Wapping dispute ends

Title

Wapping dispute ends

Genre

News report; Vox pop; Speech

TX Date

8 Feb 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Report on the end of the News International dispute at Wapping, East London. Includes vox pop with pickets and with local shop keepers; speech by Margaret Thatcher addressing the Young Conservatives in Scarborough (audio crackly) on violence of pickets and Labour criticism of police. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Newspapers; Violence; The Times; Printing industry; Wapping; SOGAT; News International; Printers; Brenda Dean

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