P & O sails ferry out of Dover, breaking strike

Title

P & O sails ferry out of Dover, breaking strike

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

2 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

P & O Ferries are claiming that they have broken the back of the seamen’s blockade. Reporter James Bays was on the Pride of Bruges as it steamed out of Dover, bound for Zeebrugge. Contributions from P & O Chairman, Sir Jeffrey Sterling, who addresses the crew; an unidentified soldier, who disagrees with the strike; an anonymous seaman, who says many of his colleagues would return to work but for the picket line.

Contributors

James Bays; Jeffrey Sterling

Keywords

Strikes; Labour disputes; Kent; Sailors; National Union of Seamen; NUS; Ferries; Dover; P & O Ferries

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