LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Legal victory in equal pay case

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

30 Jun 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

Rene Pickstone, a female packer from Freeman’s mail order warehouse has won a legal victory at the House of Lords which could lead to higher pay for thousands of women across the UK. John Alcock reports including interviews with transport workers union organiser Margaret Prosser; Freeman’s Managing Director Evelyn Cribb; Rene Pickstone; Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commision Joanna Foster; CBI spokesman Tim Johnson.

Contributors

John Alcock; Rene Pickstone; Margaret Prosser; Evelyn Cribb; Joanna Foster; Tim Johnson

Keywords

Wages; Women; Equal opportunity; Equal pay; Legal decisions; Gender discrimination; Tribunals; Peterborough; Freemans; Product catalogues

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