Scargill colliery visit after comments on Solidarity

Title

Scargill colliery visit after comments on Solidarity

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

13 Sep 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:53

Description

Report on NUM leader Arthur Scargill’s visit to Ollerton Colliery in Nottinghamshire prior to wages talks with the NCB, after his comments opposing Polish trade union Solidarity. Scargill talks to a hostile press; a Polish miner at Ollerton comments. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill

Keywords

Trade unions; Wages; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Coal miners; Poland; Solidarity; Coal mines; Journalists; Nottinghamshire; Mine closures; Ollerton Colliery; Polish (cultural identity)

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