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41 results found for '"Iron and steel workers"' in Keywords.
Tory Bournemouth conference (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on speeches (with excerpts) on 22/03/80 at a meeting of the Conservative Party Central Council in Bournemouth by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher where she defends the Government’s monetarist...
Steel workers ballot (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bill Sirs, ISTC, on a ballot sent out to steel workers urging members to reject job cuts advocated by the British Steel Corporation (BSC) and its Chairman Ian MacGregor. Male interviewer not...
British steel survival plan proposed by Ian MacGregor (1980)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the proposed survival plan for the British steel industry advocated by the new BSC Chairman Ian MacGregor including loss of 20,000 workers. The plans are being put to the workforce by ballot....
Jim Prior phone-in on industrial relations (1980)
- Genre
- Advertisement; Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Talk show; Trailer
Alastair Burnet hosts part of a talk show with guest Employment Secretary Jim Prior who talks about new employment legislation which will among other matters curb secondary picketing, and on industrial...
Network (1981)
- Genre
- Documentary; Drama; Feature; Fiction; Poetry
3 pieces. 1. Radio Hallam programme about Hadfields steelworks (Sheffield) and the work cuts that have happened due to the economic recession.2. Slate - An Elegy. 2CR programme about the slate industry, an...
Bill Sirs on British Steel survival plan (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bill Sirs, ISTC, on a ballot sent out to steel workers urging members to reject job cuts advocated by the British Steel Corporation (BSC) Chairman Ian MacGregor. Male interviewer not identified.
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...
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...
Decision makers (1982)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview
Decision Makers: Christmas on the Dole, presented by Richard Bestic. With high unemployment figures dominating the news, the programme finds out what it’s like spending Christmas on the Dole. Speaking to...
ISTC decision over steelworker redundancies (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with ISTC leader Bill Sirs, on the union’s decision to fight British Steel Corporation’s (BSC) redundancy notice to 600 Clydebridge workers (steelworks in Glasgow). Female interviewer not...