E65: Building workers’ strike w/ Ricky Tomlinson, part 1

Working Class History

Society & Culture, Education, History

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🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Part 1 of our double-podcast episode to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 building workers' strike. In this episode, we speak to two participants in the strike - Tony O'Brien and the actor, Ricky Tomlinson - who talk about conditions in the building industry, how the strike started, and the flying pickets organised by the rank and file that spread it across the country.
Full acknowledgements, photos, sources, more information and eventually a transcript on the homepage for this double episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e65-66-building-workers-strike-w-ricky-tomlinson/

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0:00.0	In the summer of 1972, hundreds of thousands of building workers in Britain took part in a nationwide strike, demanding better pay, a shorter working week and an end to precarious working conditions.
0:12.0	When it ended, the workers had won massive pay increases, but the government and bosses wanted revenge, resulting in a huge miscarriage of justice and legal fight, which lasted nearly
0:21.9	five decades.
0:23.4	This is working class history.
0:25.1	Up and down the nation, he gave the work his strength and courage.
0:40.7	Up and down the nation, he taught us to...
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1:05.3	parts of this double episode now, as well as an exclusive bonus episode. Link in the show notes.
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