LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Vauxhall dispute - Call for strike

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

24 Oct 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:49

Description

Tom Maddocks reports on a call for strike action by union chairman Doug Lawrence at the Vauxhall Motors plant in Luton, with a rejection of the motion by the workforce. Includes excerpts from speech; interviews with union convenor Peter Ashworth; Glyn Morgan, engineers’ union.

Contributors

Tom Maddocks; Peter Ashworth; Doug Lawrence; Glyn Morgan

Keywords

Companies; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Car industry; Motor vehicle industry; Ballots; Vauxhall Motors; Luton; Bedfordshire

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