Miners strike - NUM defiant over funds

Title

Miners strike - NUM defiant over funds

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

4 Dec 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Report on the NUM conference announcing it will not pay any of the High Court’s fines or accept the receiver who has been appointed to take over their finances and calling for other unions to support their stance and saying the strike will go on. Speaking are NUM leader Arthur Scargill and Scottish Vice-President George Bolton. Male reporter not identified (poss. Neil Mainland).

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; George Bolton; Neil Mainland?

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; NUM; Finance; Coal miners; Legal decisions; Civil and political rights; Coal Strike (1984-1985); High courts; Strikes (events)

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