LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

British Rail talks with unions

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

21 Aug 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:37

Description

Report on the British Rail dispute. In an attempt to avoid strike action, British Rail and leaders of the workers’ unions have been holding talks on pay and productivity. With statements from Chairman of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), Patrick (Pat) Lowry; leader of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), Sid Weighell; General Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), Ray Buckton; BR personnel director Clifford (Cliff) Rose. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ray Buckton; Sidney Weighell; Patrick Lowry; Clifford Rose

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour disputes; Wages; British Rail; ASLEF; NUR; Railways; ACAS; Arbitration; Industrial arbitration

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