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  1. BR employees win right to strike (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    The Court of Appeal has refused to grant an injunction to British Rail to stop 24 hour strikes on the railways. BR spokesman Paul Watkinson says the company will get together with the NUR to solve the...

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  2. 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...

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  3. Threats to Sid Weighell’s life (1983)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with former General Secretary of the NUR Sid Weighell as he promotes his book entitled A Hundred Years of Railway Weighells. He talks about attemps made on his life during the rail dispute of 1982....

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  4. Sid Weighell on BR productivity deal and his resignation (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with NUR General Secretary Sid Weighell about the union’s vote to accept British Rail’s productivity deal and his resignation and achievements in the post. Male interviewer not identified.

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  5. Sid Weighell on rail pay offer (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with NUR General Secretary Sid Weighell about a four percent pay offer to railway workers following the recommendations of the Lord McCarthy rail labour tribunal. He also speaks about possible...

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  6. London Underground Workers unimpressed by British Rail offer (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Discussion of the negotiations between London Underground workers and British Rail. Assistant General Secretary of the NUR, Vernon Hince, expresses his disappointment with British Rail’s offer and hints at...

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  7. Strike Crisis

    Date released
    13 Jun 1955
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1358
    NoS ID
    020124
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Parliament Opens - Strike Crisis. DESCRIPTION: MP’s arriving at the House of Commons for the new session, included some new members. The railway strike was one of the urgent problems...

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  8. Sid Weighell attacks NUM over rail strike support (1982)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Sid Weighell, NUR General Secretary, attacking the decision of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) to support ASLEF rail union during the rail workers dispute over flexible rostering. Male...

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  9. ASLEF ends rail strike (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the decision by ASLEF General Secretary Ray Buckton to end the rail strike over flexible rostering. Speaking are: Len Murray, TUC General Secretary; Les Huckfield, ASLEF’s parliamentary...

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  10. Miners strike - Scargill and Knapp on repercussions (1984)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on the possible legal outcomes of industrial action by miners, and the unions’ role and position. Includes excerpts of speeches by Arthur Scargill, General Secretary of the National Union of...

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