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Pensioner dies during ambulance strikes

Title
Pensioner dies during ambulance strikes
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
4 Dec 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:02:22
Description
Nigel Dearing reports for the Talkback breakfast show on a call by health union NUPE for all Army ambulances replacing regular crews during the ambulance workers strike to be taken off the streets of London after the death of a pensioner involved in a crash with one in Battersea last night. Includes interviews with NUPE officers Chris Humphreys(?) and Roger Poole.
Contributors
Nigel Dearing; Roger Poole; Chris Humpheys(?)
Keywords
Deaths; London; Trade unions; Emergency services; Strikes; Labour disputes; Working conditions; NUPE; Ambulance services; Army; Army personnel; Road accidents; Battersea; Elaine Emberson

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