaching EU rules, by failing to protect workers rights during privatization processes. The ruling could see a flood of compensation claims and provoked a political row over whose fault it was. Woth mixed reactino form: Chancellor Kenneth Clarke; John Monks, General Secretary of the TUC; shadow environment spokesman Jack Straw; Liberal Democrat President Charles Kennedy; Employment Minister Michael Forsyth. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Jack Straw; Kenneth Clarke; Charles Kennedy; John Monks; Michael Forsyth
- Keywords
- Trade unions; Employment; Employee rights; Privatization; Compensation; Legal decisions; Europe
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