LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Miners strike - Solicitor on Scargill threats

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:31

Description

Solicitor, John Lewis, representing three working miners, on the legality of threats made to working miners by Arthur Scargill, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, and a Mr Butler (presumably Gordon Butler of Derbyshire). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

John Lewis

Keywords

Legal procedure; Trade unions; Strikes; Labour disputes; Law; Miners; Derbyshire; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Coal miners; Legal decisions; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Solicitors; Right to employment; Gordon Butler

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