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Day of action in health workers dispute

Title
Day of action in health workers dispute
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
22 Sep 1982
Year of production
1982
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Duration
00:05:38
Description
Report on the action by trade unionists in London to support the health workers in their pay dispute prior to a mass rally this afternoon and on effect of the action. Speaking are: St Thomas’s Hospital Administrator Helen Preston (she says: We’ve cut down on the number of patients admitted to the very bone); Chairman of London Ambulance Officers Consultative Committee Bill Geegie(?); London District Commissioner for St Johns Ambulance Derek Fenton; NUR spokesman Tom Millman(?). Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Helen Preston; Tom Millman(?); Derek Fenton; Bill Geegie(?)
Keywords
London; Trade unions; Emergency services; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Postal services; Health services; NUR; Hospitals; Railway services; Public health personnel; Ambulances; Trade union members; Paramedical personnel; St Thomas’ Hospital; Urban transport; St John Ambulance Service

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