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  • Settlement of provincial journalists strike (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with NUJ President Denis MacShane on the settlement of the provincial journalists’ strike. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Evening News cutbacks (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Louis Kirby, Evening News editor, on staff cutbacks at the London newspaper and his plans for the paper. Female interviewer not identified.

  • Evening News redundancies (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Evening News NUJ branch chairman, Bob Strange, on letters announcing compulsory redundancies to the London newspaper’s staff. Female interviewer not identified.

  • Social workers dispute ends (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with John Pratt, Southwark social workers leader, on the end of their strike after NALGO failed to reach agreement with the local council. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Call for independent trade unions (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Brian Hayes interviews Paul Nicholson, of the Managerial, Professional and Staff Liaison Group (MPG) about the need for the establishment of politically independent trade unions in the UK to represent...

  • Garners Steak House strike (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with male speaker (not identified - poss. George Abrahams, TGWU) about the picketing of Garner’s Steak Houses in London, over the issue of trade union recognition. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Problem of comparability in wage negotiations (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Vivian White interviews an unidentified male speaker about the problem of comparability during wage negotiations within the UK.

  • Trial of Iraqis opens in London (1979)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the opening of the trial ( on 28/02/79) of two Iraqi terrorists, Saadi Abdul Rahman al-Shukri, and Salem Ahmed Hassan, at the Old Bailey in London accused of the assassination of former Iraqi...

  • Male pill developed in China (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Dr Alan Maryon-Davis on the creation of a male contraceptive pill in China named after the key ingredient, gossypol, which is a cottonseed derivative. Female interviewer not identified.

  • China prepares to withdraw from Vietnam (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Kim Sullivan, First Secretary at the British embassy in Peking (now Beijing), on reports that China is preparing to withdraw from Vietnam after attacking the country and the situation in...