Dockers return as strike crumbles

Title

Dockers return as strike crumbles

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

31 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:12

Description

Claire Dalton reports from Hull on the failing docks strike as workers chose to go back to work despite the protestations of Liverpool flying pickets (heard shouting). The original reason for the dispute - the scrapping of the National Docks Labour Scheme - has been pushed into the background as the TGWU fights the employers over men sacked during the dispute. Includes interview with Brian Barker, TGWU docks official for Hull, confirming a split in the ranks. Broadcast on Radio Hallam.

Contributors

Radio Hallam; Claire Dalton; Brian Barker

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Docks; TGWU; Yorkshire; Harbours; Dismissal from employment; Dock workers; Manual workers; Hull

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