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Lorry driver strikes (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview about the impact of the lorry driver strikes on the general public and industries. Also about who is to blame for the strikes, and whether the government should create a state of emergency.

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Ocean Sound This Week No.39: Programme 39 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 39 Programme 39 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 19 July 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER. TRACK...

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Lorry driver strikes (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Transport Secretary William (Bill) Rodgers, who calls for lorry drivers to end their strikes and return to work, as the strikes are causing multiple problems for the general public.

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General election - Len Murray on claims (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview with TUC General Secretary Len Murray, prior to the 1983 General Election, on alleged Conservative Government plans to use troops to break strikes and to privatise the unemployment benefit service....

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More rail strikes necessary (1979)

Genre

Interview

ASLEF union General Secretary Ray Buckton appeals to the public for understanding about the rail strikes, and claims more strikes are necessary for the pay issues to be taken seriously.

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Len Murray on call for general election (1981)

Genre

Interview

Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), explains why he is calling for a general election. Male interviewer not identified.

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Lorry driver strikes (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Sir John Methven, Director-General of the CBI, about the effect on the general public and industries of the lorry drivers strike, and the picketing of firms not directly involved with the...

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Teaching unions agree strike programme (1987)

Genre

News report; Interview

The NUT and NASUWT have agreed on a strike programme, but Labour’s education spokesman Giles Radice has spoken out, claiming there should be a ban on strikes before the General Election. Fred Jarvis,...

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Times strikes (1979)

Genre

Interview

National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel General Secretary Owen O’Brien, talks about the strikes happening at The Times newspaper, and the conditions which caused the problems.

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More rail strikes next week (1979)

Genre

Interview

ASLEF union General Secretary Ray Buckton regrets there will be more rail strikes the following week due to the fact the agreement he reached with Britsh Rail is not to be honoured.

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