GMWU Isle of Grain blockade

Title

GMWU Isle of Grain blockade

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

May 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Report on a blockade by General and Municipal Workers Union (GMWU) pickets at the Isle of Grain power station site in Kent in defence of 27 laggers who have been in dispute over bonuses since 08/79. Includes interview with Frank Earl, national officer of the GMWU. Male interviewer not identified. Sound partly in mono.

Contributors

Frank Earl

Keywords

Trade unions; Industry; Strikes; Labour disputes; Kent; GMWU; Power stations; Power industry; Isle of Grain

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