TUC conference - GCHQ unions ban debate

Title

TUC conference - GCHQ unions ban debate

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Sep 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:21

Description

Report on a debate at the TUC conference in Blackpool about the Government’s decision to ban trade unions from the secret communications base at GCHQ in Cheltenham because of fears over national security. Speeches from: Rodney Bickerstaffe, NUPE; Norman Willis, General Secretary. Male reporter not identified (poss. Mark Mardell).

Contributors

Norman Willis; Mark Mardell?; Rodney Bickerstaffe

Keywords

Legislation; Trade unions; Government; TUC; Conferences; State security; Civil and political rights; GCHQ; Blackpool; Trade union members

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