SDP Conference - Miners strike

Title

SDP Conference - Miners strike

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:15

Description

Richard Dallyn reports from the 1984 Social Democratic Party (SDP) conference in Buxton which concentrates on the matter of the miners strike. With speeches from SDP leader David Owen and SDP President Shirley Williams. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Shirley Williams; David Owen; Richard Dallyn

Keywords

Politics; Trade unions; Government; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Labour relations; Political conferences; Political leadership; Political parties; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; SDP; Social Democratic Party; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Buxton; Ian MacGregor; Strikes (events)

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