Trade union leaders greet Jobs Express protest train

Title

Trade union leaders greet Jobs Express protest train

Genre

News report; Interview; Music

TX Date

Dec 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:48

Description

Report on the arrival of the Jobs Express protest train at Paddington. Includes actuality of a rally; interview with an unidentified young male protester from Liverpool; interview with Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), who says the scheme has drawn attention to the problem of unemployment. Male reporter not identified. Report ends with singing.

Contributors

Len Murray

Keywords

London; Trade unions; TUC; Political protests; Unemployment; Trains; Youth; Youth unemployment; Peaceful protests; Awareness-raising campaigns

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