Thatcher on new jobs for Wrexham

Title

Thatcher on new jobs for Wrexham

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Apr 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

As Courtaulds Textiles, the major employer in Wrexham, prepares to leave the area, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks to a press conference about the measures the Government will take to help alleviate redundancies, as she tours North Wales. Chief Executive officer of Wrexham Council, Sydney Tongue and factory worker, Anne(?) McCall(?) also comment. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Anne(?) McCall(?); Sydney Tongue

Keywords

Trade unions; Employment; Redundancy terms; Wales; Investment; Factory workers; Industrial plants; Redundancies; Wrexham; Courtaulds Textiles; Welsh Development Agency

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