British steel survival plan proposed by Ian MacGregor

Title

British steel survival plan proposed by Ian MacGregor

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:02:48

Description

Report on the proposed survival plan for the British steel industry advocated by the new BSC Chairman Ian MacGregor including loss of 20,000 workers. The plans are being put to the workforce by ballot. Includes interviews with Ian MacGregor; Bill Sirs, ISTC. Both male reporters not identified.

Contributors

Bill Sirs; Ian MacGregor

Keywords

Trade unions; Cost reduction; Steel industry; Ballots; Employees; BSC; ISTC; Iron and steel workers; Ian MacGregor; Redundancies

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