British Coal to make 1100 redundancies

Title

British Coal to make 1100 redundancies

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

22 Jan 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:09

Description

British Coal has officially announced today the loss of more than 1100 jobs at 4 collieries in Yorkshire. The company says the jobs are going to make the pits more efficient against foreign competitors. British Coal Selby group chairman Alan Horton says jobs will be safe until March 1993, but after that there are no guarantees. Miners at Kellingley colliery, one of those affected, give their opinions. Phil Edwards reports from Yorkshire.

Contributors

Phil Edwards; Alan Horton

Keywords

Miners; Unemployment; Coal industry; Coal miners; British Coal; Redundancies; Competitiveness (business)

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