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Report on a vote by miners on whether to close Rufford Colliery, Nottinghamshire. The options are limited, and most feel that redundancy is being forced upon them. Speaking here are unidentified pit workers;...
Miner’s lawyer Mark Stephens interviewed about a High Court Judge’s ruling that British Coal cannot use the miners’ pension fund to pay for redundancies. He is sad it came to a court ruling but says it...
Interview with shadow Employment Secretary Frank Dobson on the future of coal mining in Britain as British Coal plans to shut a further 15 pits before privatisation. He says British Coal and the government...
Paul Rowley interviews Peter McNestry, General Secretary of the pit union NACODS, about the Government’s plans to change responsibility for safety regulations in Britain’s mines without a parliamentary...
John Beesley reports on pit closures and the mountain of surplus coal which can’t be sold with TUC leaders to meet Energy Minister Tim Eggar today over possible future closures. Includes interviews with...
Arthur Scargill giving the prices of various forms of energy to say that British coal is the cheapest form of energy. Scargill advocates direct action (strikes) to get his point across to the government who...
Report on the UK’s remaining coal mines and if they will remain operational or be sold into privatized business as a review is announced. Speakers are Conservative backbench coal rebel Elizabeth Peacock;...
Angela Rippon interviews Robert Fiedor(?), Yorkshire President of the Pit Deputies Union, NACODS, who describes the reaction to the news Bentley Colliery near Doncaster will close. Fiedor describes the...
Mychaela(?) Stevenson(?) reports on the news that three more coal pits are to be closed. National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) branch treasurer Jim Sawyer says the average age of workers at Ellington in...
Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary, Robin Cook condemns the closure of a further three coal mines. He says the pits closed this week are profitable but the Government have created a market that does not...
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