Sheerness steel works picket

Title
Sheerness steel works picket
Genre
News report; Interview; Vox pop
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1980
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Duration
00:02:57
Description
Report on picketing outside the Sheerness steel works on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent after workers voted to return to work in opposition to their union’s directive. Includes argument between pickets and a lorry driver; interviews with Les Banbury, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), and Taffy Watts, ISTC; vox pop with workers’ wives. Female reporter not identified.
Contributors
Les Banbury; Taffy Watts
Keywords
Trade unions; Industry; Strikes; Labour disputes; Political protests; Kent; Sheerness; Steel industry; Demonstrations; Iron industry; ISTC

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