LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

NCB bribery allegations

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Interview with Labour Party coal spokesman Alex Eadie who with sixty other Labour MPs, has signed a motion calling for the suspension of National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor following allegations senior NCB officials attempted to bribe Leicestershire NUM leader Jack Jones for his co-operation in establishing the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers in place of the NUM. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Alex Eadie

Keywords

Trade unions; NUM; Corruption; NCB; Jack Jones; Trade union members; Ian MacGregor; Union of Democratic Mineworkers

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