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Len Murray on employment bill (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
TUC General Secretary, Len Murray on opposition to Employment Secretary, Norman Tebbit’s bill on trade union reform. Male interviewer not identified.
Mick McGahey on NUM pay vote (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Mick McGahey, National Union of Mineworkers, on a ballot of Scottish miners over a vote on pay. He pledges his support for NUM President, Arthur Scargill and criticises the media. Male interview not identified.
Len Murray on safety at work (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), on health and safety issues at work, during a related exhibition. Female interviewer not identified.
Ron Todd on Ford production line (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Ron Todd, chief unions negotiator at the Ford Motor Company, on the workers’ pay claim and the problems of working on a production line. Male interviewer not identified (poss. John Perkins).
BT privatisation - Union view (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Bryan Stanley, Post Office Engineering Union, on opposition to the Government’s plans to privatise British Telecom. Male interviewer not identified.
Arthur Scargill on NCB pit closures announcement (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report, with extracts from a press conference, on National Union of Mineworkers president Arthur Scargill’s reaction to news that the National Coal Board (NCB) is planning to close sixty pits. Also...
Bill Sirs on London march (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Bill Sirs, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), on a march to Downing Street by Scottish steel, rail, and mine workers in London protesting about threatened closures and job...
NCB pit closures - Arthur Scargill addresses HOC committee (1982)
- Genre
- Speech
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, addresses a House of Commons Select Committee on pit closures as advocated by the National Coal Board (NCB).
Sid Weighell on NUR leadership candidates (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Sid Weighell, National Union of Railwaymen, on being ousted from his post as union leader, and on Militant Tendency left-wing candidates for the post, including Jimmy Knapp. Female reporter not identified.
Ted Hardacre on Lincolnshire steel blockade (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Local union leader Ted Hardacre, on a steel blockade at the port of Immingham in Lincolnshire. Male interviewer not identified (poss. John Perkins).