Pit closures - Heseltine blames Scargill

Title

Pit closures - Heseltine blames Scargill

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Oct 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:14

Description

Niki Cardwell reports on the plight of miners about to lose their jobs as pits close. NUM President, Arthur Scargill calls for a strike but President of the Board of Trade, Michael Heseltine blames Scargill for the decline of the coal industry. Hedley Salt, leader of the Coalfields Community Campaign in Barnsley, says they are still trying to get a stay of execution for the mines.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Michael Heseltine; Niki Cardwell; Hedley Salt

Keywords

Trade unions; Government; Strikes; Labour disputes; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Coal industry; Redundancy terms; Coal miners; Mine closures; Redundancies; Barnsley, Yorkshire; Coalfields Community Campaign

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