Miners strike- Stoke rally

Title

Miners strike- Stoke rally

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

1 Dec 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Report on the NUM rally at Stoke-on-Trent with speeches by NUM leader Arthur Scargill and Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock including their reaction to the death of taxi driver David Wilkie, killed driving miners to work. And on NUM planned meeting with TUC to call for support and NUM finances being handed over to receiver. Male reporter nto identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Neil Kinnock

Keywords

Trade unions; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Homicide; Taxi drivers; NUM; Finance; Coal miners; Legal decisions; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Rallies (gatherings); Stoke-on-Trent; Strikes (events); David Wilkie

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