Title

Job cuts at British Rail

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

20 May 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:38

Description

Report on plans to cut 6,000 British Rail jobs. Includes interview with Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, who talks about possible strike action; interview with British Rail’s Director of Personnel, John Pallett(?). Male reporter not identified (poss. Kevin Murphy).

Contributors

Jimmy Knapp; Kevin Murphy?; John Pallett(?)

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; British Rail; Railways; Privatization; Redundancy terms; Redundancies

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