National Union of Journalists - History

History

On 7th August, 1985, some members of the union engaged in a labour dispute with BBC, IBA, ILR stations and S4C, caused the disruption of broadcasting on BBC2 and Channel 4, BBC1 showed back-to-back cartoons instead of the normal service.

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