Lord Richard Rosser interviewed by Nick Mitchell
- Made:
- 2018-07-12 in London
- maker:
- Nick Mitchell
Oral history interview with Lord Richard Rosser, conducted and recorded by Nick Mitchell at the interviewer's home in London on 12 July 2018. Duration: 1 hr. 2 min. 8 sec. Industrial Relations Clerk London Underground; Baker Street; joining Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA); branch secretary; Labour Party; TSSA General Secretary 1989; campaigning against privatisation; train operating companies meetings; sale of British Rail companies; membership in the private sector; staff attitudes; Railtrack; relationships with engineering companies; rolling stock companies (ROSCOs) de-recognition of TSSA; foreign ownership; Secretary of State involvement in industry; collective bargaining; retirement; reflections from House of Lords
One of over 150 oral history recordings made as part of the Britain’s Railways All Change (BRAC) archive project. BRAC was set-up to cover gaps in documenting the railway privatisation process in the United Kingdom, between 1994 and 1997, when the government-owned British Rail was dismantled into over 100 privately-owned companies. The interviews capture the recollections of people involved in the planning and implementation of the privatisation process, the management of change and running the railway during privatisation.
Details
- Category:
- Oral Histories
- Collection:
- Britain's Railways All Change
- Object Number:
- 2020-276
- type:
- oral history interview
- copyright:
- Science Museum Group
- credit:
- Britain’s Railways All Change (BRAC) oral history archive, created in partnership with the Friends of the National Railway Museum, the Retired Railway Officers’ Society and the National Railway Museum.