LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Unfair dismissal claim contested in Strasbourg

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Jun 1980

Year of production

1980

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:03:02

Description

Report on a claim of unfair dismissal and an infringement of human rights brought by three railway workers - Iain Young, Noel James, and Ronald Webster - to the European Court in Strasbourg after they were sacked by British Rail for refusing to join a trade union. The workers were backed by the right-wing Freedom Association. Speakers include Walter Goldsmith, Institute of Directors. Female reporter not identified. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Peter Deeley?).

Contributors

Walter Goldsmith; Peter Deeley?

Keywords

Human rights; Trade unions; Industry; UK; Great Britain; British Rail; Railway workers; Courts; Trials; Europe; Open and closed shop; Strasbourg; Dismissal from employment; Industrial tribunals; European Court of Justice; Iain Young; Noel James; Ronald Webster

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.