Miners’ reaction to planned pit closures
- Title
- Miners’ reaction to planned pit closures
- Genre
- News report; Speech
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:03:35
- Description
- Report on the threat of strike action by the NUM after plans for pit closures were announced by the National Coal Board (NCB). Bridgend NUM President Emlyn Williams announces a strike at his coalfield; NUM leader Joe Gormley urges calm. John Perkins reports.
- Contributors
- John Perkins; Joe Gormley; Emlyn Williams
- Keywords
- Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Coal mining; NUM; Coal industry; Wales; Coal miners; NCB; Coal mines; Bridgend; Mine closures; Redundancies
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