Mining accidents and industry future

Title

Mining accidents and industry future

Genre

Interview

TX Date

11 Jan 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:35

Description

Sir Derek Ezra, Coal Board Chairman, on the recent mining accidents, claiming the health and safety of UK mines is of the best in the world and the future for the industry is bright despite likely high wage claims.

Contributors

Derek Ezra

Keywords

Trade unions; Wages; Labour relations; Coal mining; Mining disasters; Occupational health and safety; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Mine safety

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