Miners strike - Len Murray on picket line violence

Title

Miners strike - Len Murray on picket line violence

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Mar 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:07

Description

Kevin Heathorn interviews Len Murray, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), about picket line violence, following the death of a miner last night (presumably 23 year-old flying picket David Jones, who died at Ollerton on 15/03/84, though note discrepancy with interview transmission date). Murray says people’s hearts must go out to the family and friends of the miner. Miners have seen pits closed, they have been moved to other parts of the country and they have lost jobs. However, Yorkshire miners’ leader Jack Taylor has said they do not and never have endorsed violence of any sort. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has not yet made an approach to the TUC.

Contributors

Len Murray; Kevin Heathorn

Keywords

Deaths; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; Violence; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Nottinghamshire; David Jones; Ollerton Colliery; Jack Taylor

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