LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

TUC conference - EEPTU expulsion from TUC

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

5 Sep 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:35

Description

John Alcock reports on the Trades Union Congress (TUC) conference which has been debating the expulsion of the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EEPTU) from the TUC for breaching its regulations. Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) leader, Bill Jordan urged the TUC not to kick out the EEPTU – with whom he wants the AEU to merge – but instead to continue their suspension; he is ordered off the rostrum by TUC President, Clive Jenkins. TUC General Secretary, Norman Willis says that the expulsion is a necessity but EEPTU leader, Eric Hammond, defiantly declares that he has been the vic tim of a witch-hunt. Willis’s response prompts strong applause (at which Hammond stormed out of the conference and the TUC). The delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of expulsion.

Contributors

Clive Jenkins; Eric Hammond; Norman Willis; Bill Jordan; John Alcock

Keywords

Trade unions; TUC; Dorset; Conferences; EEPTU; Bournemouth; AEU; Membership

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