Scargill defends action during strikes

Title

Scargill defends action during strikes

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

9 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:19

Description

Margaret Shiels reports on Arthur Scargill’s speech to the NUM conference on how he ran the NUM during the miners’ strikes in 1984-85 and new allegations of financial misconduct. Includes excerpt from Scargill’s speech defending his actions and saying the media are vilifying him.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Margaret Shiels

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Fraud; Conferences; NUM; Corruption; Coal miners; Kevin Barron

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