[…] I believe the, the local working ladies used, used to come round at lunchtimecouldn’t they?Oh no. A thing that struck me as a very, very, as a trade unionist talk about Women’s Lib. I knew what would happen when Women’s Lib started getting off because the women, well, the post girls and negati[…]
[…] Zealand equity.John P Hamilton 12:36 What did you do with a broom? We all know the answer to that. So you joined equity your first trade unionGerald Chambers 12:45 was in was in was in New Zealand as an actor, as an actor. And I still have my card signed by a Mr. Jacques Fle[…]
[…]armed person in the forces you needed around 13 or 14 people in civilian life as a back up to that. Partly, no largely, because of the efforts of the union the authorities didn't make the mistake that they made in the First World War which was virtually to kill the British film industry which had be[…]
[…]s which they controlled in order to broadcast the material we created. Secondly they were almost invariably either in or on the verge of being in the union and those were experiences which most producers knew nothing about at all most of our skills were literary skills or quasi literary or journalis[…]
[…] that. Partly, no largely, because of the efforts of the union the authorities didn't make the mistake that they made […]
[…]use I don't remember much about him really. Of course the other guy was there he came over, who was the ex-Spitfire pilot who still does things RAF reunions and things? John P. Hamilton 6:18 Oh, Tony. John Ammonds 6:22 OBs he works a […]
[…] 50:46 Yours is okay? Oh, there it is. It was it comes on, right?Speaker 1 50:55 I mean hiring and firing, of course, with no unions, no indeed. So IRoy Fowler 51:08 A my channel keeps breaking up, though that's all right now, hello, I'm sorry to be doing this, bu[…]
[…]ed. Had a great driver and his assistant, Billy and Joe, two wonderful men. Very kind. They said “keep in this job, you’ve got a job for life. Strong union, get what we want, you know what I mean.” I have to say – the West End in those days was Hollywood. It was fantastic.McG: Why?HF: It was i[…]
[…]was at Warner Brothers, yes, at Teddington...KM:... where I never worked.Sidney Cole: When did you start - you must have got more associated with the Union in those days, had you?Kay Mander: I think I was - yes, I was on the General Council, wasn't I?Sidney Cole: You must have been one of the very e[…]
[…] to it as well, you know, the work in the laboratories I feel now has become far more technical than ever it was in the old days. The result of trade union activity within the industry has removed some of the fears. Nowadays, because of the variations of procedure and method. One cannot pursue the o[…]
