Informal conversations after GMB London region congress fringe meeting (up to 2 minutes 11 seconds) Michael Seifert, solicitor (from 2 minutes 12 seconds) (not in finished DVD)

	803/17A
	2007
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	After preliminary remarks about filming arrangements, Michael Seifert interview starts at 3:10. Subjects include (transcript paragraph numbers given in brackets): role of radical lawyers in defending arrested pickets (14, 36); bias of police and magistrates in favour of Grunwick and against the pickets (15-28); arrest of Arthur Scargill on the picket line and his acquittal because of extensive photographic evidence corroborating his own notes and his defence by a prominent prosecution barrister (28, 80-86); lack of support from trade unions for local members (39-42, 50); solidarity and dignity of the strikers (44); positive effect of the dispute on the attitude of white trade unionists to non-white workers (52); Seifert’s conclusion from the Grunwick and other disputes that trade unions were most effective when they were assertive (54-64); fluctuating governmental attitudes to trade union rights from the 1960s onwards (68-74). Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds.
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