Bill Sirs on Ian MacGregor

Title

Bill Sirs on Ian MacGregor

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 Sep 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:04:46

Description

Bill Sirs, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), says that Ian MacGregor of the National Coal Board is ignoring trade unions and has left the coal industry worse off. Sirs is also unhappy with the state of the railways. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Bill Sirs

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; British Rail; Railways; Steel industry; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Coal industry; NCB; ISTC; Coal mines; Ian MacGregor; Redundancies

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