GCHQ employees banned from joining unions

Title

GCHQ employees banned from joining unions

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Jan 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Interview with an unidentified male (speaker - poss. a union civil service union representative) about the Government bringing in a special order that GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) employees are no longer allowed to belong to trade unions due to national security fears. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; Conservative Party; Civil servants; State security; Civil and political rights; Intelligence service; GCHQ; Trade union members

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