GCHQ union ban - Reaction to proposals

Title

GCHQ union ban - Reaction to proposals

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

Jan 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:46

Description

Report on reaction to the decision of the Government and Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, to ban trade unions at the UK intelligence unit in Cheltenham, GCHQ. The speakers include: Shadow Foreign Secretary Denis Healey; Civil Service Union Deputy Head Campbell Christie; Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Civil and Public Servants Association head Alistair Graham. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Alistair Graham; Denis Healey; Campbell Christie

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Government; Strikes; Labour disputes; Conservative Party; Civil service; Civil servants; Geoffrey Howe; State security; Falklands War (1982); GCHQ; Public servants; Cheltenham

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