LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

TUC conference speeches on allowing strike ballots

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

1 Sep 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Mark Mardell reports on the TUC conference (on the Wapping dispute?). Includes excerpts of speeches by TUC leader Norman Willis, Alan Tuffin of the postal workers’ union (Union of Communication Workers?), Barbara Switzer of TASS (the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers) and Ron Todd of the Transport and General Workers Union. Speakers discuss whether to allow workers to vote before deciding on strike action.

Contributors

Alan Tuffin; Mark Mardell; Ron Todd; Norman Willis; Barbara Switzer

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; Strikes; TGWU; TUC; Margaret Thatcher; Conferences; Ballots; AEUW; TASS; Union of Communication Workers; Ken Gill

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