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Air traffic controller strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Air traffic control assistants have been given a warning by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on their return to work stating that any further industrial action would result in an indefinite suspension from...
Funeral directors strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Roy Wheeler, National Union of Funeral Service Operatives, during a strike by London funeral workers, on a possible agreement on pay and productivity which will be presented to ACAS in an...
Funeral directors strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Funeral Directors have gone on strike, asking for a 37% pay increase, claiming the work they do requires more money. The reporter (not identified - poss. Peter Spencer) talks to picketing workers about what...
Electrical energy staff strike (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
An Electricity Board spokesman describes the measures that need to be taken to avoid an official strike. Negotiations focussing on more pay, and subsidy for getting to work. Some power stations are on...
Electricity Board strikes (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an Electricity Board worker on the strikes which will be discussed at a meeting with Prime Minister James Callaghan. The Electricity Board workers are trying to secure better wages and...
Bakers union strike as flour crisis deepens (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on continuing bakers strike with small family bakers now baking all the bread for the country. The Bakers Union have stopped the flour supply, so the Director of the National Association of Master...
Bakers strikes hit the country (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Bakers strikes will go ahead with a member of the union explaining the reasons for the strikes, and the effect of a bread shortage. Speakers unidentified (union speaker poss. Sam Maddox).
Dee Generate leader wants to die before 25 (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
As the punk era really takes off, mother of Roger Bullen, whose band Dee Generate’s stage antics have been under scrutiny, says the antics are comical, and Roger Bullen himself discusses his wish to die...
Punk stand off (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
A young punk who hands out flowers as a sign of peace describes the scenes as tension are high between different social groups the punks and teds, with the police monitoring the unrest. Speakers not...
Mistaken identity parades (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The case of George Ince is discussed here, a man who was imprisoned for the bullion robbery, a crime many believe he didnt commit, the case hinged on evidence from identity parades. A report investigating...