NACODS strike halts coal production

Title

NACODS strike halts coal production

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Feb 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:20

Description

Ben Brown reports on a stoppage in Britain’s coalfields following a twenty-four-hour walkout by members of the pit deputies’ union, National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS). Includes interviews with Energy Secretary, Cecil Parkinson; Peter McNestry, NACODS.

Contributors

Cecil Parkinson; Ben Brown; Peter McNestry

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; UK; Great Britain; Coal mining; Coal industry; Coal; NACODS

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