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A look at the A.S.T.M.S. dispute involving laboratory technicians in hospitals.
A look at the A.S.T.M.S. dispute involving laboratory technicians in hospitals.
| Module code and title: | P881, Industrial relations |
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| Item code: | P881; 04 |
| First transmission date: | 06-06-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
| Note: | Also used for PT281 |
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| Producer: | Nell Smith |
| Contributors: | Reg Bird; Joan Raisin; Brian Barrett |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | A.S.T.M.S.; Conditions of service; Hackney Hospital; Zuckerman report on medical laboratory technicians in the NHS |
| Footage description: | Over views of laboratory technicians at work, there are brief statements on the nature of the dispute. An outline of the A.S.T.M.S. claim for better payments is given, which Bird further elaborates on. The possibilities of strike action are looked over. The problem of compulsory on-call work is briefly mentioned. Further difficulties created by the recommendations of the Zuckermann Report are described, with Bird commenting in detail on A.S.T.M.S. view of it. More problems following on from the general N.H.S. reorganisation and the effects on medical laboratories are outlined. The technicians discuss how they feel the job should be structured from a professional and career point and how they see their own futures threatened. Raison comments on some of the concerns felt over career development, which many technicians see as bad. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT72048 |
| Production number: | 6HT72048 |
| Videofinder number: | 1277 |
| Available to public: | no |
