Results
28,816 results found for all records.
Industrial action by civil servants cancelled (1987)
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- Interview
Leslie Christie talks about why the SCPS has cancelled its industrial action, and an unidentified officer of the CPSA talks about why they are still striking. Male interviewer not identified.
Reconciliation between the UDM and Labour Party (1987)
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- Interview
Interview with Roy Lynk about Neil Kinnock and reconciliation between his UDM breakaway miners’ union and the Labour Party. Male interviewer not identified.
Fred Jarvis of the NUT on calling off teachers’ strikes (1987)
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- Interview
Fred Jarvis of the NUT on calling off the strikes after the loss of negotiating rights. He says they are not against the strike weapon; it is too late for strikes this time, and they need support from...
Sir Robert Haslam of British Coal on a 6-day working week (1987)
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- Interview
Sir Robert Haslam, Chairman of British Coal, on what will happen if miners vote against a 6-day working week. Interview covers how the Welsh NUM will react, other unions that have shown interest, whether the...
John Golding on National Consumers Council report on BT (1987)
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- Interview
Interview with John Golding from the National Communications Union, on the National Consumers Council report on BT providing the worst service in the country. He talks about staff morale, the way BT...
Arthur Scargill on pit closures and the 6-day week (1987)
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- Interview
Gereral Secretary of the NUM, Arthur Scargill talks about how the 6-day week is a disaster for miners and for the British people. He says there will be pit closures, not enough jobs for all the miners, and...
Sir Robert Scholey of British Steel on annual profits and privatisation (1987)
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- Interview
Sir Robert Scholey, Chairman of British Steel, on the company’s annual profits, his desire for privatization, and commercial freedom. Male interviewer not identified.
Sir Robert Haslam on the 6-day week (1987)
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- Interview
Sir Robert Haslam, Chairman of British Coal, talks about the 6-day week and the possibility of using non-NUM labour to keep open the Margam pit, in South Wales. Female interviewer not identified.
Arthur Scargill on non-NUM miners at Margam pit (1987)
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- Interview
NUM President Arthur Scargill on how the use of non-NUM miners at Margam pit could provoke a bloody reaction - he says it would make Wapping (i.e. the printers’ dispute) seem like a Sunday School picnic....
Arthur Scargill at Welsh miners’ conference, on disciplinary code (1987)
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- Interview
NUM President Arthur Scargill, speaking from the Welsh miners’ conference, on how the British Coal Board’s code is not acceptable, the miners sacked during a dispute, and the unfair treatment of sacked...