Miners strike - Arthur Scargill visits Littleton Colliery

Title

Miners strike - Arthur Scargill visits Littleton Colliery

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

Apr 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:38

Description

Report on NUM leader Arthur Scargill speaking at the Littleton Colliery in Staffordshire and the reaction he got following a strike being forced at the pit by flying pickets. Includes working miners’ views on the strike and of Scargill; Arthur Scargill on his speech and picketing miners; comment from Staffordshire miners’ leader Joe McKie. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Joe McKie

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Coal miners; Coal mines; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Meetings; Staffordshire; Strikes (events); Littleton Colliery

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