LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Timex close in Dundee after strikes

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop

TX Date

30 Aug 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:56

Description

Gavin Walker reports on the closing of Timex in Dundee after a bitter industrial dispute with workers over pay and conditions. Includes Timex spokesman Mohammed Salah(?) on closing the plant; an ITN bulletin on picket violence at the factory; ex-shop steward Willy Leslie on the strike action; strike leader John Kidd on plans to continue the dispute; sacked workers on losing their jobs and the strikes.

Contributors

Gavin Walker; John Kidd; William Leslie; Mohammed Salah(?)

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Working conditions; Dismissal from employment; Industrial plants; Dundee; Timex

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