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1980s news clips - Arthur Scargill on NCB decision

Title
1980s news clips - Arthur Scargill on NCB decision
Genre
Press conference
TX Date
1984
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:00:34
Description
Press statement by miners’ leader, Arthur Scargill, criticising an announcement by the Coal Board of a decision which would effectively halve the size of the UK industry. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.
Contributors
Arthur Scargill
Keywords
Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; UK; Great Britain; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Coal mines

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