May Day - New bank holiday

Title

May Day - New bank holiday

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 May 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:38

Description

Alan Fisher, General Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) on May Day being made a public holiday. He believes that more should be made of the new holiday, and refers to an earlier Anti-Nazi march and to the first Socialist International (by which he may mean the Second International, formed in 1889). With the sound of festivities in the background.

Contributors

Alan Fisher; Vivian White?

Keywords

London; Trade unions; Political marches; NUPE; Demonstrations; Socialism; Anti-Nazi League; Festivals; Public holidays; May Day; Socialist International; Second International

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