LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Miners strike - Fred Sanderson on return to work

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Jan 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:04:04

Description

Mark Mardell reports from the picket line at Frickley Colliery, where miners are returning to work in large numbers. Yorkshire spokesman for the National Coal Board, Fred Sanderson, talks about why this might be. National Union of Mineworkers branch secretary David Hickson(?) says miners are being mistreated.

Contributors

Mark Mardell; Fred Sanderson; David Hickson(?)

Keywords

Trade unions; Strikes; Miners; Yorkshire; Employment; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Coal mines; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Frickley Colliery; Strikes (events)

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