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17 results found for '"Iron industry"' in Keywords.
ISTC conference- Bill Sirs on collective bargaining (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bill Sirs at the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation Conference (ISTC), 1977, regarding the vote on free collective bargaining. Interviewer not identified.
Bill Sirs on steel strike threat (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Bill Sirs, leader of the Iron and Steel Trades Federation, on possible industrial action. He confirms the ISTC could act alone as other unions are not supporting action. A refusal to work overtime could...
Sheerness steel works picket (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
Report on picketing outside the Sheerness steel works on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent after workers voted to return to work in opposition to their union’s directive. Includes argument between pickets and a...
ISTC decision over steelworker redundancies (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with ISTC leader Bill Sirs, on the union’s decision to fight British Steel Corporation’s (BSC) redundancy notice to 600 Clydebridge workers (steelworks in Glasgow). Female interviewer not...
Steel exports to US proposed (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with American Congressman Peter Kostmayer about the illegality of proposals of the new British Steel Corporation (BSC) Chairman Ian MacGregor to export steel to the United States. Female...
MacGregor on Ravenscraig steel plan (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with British Steel Corporation Chairman Ian MacGregor about plans to transfer unfinished steel from the Ravenscraig plant in North Lanarkshire, Scotland to the United States.
Steel workers’ dispute - Bill Sirs view (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bill Sirs, ISTC union, after meeting delegates of the striking steel workers over redundancies proposed by the British Steel Corporation (BSC) and prior to arbitration at ACAS. Male...
Steel workers’ dispute - Yorkshire return (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with Bill Sirs, ISTC, on the return to work of steel workers in South Yorkshire after arbitration in a dispute over redundancies proposed by the British Steel Corporation (BSC). Male...
Ian MacGregor on steel dispute (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former British Steel Chairman, Ian MacGregor, on the cost of strike action by South Yorkshire steel workers after their return to work. Male interviewer not identified.
Ian MacGregor on steel dispute (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with former British Steel Chairman, Ian MacGregor, on the effects of strike action by South Yorkshire and Rotherham steel workers. Male interviewer not identified.