ATV Today: 12.11.1980: Knitwear Protest

Summary

Members of the Hosiery and Knitwear Workers Union marched through Leicester to a rally at the Granby Halls in protest at the loss of five thousand jobs in the area during the past year.

Year:

1980

Duration:

0:03:05

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Views of protest march in Leicester showing trade union banners and placards. View inside a closed factory. John Mitchell piece to camera reporting that forty firms have closed in the past year in Leicester. Views inside a small works that it still operating. Interview with John Harrison and Harold Gibson of the hosiery workers union, who said that cheap imports were forcing firms to close and that there should be some form of international trade agreement. Exterior shot of the Pex factory. Brief shot of the marchers arriving at Granby Halls. (+ 2.20 trims).


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