TUC conference - Frank Chapple on miners strike

Title

TUC conference - Frank Chapple on miners strike

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:04:11

Description

EETPU union leader Frank Chapple talks about his new autobiography entitled Sparks Fly!, on violence being perpetrated during the miners’ strike, TUC agreement to support the NUM in its dispute. He also outlines his own union’s position during the strike. Speaking at the TUC conference in Brighton. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Frank Chapple

Keywords

Books; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Coal miners; Coal Strike (1984-1985); EETPU; Brighton; Strikes (events); Collective agreements

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.