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Interview with Pete Robert Shaw about work at Winchester Co., Bedford (1) The firm...
Catalogue reference: Z 852/2/ 10
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- Z 852/2/ 10
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1994
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Interview with Pete Robert Shaw about work at Winchester Co., Bedford (1) The firm producing brakes and clutches for industrial equipment and employing 80 people, recently reduced by 9 redundancies. Winchester had recently been taken over by the Damer Group, an American firm with a factory in USA.
(2) The work was not particularly skilled but was specialised. The company operated a work cell system to encourage flexibility of skills.
(3) Working and management practice is described in great detail, including the discouragement of union activity.
(4) The closure of a number of light engineering firms in Bedford is discussed, including Georg Fischer.
(5) The racial makeup is analysed (one third native English, Italian and Indian) and the good relations between the indigenous community and the Italian community commented on.
( Original Ref. SS 33 Pete Robert Shaw Winchester Co )
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc.No. 7542
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2f3f94c4-f6c8-4983-a798-d1e61f92b64e/
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Z 852/2
Cassette Tapes of Pre- Production Research Interviews
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Cassette Tapes of Pre- Production Research Interviews
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Interview with Pete Robert Shaw about work at Winchester Co., Bedford (1) The firm...