Scottish Timex pickets come to London

Title

Scottish Timex pickets come to London

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Sep 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:02

Description

David Kermode interviews William Leslie from the strike committee of Timex on striking workers from Dundee, Scotland picketing a non-unionised Timex factory in London and encouraging shoppers and workers outside Harrods to boycott Timex products, and their global campaign against Timex following being sacked for the dispute over wages and conditions. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

David Kermode; William Leslie

Keywords

London; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Working conditions; Scotland; Violence; France; Dismissal from employment; Harrods; Feltham; Drivetime (radio programme); Dundee; Timex

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