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Government plans to change laws controlling unions (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The Government is planning to change the laws affecting unions. It plans to change the rules around striking and pickets, as well as offering protection to anyone who wants to cross a picket line. Kenneth...
New phase of industrial action by teachers (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the striking teachers over a pay settlement imposed on them by the Government. General Secretary of the National Union of Headteachers, David Hart, says he understands the teachers’ feelings, but...
NUT/NASUWT announce new series of strikes (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
As teachers go on strike to protest against working conditions and wages, Fred Jarvis of the NUT claims that teachers will change the Government’s position through industrial action. Jarvis says the...
NUT votes to block testing in schools (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
The Government has proposed tests for schools at regular intervals to check the students’ progress. The NUT has opposed any such testing, claiming it will lead to streaming, and that blanket testing is...
Teaching unions agree strike programme (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
The NUT and NASUWT have agreed on a strike programme, but Labour’s education spokesman Giles Radice has spoken out, claiming there should be a ban on strikes before the General Election. Fred Jarvis,...
Mark Mardell from the NUT conference (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Mark Mardell reports from the NUT conference, where new guidelines have been handed out to teachers on how many hours they should work and what they should do after the Government job descriptions are...
NUT conference ends (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
As the teaching unions lock horns with the Government over pay disputes, the NUT conference is covered. The hardliners had wanted teachers to stop covering for absent colleagues, but the move was rejected....
Police raid homes of football hooligans (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Special
Report on police raids on the homes of 30 alleged soccer hooligans, supporters of West Ham and Millwall football clubs. Superintendents Tony Humber and John Ball on the police operation. Includes a sample...
Alex Higgins assault trial (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on Alex Hurricane Higgins’ court appearance and fine following his headbutting of tournament boss, Paul Hatherell, at the UK Snooker Championship. On his facing a further disciplinary hearing by...
New Statesman Zircon article (1987)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the police raid on the New Statesman offices, following publication of an article by Duncan Campbell on the Zircon spy satellite system. Includes interview with a spokesman for the magazine. Male...