Railway workers vote against strike action

Title

Railway workers vote against strike action

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

9 Jul 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:33

Description

Mark Mardell reports on the vote against strike action by the National Union of Railwaymen during a proposed takeover by a US firm. Includes interviews with union leader Jimmy Knapp at their conference in Weston-super-Mare; also Don Lochlan(?) a railway worker; John Pallett(?) of BR who defends the modernisation programme and says they didn’t intimidate workers.

Contributors

Mark Mardell; Don Lochlan(?); John Pallett(?)

Keywords

Labour disputes; Wages; Cost reduction; Labour relations; Working conditions; British Rail; NUR; Railways; Conferences; Weston-super-Mare

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