LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Dock strike ends-reaction

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:46

Description

Simon Israel reports on the official end of the national dock strike. Angry striking dockers are preparing to defy their union leaders’ call to go back to work and they’re accusing the TGWU executive of betrayal for the decision to abandon the strike. Includes interviews with TGWU leader, Ron Todd; Mick Carden, Liverpool docker; Nicholas Finney, National Association of Port Employers.

Contributors

Ron Todd; Simon Israel; Nicholas Finney; Mick Carden

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Docks; TGWU; Harbours; Dock workers; Manual workers; National Association of Port Employers

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