Miners’ pit closure dispute

Title

Miners’ pit closure dispute

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Report on an NUM National Executive vote to return to work in the miners’ dispute over planned pit closures. Leader of the Yorkshire branch of the NUM, Arthur Scargill explains why he is not happy with the progress of negotiations. NUM leader Joe Gormley urges a return to work. John Perkins reports.

Contributors

John Perkins; Arthur Scargill; Joe Gormley

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Imports; Labour relations; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Coal mines; Mine closures; Redundancies

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