LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

TUC conference - Miners’ strike

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Report on issues around the miners’ strike at the TUC conference in Brighton, before a vote to endorse support for the NUM this afternoon. With speech by TUC President, Ray Buckton; demonstrating miners’ shouting; comment from steel union leader Bill Sirs and NUM leader Arthur Scargill. Male reporter not identified (poss. Neil Mainland).

Contributors

Ray Buckton; Arthur Scargill; Bill Sirs; Neil Mainland?

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; TUC; Conferences; NUM; Coal miners; NCB; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Brighton; Iron and steel workers; Strikes (events); Collective agreements

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