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Journalists join printers dispute

Title
Journalists join printers dispute
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
10 Jun 1986
Year of production
1986
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Duration
00:03:21
Description
Report on the ongoing strike at News International in Wapping - journalists have now voted to join printers. Reaction at the picket (shouts of scab heard) from SOGAT representative, Jimmy Ludlum; sportswriter Eric Butler. Also Home Secretary Douglas Hurd calling for an end to violence in the strike. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Douglas Hurd; Jimmy Ludlum; Eric Butler
Keywords
Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Newspapers; Wages; Violence; Ballots; Rupert Murdoch; Journalists; Wapping; News International; Printers; SOGAT82

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