LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Pensioner dies during ambulance strikes

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

4 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:22

Description

Nigel Dearing reports for the Talkback breakfast show on a call by health union NUPE for all Army ambulances replacing regular crews during the ambulance workers strike to be taken off the streets of London after the death of a pensioner involved in a crash with one in Battersea last night. Includes interviews with NUPE officers Chris Humphreys(?) and Roger Poole.

Contributors

Nigel Dearing; Roger Poole; Chris Humpheys(?)

Keywords

Deaths; London; Trade unions; Emergency services; Strikes; Labour disputes; Working conditions; NUPE; Ambulance services; Army; Army personnel; Road accidents; Battersea; Elaine Emberson

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