Arthur Scargill on wage rises for miners

Title

Arthur Scargill on wage rises for miners

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Sep 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:02:25

Description

National Union of Mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill talks about British Coal’s decision to pay wage increases to NUM members. He criticises the board’s decision not to backdate pay to NUM members but to backdate pay to members of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill

Keywords

Trade unions; Industry; Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Coal mining; NUM; Coal miners; Coal mines; Coal Strike (1984-1985); UDM; Robert Haslam; British Coal Corporation

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