The Impact of the Wilson Report: Jobs

The Impact of the Wilson Report: Jobs

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Location

Belfast, Havelock House

Year

1965

Date

Production 02/02/1965

Length

03min 24sec

Audio

sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Maurice Smyth meets Mr Andy Barr to get his reflections on the Wilson Report. He speaks from a trade union perspective. He feels there is too much emphasis on pulling in international investment.  

Notes

Andy Barr was a communist and Trade Unionist. He sat on the executive committee of the ICTU and was president of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.

Professor Thomas Wilson was a Belfast-born economist and professor at Glasgow University. He was Economic Consultant to the Northern Ireland government 1964-1965 and his report produced proposed measures to improve the infrastructure and provide more training, so as to attract industry to the province. It brought some prosperity, but hopes were dashed when the troubles erupted at the end of the 1960s. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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