Welsh miners’ conference and the 6-day week

Title

Welsh miners’ conference and the 6-day week

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

On the 6-day week. NUM General Secretary Peter Heathfield talks about rejecting the proposal; delegate John Connen(?) talks about the human reasons for rejecting it; Leicestershire’s Jack Jones says that they should agree but have other clauses; Deputy leader of South Wales, Terry Thomas backs the 6-day week and speaks about his anger at NUM President Arthur Scargill’s speech on South Wales; Scargill apologises for the speech. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Peter Heathfield; Terry Thomas; John Connen(?)

Keywords

Trade unions; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Coal industry; Wales; Coal miners; Working time; NUM Wales

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