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SUS law and race relations (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the current controversy of convictions under the SUS laws, with particular reference to the police arrests of members of the ethnic community. The report comes prior to a House of Commons debate on...
GMWU Isle of Grain blockade (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a blockade by General and Municipal Workers Union (GMWU) pickets at the Isle of Grain power station site in Kent in defence of 27 laggers who have been in dispute over bonuses since 08/79. Includes...
Post Office engineers may strike over wage claim (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the possibility of strike action by Post Office engineers over a 37 percent wage claim. Male reporter not identified.
Unfair dismissal claim contested in Strasbourg (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a claim of unfair dismissal and an infringement of human rights brought by three railway workers - Iain Young, Noel James, and Ronald Webster - to the European Court in Strasbourg after they were...
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...
Steel strike - Union-BSC negotiations (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Report on negotiations between trade unions and the British Steel Corporation (BSC) during the current steel strike, and the possible involvement of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)....
Steel strike - Effect on Scunthorpe (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
Report from Scunthorpe on the effects of the steel strike on the town. Includes vox pop with workers and workers’ wives. Male reporter not identified.
Covent Garden reopens (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the reopening of Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market in central London as a specialist restaurant and shopping centre. Includes interviews with Mark Patterson, chairman of the Greater London...
Menwith Hill spying base allegations (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report (including interview) on allegations by investigative journalist Duncan Campbell that a secret telecommunications tapping centre at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire is being run by the United States to...
Queen Mother’s 80th birthday celebrations (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Music; Special
Report on the Queen Mother’s eightieth birthday celebrations in the grounds of her official Scottish residence, Holyrood House in Edinburgh. Includes broadcast excerpt from independent radio in Scotland,...