LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Grunwick factory dispute

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:04:16

Description

Tom Jackson, UPW union leader, is interviewed on postal workers at Cricklewood sorting office blacking mail for the Grunwick factory in support of ongoing industrial action there. He asks them to call off their action. Postal services have now officially been cancelled to the NW2 area but postmen have delivered it unofficially. Also interviewed is a local Cricklewood union spokesman. Interviewer not identified. Audio is distorted at end.

Contributors

Tom Jackson

Keywords

London; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Postal services; Postmen; Working conditions; Post Office; UPW; Grunwick; Cricklewood; Factory workers; Industrial plants; Strikes (events); Grunwick Strike (1976-1978)

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