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39,247 results found for all records.
EEC report calls for new mechanism (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on a report on Europe that calls for a new mechanism for running the EEC; he hopes this will unite member countries. Male interviewer not identified.
MEPs’ misuse of expenses (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker on members of the European Parliament who claim expenses for hotels when they are staying in their offices. Male interviewer not identified.
LBC reports (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News bulletin
Interview with guest on LBC Reports, Chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), Sir Derek Ezra, on problems in the coal industry and how they can be overcome, denying it is a crisis; relations with miners;...
Linwood car plant to close (1981)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the planned closure of the Talbot, Linwood car plant in Scotland with massive loss of jobs. John Perkins reports.
Joanna Harris loses job due to closed shop system (1981)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the dismissal of 20-year-old poultry inspector Joanna Harris because she refused to join a trade union. Joanna Harris explains why she stood up to the closed shop system. Male reporter not identified.
Vauxhall staff cuts (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the reduction of the workforce at Vauxhall Motors in the UK. Grenville Hawley of the transport workers’ union comments. Female reporter not identified (surname is McGuire McGwire, or Maguire?).
Ian MacGregor on steel survival plan ballot results (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of British Steel, Ian MacGregor, about a ballot showing support for his survival plan and the ISTC union ballot which has yet to declare its results. And on loss of jobs if his plan...
Ian MacGregor on steel industry (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Chairman of British Steel, Ian MacGregor, about the future of the steel industry in the UK and his plan to save the industry. Male interviewer not identified.
Bill Sirs on steel survival plan ballot results (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bill Sirs, leader of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), insisting the vote in support of British Steel Chairman Ian MacGregor’s corporate plan is propaganda as the plan is...
Sid Weighell on Labour splits (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Sid Weighell, General Secretary of the NUR, criticising the splits in the Labour Party as being disruptive to the action planned by the unions and criticising Tony Benn for stirring up...