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Grunwick factory dispute

Title
Grunwick factory dispute
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
11 Jul 1977
Year of production
1977
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Duration
00:03:05
Description
Margaret Thatcher speaks about the industrial action being taken at the Grunwick factory. She would like mass picketing to cease and is considering reform to the laws of picketing or working with trade unions to produce a code of practice on numbers allowed to picket. Taken from BBC Panorama television programme. The interviewer is David Dimbleby.
Contributors
Margaret Thatcher; David Dimbleby; BBC
Keywords
London; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Working conditions; Television programmes; Labour law; Law reform; Grunwick; Factory workers; Panorama; Industrial plants; Employment legislation; Strikes (events); Grunwick Strike (1976-1978)

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