LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

TUC conference round-up

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

6 Sep 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:05:54

Description

George Matheson reports on the TUC conference in Glasgow as it comes to a close, with attacks on the Conservative Government and support for the Labour Party and an attack on Japanese firms in the UK’s working practices. Includes TUC President Alec(?) Smith, opening address excerpt; interviews with Employment Secretary Michael Howard; Labour employment spokesman Tony Blair; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; TUC leader Rodney Bickerstaffe; speeches by Arthur Scargill; Bill Jordan of the engineering union; MSF General Secretary, Ken Gill.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Ken Gill; Neil Kinnock; Tony Blair; Michael Howard; Rodney Bickerstaffe; Bill Jordan; George Matheson; Alec(?) Smith

Keywords

Politics; Legislation; Trade unions; Labour Party; TUC; Unemployment; Employment; Conferences; Japan; Glasgow; John Major

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