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Telecoms strike

Title
Telecoms strike
Genre
Interview
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1978
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Duration
00:04:22
Description
A spokesman from the Telecoms trade union (poss. Norman Howard) comments on the outcome of talks for a 35 hour week, and agrees the union have settled on a figure of 37.5 hours per week. Customers are without telephone access and need upgrades, and with a lift on the overtime ban also, the engineers will be back at worl promptly to solve these problems. Speakers unknown.
Contributors
Norman Howard?
Keywords
Strikes; Labour disputes; Working time; Telecommunications industry

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