Timex strike

Title

Timex strike

Genre

Speech

TX Date

23 Mar 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:00:20

Description

Trade union leader William Leslie on a picket line outside the Timex electronics factory in Dundee where violence broke out, shouting his case against the Conservative government and their anti-union legislation. Timex failed in a court bid last week to outlaw mass meetings outside the factory.

Contributors

William Leslie

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Conservative Party; Scotland; Industrial plants; Dundee; Timex

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