LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Grunwick factory dispute

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:02:30

Description

Report on the second day of mass picketing at Grunwick where the 10-month long labour dispute continues. We hear strikers chanting and police appealing for calm through a loud-hailer. Chris Wright of union APEX is concerned over revolutionaries stirring up trouble amongst the strikers and special patrols of police being deployed. Reporter not identified (poss. Steve Harvey).

Contributors

Chris Wright; Steve Harvey?

Keywords

London; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Police; Violence; Employee rights; Policing practice; Grunwick; APEX; Industrial plants; Strikes (events); Grunwick Strike (1976-1978)

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