TUC conference speeches on allowing strike ballots

Title
TUC conference speeches on allowing strike ballots
Genre
News report; Speech
TX Date
1 Sep 1986
Year of production
1986
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Duration
00:02:50
Description
Mark Mardell reports on the TUC conference (on the Wapping dispute?). Includes excerpts of speeches by TUC leader Norman Willis, Alan Tuffin of the postal workers’ union (Union of Communication Workers?), Barbara Switzer of TASS (the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers) and Ron Todd of the Transport and General Workers Union. Speakers discuss whether to allow workers to vote before deciding on strike action.
Contributors
Alan Tuffin; Mark Mardell; Ron Todd; Norman Willis; Barbara Switzer
Keywords
Trade unions; Government; Strikes; TGWU; TUC; Margaret Thatcher; Conferences; Ballots; AEUW; TASS; Union of Communication Workers; Ken Gill

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