Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on NUM internal affairs

Title

Miners strike - Arthur Scargill on NUM internal affairs

Genre

Speech

TX Date

4 Oct 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:00:37

Description

Statement by Arthur Scargill, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, in which he claims that picketing miners are entitled to deal with internal NUM matters in their own way. He says that any union member who crosses a picket line runs the risk of being disciplined under NUM rules. Possibly from ITN’s Channel 4 News, 04/10/84.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; ITN; Channel 4

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Law; Yorkshire; Derbyshire; NUM; Coal industry; Ballots; Legal decisions; Coal Strike (1984-1985); High courts

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