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Nick Cowan on Meccano takeover (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Nick Cowan of the Employers Federation on the planned takeover of the Meccano factory in Liverpool. Male interviewer not identified. In two parts.
Len Murray on TUC day of action (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), on the planned Day of Action in protest against the Government’s anti-trade union legislation. Male interviewer not identified (poss....
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...
Derek Robinson on dismissal from British Leyland (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Press interview with Derek Robinson, union shop steward at the British Leyland Longbridge plant in Birmingham, after the workforce refused to take strike action to force his reinstatement following his...
Keith Joseph on steel strike (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Industry Secretary, Sir Keith Joseph on the response of the Government and the British Steel Corporation (BSC) to the current steel strike. Interviewer not heard.
Bill Sirs on financial implications of steel strike (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Bill Sirs, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), on the financial implications for members of his union of the current steel strike. Male interviewer not identified (poss....
Steel strike - Hadfields picket (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Richard Malin(?), Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), on picketing at the Hadfield’s Steel Foundry in Sheffield during the national steel strike. Male interviewer not identified.
Steel strike - Robert Scholey on pay offer ballot (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
British Steel Corporation (BSC) executive Robert Scholey on a union directive to Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) members advising them to spoil ballot papers in connection with a 14.4 percent pay...
Steel strike - Bill Sirs on personal pressures (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Holness interviews Bill Sirs, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), about personal pressures during the current steel strike.