Spotlight 2.3: Industrial disputes and poverty in Scotland
Published: 6 October 2022
Commentary, Research insight
What we can learn from industrial disputes of the 1970s and 80s, and poverty in Scotland today including what can be done to address it.
Kezia Dugdale and Professor Graeme Roy speak to Jim Phillips, Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow.Jim talks about the key industrial disputes of the 1970s and 1980s and what we can learn from those experiences in the current climate of industrial relations.
They also speak to Citizens Advice Scotland and its Head of Communications, Kieron Higgins, as part of Challenge Poverty Week. Kieron talks about the findings of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s annual Poverty in Scotland publication, and what’s happening on the ground in communities across Scotland.
Timestamps
- Jim Phillips: 1:55
- Kieron Higgins: 22:57
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First published: 6 October 2022