Striking seamen ordered back to work

Title

Striking seamen ordered back to work

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 May 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:42

Description

National Union of Seamen General Secretary Sam McCluskie is to visit Dover this morning to explain the back-to-work order to his members endign the P & O Ferries strike. He says the decision was inevitable, to avoid a damaging split in the union, but he is saddened by it. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Sam McCluskie

Keywords

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

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