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14 results found for '"National Union of Seamen"' in Keywords.
James Slater receives CBE (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jim Slater, former merchant seaman and General Secretary of the National Union of Seamen, about receiving a CBE.
Falklands War - Seamen’s dispute (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male spokesman (poss. Jim Slater) for the seamen’s union (NUS) on a dispute over pay and conditions for staff aboard merchant ships still in the South Atlantic, despite the end of the...
Hayes on Saturday (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; Special
Brian Hayes presents this edition of Hayes on Saturday revisiting the week’s stories on LBC. Includes author Anthony Grey on his book on the disappearance of former Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt....
Miners strike - Meeting in Sheffield (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Neil Mainland reports on the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strike. The announcement came after a miners’ executive meeting in Sheffield. NUM leader, Arthur Scargill, says support for their action...
Miners’ strike - Arthur Scargill and national ballot (1984)
- Genre
- Press conference
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on the strikes. Scargill says the police presence in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire is unwarranted and unprecedented. He condemns Ian...
Sellafield report (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the findings of a House of Commons Environment Committee report on the Sellafield nuclear site and the disposal of nuclear waste, following a radiation leak earlier in the year; Includes...
Malcolm Bailey on ferry strikes (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on National Union of Seamen strikes resulting in the blockade of Guernsey’s linkspan by the Earl William ferry, as well as strikes on the Earl Harold, Earl Godwin and Earl Granville. Channel Island...
Striking seamen to be sacked by P & O (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
P & O European Ferries are sacking all those workers who stay out on strike after today. The company’s Managing Director, Graeme Dunlop, says he has had no choice but to sack the strikers. Seamen’s...
P & O Ferries dispute moves to the courts (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
The P & O Ferries dispute moves to the courts today. Sealink is to ask a judge to seize the assets of the National Union of Seamen after its ships were prevented from sailing by Dover pickets yesterday....
P & O sails ferry out of Dover, breaking strike (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
P & O Ferries are claiming that they have broken the back of the seamen’s blockade. Reporter James Bays was on the Pride of Bruges as it steamed out of Dover, bound for Zeebrugge. Contributions from P...