LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

SOGAT 82 conference

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Jun 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:32

Description

Journalists from Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspapers have reversed their decision to back the printworkers in the News International dispute. Mark Mardell reports on speech by Labour leader Neil Kinnock (excerpt heard) at the SOGAT82 conference in Scarborough. He says he would ban Murdoch from owning newspapers and a Labour government would change trade union law.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; Mark Mardell

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Newspapers; Wages; Conferences; Ballots; Rupert Murdoch; Journalists; Wapping; News International; Printers; SOGAT 82; Brenda Dean; Scarborough

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