Miners strike - NUM special delegate conference

Title

Miners strike - NUM special delegate conference

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

19 Apr 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:04:46

Description

Report on the NUM special delegate meeting in Sheffield changing the union’s rules on the majority required to call a national strike. Speakers are Superintendent Terry Swann; Labour MP Dennis Skinner; and NUM leader Arthur Scargill. Male reporter not identified (poss. Neil Mainland).

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Dennis Skinner; Terry Swann; Neil Mainland?

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour disputes; Miners; NUM; Coal miners; NCB; Sheffield; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Strikes (events)

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