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In this clip, Richard Organ recalls a strike by plumbers on the Barbican in the late 1960s.

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In this clip, Jim Moher reflects on some aspects of the Irish experience in Britain during the 1960s.

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In this clip, Fred Udell recalls the struggle against labour-only sub contracting in the early days of Stevenage new town.

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