Car and shipbuilding disputes

Title

Car and shipbuilding disputes

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

31 Mar 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:17

Description

Report on a strike at British Leyland’s Cowley plant and a settlement at the Ford Halewood factory agreed between unions and management via ACAS. Also report from a British Shipbuilders dispute in Newcastle. Speaking are: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; shipbuilders’ union negotiator Jim Murray. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Jim Murray

Keywords

Companies; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; British Leyland; Car industry; Motor vehicle industry; Motor vehicle industry workers; ACAS; Industrial arbitration; Shipbuilding industry; Newcastle; Shipbuilders; Industrial plants; Ford; Cowley

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