[…] up to me and said, "Excuse me, where is your ticket?" I never knew what he meant, so I said, "What is it?" He explained it to me and said he was the Union and you couldn't work there without a ticket and I said, "I'm sorry I have none." So he said, "You won't be able to work here I'm afraid, you ha[…]
[…]because I didn't go to 52Unknown Speaker 37:27 I'd been there seven years. And as you know, ABC at that particular time was a very strong union job,Unknown Speaker 37:35 and it wasn'tUnknown Speaker 37:38 like who you know, what you know. It was you went by senior[…]
[…]y.Kay Mander: So your fame had gone quite wide by then, already.Joy Batchelor: Well, the films had.Kay Mander: So during all this time, there was the union. You've mentioned ACT not understanding about editors.Joy Batchelor: No they don't, to this day.Kay Mander: Did you, you joined ACTT - or ACT, r[…]
[…]:29 Was that up at Elstree?Unknown Speaker 12:32 No, that was at Denham,Unknown Speaker 12:36 a long time for the other unions.Unknown Speaker 12:39 What are your recollections of those early days Denham, with act at Denham.Unknown Speaker 12:48 […]
[…]w they organized the newsreels, and the effect that it had.Speaker 1 12:11 Well, the thing that I knew was I was a member of the National Union of Journalists,Roy Fowler 12:21 and I came into, we're talking now, of when, what issues,Speaker 1 12:24 the beginning o[…]
[…]as it was, clearly now couldn't possibly be. But that was my first enrolment and then of course when I became a member of the BBC I had to resign the union. We weren't allowed to be a member of the union if you joined the Corporation.Alan Lawson 12:38 Have you any recollections[…]
[…] JB Very. SR It was unionized. Did you join the union? JB Yes I was caught by that trap which […]
[…] He explained it to me and said he was the Union and you couldn't work there without a ticket and […]
[…]have been hard to do it out of Manchester with all thepoliticians coming in and out.SRGranada was also quite a left wing organization.JBVery.SRIt was unionized. Did you join the union?JBYes I was caught by that trap which we all now remember which was you couldn’t directunless you had a ticket and y[…]
