LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Dockers strike

Genre

Interview

TX Date

11 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:22

Description

Ron Todd, General Secretary of the TGWU on the response to the call for dockers to strike- he says he’s pleased despite some 1400 accepting redundancy payouts instead and some docks operating. Maggie Shiels puts the questions.

Contributors

Ron Todd; Margaret Shiels

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Docks; TGWU; Ports; Wages; Redundancy terms; Ballots; Dock workers; Redundancies; Tilbury

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