Miners strike - Picket at Scunthorpe steel works
- Title
- Miners strike - Picket at Scunthorpe steel works
- Genre
- Vox pop; Discussion
- TX Date
- 21 Jun 1984
- Year of production
- 1984
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- Duration
- 00:02:20
- Description
- Report on a picket by striking miners outside Scunthorpe Steel Works in a bid to gain support from the steelworkers. They also make clear their views on steel management, the Police, and Ian MacGregor, Chairman of the National Coal Board. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Police; Coal mining; Demonstrations; NUM; Coal industry; Mining; NCB; Steel; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Iron and steel workers; Humberside; Ian MacGregor; Lincolnshire; Industrial management; Scunthorpe Steel Works; East Midlands
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LBC/IRN, "Miners strike - Picket at Scunthorpe steel works". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005600244003 (Accessed 10 May 2025)