LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

NUS vote on unions merger

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:44

Description

Ben Brown reports from Hull on the National Union of Seamen (NUS) conference where delegates are due to debate whether to strengthen their industrial muscle by merging with another union. They will also vote on a call to have their rival union - NUMAST - thrown out of the TUC, for allegedly strike-breaking during the P & O dispute. Includes interview with Roger Wilkins, NUS. Broadcast on LBC AM programme.

Contributors

Ben Brown; Roger Wilkins

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour disputes; Conferences; Sailors; NUS; Mergers; Transport personnel; P & O; NUMAST; Hull

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