Daw Mill pit vote to join NUM breakaway union

Title

Daw Mill pit vote to join NUM breakaway union

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:43

Description

NUM official Dick Emery welcoming the three to one ballot vote by members at Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire in favour of leaving the NUM and joining the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Dick Emery

Keywords

Trade unions; NUM; Coal miners; Ballots; Coal mines; Warwickshire; Trade union members; Union of Democratic Mineworkers; Daw Mill Colliery

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