A Question of Leadership

The film focuses on the discussion of the new situation that arose in the British labor movement after the defeat of the 13-week national steelworkers' strike of 1980, which was the first in the industry after a 50-year hiatus and led by the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC). The unions were unprepared to confront the aggressive anti-labor policies of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government. The discussion participants include rank-and-file steelworkers, miners, auto manufacturers, and union leaders at various levels.