Steel cuts and closures

Title

Steel cuts and closures

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:04:41

Description

Report on the cutbacks and closures in the steel industry as announced by Sir Charles Villiers, Chairman of the British Steel Corporation (BSC). Includes interviews with Villiers and Bill Sirs, General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), who is hoping for a full-scale political campaign to fight the cuts. Vivian White reports.

Contributors

Vivian White; Bill Sirs; Charles Villiers

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour disputes; Labour relations; Unemployment; Steel industry; Steelworks; BSC; ISTC; British Steel; Redundancies

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