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69 results found for '"Wapping"' in Keywords.
Police on violence at Wapping (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Wyn Jones on a night of violence at Wapping, where News International printers are striking. He defends the use of horses and riot officers and says it was not NGA and SOGAT...
Brenda Dean on union action (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
General Secretary of SOGAT 82, Brenda Dean says she does not regard the victory (not specified) as a hollow one. If the electricians decide to continue, it will be bad for the movement, but theirs is a...
Provocation by News International, says union leader (1986)
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- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. Tony Dubbins of the National Graphical Association) on high levels of provocation within News International during the present dispute. He says (Sunday Times?) staff being...
Handling of printers’ dispute a conspiracy (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. a printers’ representative) denies that many of the sacked printers have jobs to go to, as Rupert Murdoch says. He also says he feels sorry for the electricians who have...
Boycott of Murdoch newspapers urged (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Strong condemnation of Eric Hammond (Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union) by an unidentified male union representative. He expresses satisfaction with the anti-Hammond...
Printworkers vote for industrial action (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mark Mardell reports on the implications of the SOGAT 82 and National Graphical Association’s Yes vote on industrial action in the printworkers’ dispute at News International in Wapping. With...
Eddie Shah on Fleet Street and new technology (1986)
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- Interview
Businessman, Eddie Shah on the printworkers’ dispute at News International and whether and how it might impact on his Today newspaper. Of Rupert Murdoch’s Wapping plant, he says that maybe a fortress is...
Picket line arrests at News International (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. a police officer) on violence on the part of demonstrators at the News International plant in Wapping in the printers dispute. He describes some of the weapons employed by...
Wapping picket line violence (1986)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on picket line violence at Wapping. Conservative MP, Terry Dicks condemns the striking printworkers, whilst Labour MP, Tony Benn defends them, and blames the Police for the violent scenes. Female...
Wapping demonstration turns violent (1986)
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- Interview; Music; News report; Vox pop
A report on picket line violence in Wapping. Labour MP, Tony Benn defends the demonstrators’ behaviour, and Brenda Dean of print union SOGAT condemns the behaviour of police. Chief Superintendent Gerry...