NUM receivership and assets siezure

Title

NUM receivership and assets siezure

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:01

Description

Report on the continuing impasse over the NUM receivership and seizure of its eight million pound assets following the coal strike, to be discussed at the NUM executive conference today, with the question of whether President Arthur Scargill should apologise to the courts for defying a court ruling at the time and continuing to call the strike official without a national ballot. Includes comment from Scargill and COHSE leader Trevor Bell. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill; Trevor Bell

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Arthur Scargill; Conferences; NUM; Finance; Coal miners; Courts; Legal decisions; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Strikes (events)

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