Miners strike - Court ruling on NUM conference

Title

Miners strike - Court ruling on NUM conference

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Jul 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:01:55

Description

Two interviews with miners Neil Greatrex and then Tony Knowles on efforts to get the NUM extraordinary conference banned in a High Court ruling to try and stop rule changes not agreed by all NUM members, especially Nottinghamshire delegates (Nottinghamshire miners are still working during the strike). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Neil Greatrex; Tony Knowles

Keywords

Strikes; Labour disputes; Conferences; NUM; Coal miners; Legal decisions; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Nottinghamshire; High courts; Strikes (events)

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