LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Sacking over refusal to join union

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jan 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:04:53

Description

Report on the sacking from her job at Sandwell Council of poultry inspector Joanna Harris for refusing to join a union and taking up of the case at a national level. Joanna Harris and council Personnel Officer Dennis Hodgetts(?) comment. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Joanna Harris; Dennis Hodgetts(?)

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour disputes; Working conditions; Councils; Compensation; Employees; Open and closed shop; Dismissal from employment; Industrial tribunals; Trade union members; Sandwell Council; Stanley Hogg

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