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7 results found for '"Union of Democratic Mineworkers"' in Keywords.
Daw Mill pit vote to join NUM breakaway union (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
NUM official Dick Emery welcoming the three to one ballot vote by members at Daw Mill Colliery in Warwickshire in favour of leaving the NUM and joining the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers. Male...
NCB bribery allegations (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
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...
MacGregor on NCB bribery allegations (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Reaction by National Coal Board Chairman Ian MacGregor to the motion by sixty Labour Party MPs calling for his suspension following allegations senior NCB officials attempted to bribe Leicestershire NUM...
Ballot result in favour of NUM breakaway union (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the ballot result by mineworkers in Nottinghamshire and South Derbyshire in favour of a breakaway union. Includes reaction from Notts leader Roy Lynk, who is expected to be the General Secretary...
NUM-TUC meeting over miners strike aftermath (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the meeting between the NUM executive and the TUC inner cabinet to discuss the reinstatement of miners sacked during the coal strike, the National Coal Board strategy over the the miners’ pay...
Threats against UDM members (1985)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on alleged threats against members of the new breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers by miners at Westoe Colliery in Tyneside, including an alleged attempt to run down UDM leader George Hunter....
Yuri Butchenko demands investigation into whereabouts of NUM donation (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
The leader of a Soviet mineworkers’ union, Yuri Butchenko wants money donated to the NUM via Arthur Scargill during the 1984 British miners’ strike returned as it did not reach its intended destination....