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Strike insurance (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. CBI boss), on the setting up of a mutual insurance fund for employers wishing to cover their businesses against industrial action. Male interviewer not identified.
Miners wage negotiations (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
NUM President Joe Gormley, on the pay claim put to the National Coal Board, and the progress of negotiations. Male interviewer not identified.
British Leyland dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified British Leyland shop stewards’ spokesman, on their outright rejection of Leyland Chairman Michael Edwardes’s closures and cutbacks plan - what they regard as his blackmailing tactic. Male...
Len Murray on industrial action (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Len Murray, TUC General Secretary, speaks on the increased cost of living and possible reactions by union members and their families. Murray and an unidentified male interviewer discuss the phrase ‘Winter...
SA rugby tour opposition (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Len Murray, TUC General Secretary, is asking union members to boycott matches during the forthcoming British tour of the South African rugby team. The TUC is helping the development of Black trade unionism...
Joe Gormley on miners rejected pay offer (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Two short clips featuring NUM President Joe Gormley: a statement, in which he regrets the National Coal Board’s unsatisfactory response to the wages claim, and calls on union members to vote for industrial...
British Leyland dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Series of 4 clips featuring unidentified speakers, probably all trade union spokesmen, on the dismissal of Derek Robinson by British Leyland, the subsequent AEUW inquiry, and union advice to members in the...
Steel cuts and closures (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the cutbacks and closures in the steel industry as announced by Sir Charles Villiers, Chairman of the British Steel Corporation (BSC). Includes interviews with Villiers and Bill Sirs, General...
Joe Gormley on rejected miners pay offer (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Joe Gormley, NUM President on a 20% pay offer by the National Coal Board and possible industrial action. On the issue of coking coal, Gormley acknowledges that maximum jobs are needed in steel as well as in...
Lancaster House conference on Rhodesia (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview complaining of imperialist forces at work within Rhodesia and at the Lancaster House talks. He refers to Bishop Abel Muzowera as a puppet and says the ceasefire talks will collapse. Male speaker...