Title

Journalists join printers dispute

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

10 Jun 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:21

Description

Report on the ongoing strike at News International in Wapping - journalists have now voted to join printers. Reaction at the picket (shouts of scab heard) from SOGAT representative, Jimmy Ludlum; sportswriter Eric Butler. Also Home Secretary Douglas Hurd calling for an end to violence in the strike. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd; Jimmy Ludlum; Eric Butler

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Newspapers; Wages; Violence; Ballots; Rupert Murdoch; Journalists; Wapping; News International; Printers; SOGAT82

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