BR runs services despite strike

Title

BR runs services despite strike

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:10

Description

Justin Carrigan reports on the sixth national rail strike. British Rail have managed to run some services and are claiming one in four men in the south east defied the NUR by turning up for work and have alleged strikers have been intimidating their colleagues to stay away from work, allegations denied by the NUR. Includes interviews with passengers; Colin McKeever, BR’s regional operations manager for Southern Region; Richard Rosser, TSSA union.

Contributors

Colin McKeever; Justin Carrigan; Richard Rosser

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; British Rail; ASLEF; NUR; Railway transport; Railway workers; Commuting; Railway services; TSSA

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