Union leaders on pit closures

Title

Union leaders on pit closures

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Oct 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:29

Description

Simon Israel reports from TUC headquarters in London, on attempts by the unions to prevent pit closures. He talks to members of the NUM Executive and other union leaders, some of whom call for a general strike.

Contributors

Dennis Skinner; Norman Willis; Simon Israel; Joe Wills; John Dowling(?); Derrick Fullick

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; ASLEF; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; Mine closures; Redundancies

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