Title

Ray Buckton on rail strike end

Genre

Press conference; Speech

TX Date

18 Jul 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:08

Description

Bitter press statement by rail union ASLEF leader Ray Buckton announcing the end of their strike over the introduction of flexbible rostering by British Rail after support was not given by the TUC. Criticises TUC, British Rail, NUR and their leader Sidney Weighell.

Contributors

Ray Buckton

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; Working conditions; British Rail; ASLEF; NUR; Railway workers; Train drivers; Redundancies; Flexible working; Sidney Weighell

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