Murphy, Chris
2013 "Murphy, Chris", 2013, HistoryTalk Chris Murphy worked on exhibitions at Earls Court since the late 60s. He became a shop steward and then a convenor in the ASW, Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, which merged in the 70s with the bricklayers and painters unions as UCATT, Union of Co...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/9D0B6F23-E91A-4D19-8ADA-277B325EF0E7 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/C4C8320B-7ADF-4F67-A96B-67F5A9AA00B1 |
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"Murphy, Chris", 2013, HistoryTalk
Chris Murphy worked on exhibitions at Earls Court since the late 60s. He became a shop steward and then a convenor in the ASW, Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, which merged in the 70s with the bricklayers and painters unions as UCATT, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians. He was blacklisted after a dispute over the Motor Show being moved from Earls Court to Birmingham and went on to be the convenor of shop stewards at London Transport Parsons Green joiners works and worked on London Underground till his retirement in 2010.
In his clip he describes how the building industry has changed over the years, so that now, many companies are involved in the construction of one building.
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