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Len Murray on civil service union strike (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Kevin Murphy talks to Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), about the civil service union strike. Murray says only unions can determine what precise action members can take; he...
Response to Len Murray’s support of GHCQ strike (1984)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Rodney Bennett reports on support for proposed strike action at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), makes it clear that his fury...
Protests at GCHQ union ban - Joanna Crosse reports (1984)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Vox pop
Joanna Crosse reports on protests against the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) union ban. With contributions from Peter Jones, Secretary of the Council of Civil Service Unions; Leslie Christie,...
David Dimbleby on fight with NUJ (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
David Dimbleby, television journalist and newspaper proprietor, on his dispute with the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) over his printing with a firm connected with T. Bailey Forman. Dimbleby says he is...
Joanna Davies on NUJ unofficial strike (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Joanna Davies(?), a striking member of the National Union of Journalists, on the union’s unofficial strike. She says that she and her colleagues will continue to stay out without union backing; they will...
Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on Polish coal imports (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on the overtime ban and the importing of Polish coal. He says there was a negotiated agreement involving a special representative appointed...
GCHQ union official quits her job (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Trevor Cribb interviews Nancy Duffy(?), a Cheltenham union official, about quitting her job. Duffy believes in free trade unionism at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and is totally committed to...
Len Murray on new budget (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Margaret Gilmore interviews Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), about the Budget. Murray says there is nothing for the four million people who are now jobless. Pensioners and...
Miners strike - Arthur Scargill declares action official (1984)
- Genre
- Speech
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, has attended an executive meeting at the NUM headquarters in Sheffield. He says the NEC condemn the announcement of further pit and plant...
Miners strike - Ian MacGregor view (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Ian MacGregor, head of the National Coal Board, is interviewed on the miners’ strike action. He is dismissive of what he sees as the usual appeal by some leaders to raise the emotional temperature. The...