Report recommends pit closures

Title

Report recommends pit closures

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Jun 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:53

Description

Interview with NUM President Arthur Scargill responding to NCB Chairman Norman Siddall’s remarks on the future of the coal mining industry following a Monopolies and Mergers Commission report recommending mine closures. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Reports; Government; Monopolies; Economics; Coal mining; Conservative Party; Political parties; NUM; Coal industry; Finance; Coal miners; Ballots; NCB; Coal mines; Costs; Mine closures; Redundancies; Industrial policy; Monopolies and Mergers Commission; Norman Siddall

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