Job
- Episode aired Nov 2, 1972
- 30m
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"It is every man's right to withdraw his labour, unless he's out of work.""It is every man's right to withdraw his labour, unless he's out of work.""It is every man's right to withdraw his labour, unless he's out of work."
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- Roger Race(uncredited)
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Job
Sykes has been dealing with domestic duties while Hattie goes out to work so they can save up enough money for a new television and a record player.
Hattie takes Eric to her factory which makes washers.
Only Eric cannot get the hang of working in a production line. Instead of making 2000 washer a day, he only makes 12 as he takes pride in his work.
Eric upsets both the union shop steward for his low output and the factory boss. However when the boss sacks Eric, the union threatens to go out on strike when the replacemant worker is a black man.
There is some typical Sykes humour as all the workers operate the machine in unison to the music. It is almost Chaplinesque.
Jimmy Edwards plays the factory boss who is exasperated by the trade unions.
Both Edwards and Sykes were right wingers. Both supported the Apartheid regime in South Africa and Ian Smith's Rhodesia. So I guess the trade unions at the time must have been really awful when Eric Sykes accused them of being racist!
Hattie takes Eric to her factory which makes washers.
Only Eric cannot get the hang of working in a production line. Instead of making 2000 washer a day, he only makes 12 as he takes pride in his work.
Eric upsets both the union shop steward for his low output and the factory boss. However when the boss sacks Eric, the union threatens to go out on strike when the replacemant worker is a black man.
There is some typical Sykes humour as all the workers operate the machine in unison to the music. It is almost Chaplinesque.
Jimmy Edwards plays the factory boss who is exasperated by the trade unions.
Both Edwards and Sykes were right wingers. Both supported the Apartheid regime in South Africa and Ian Smith's Rhodesia. So I guess the trade unions at the time must have been really awful when Eric Sykes accused them of being racist!
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