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812 results found for '"Coal miners"' in Keywords.
US miners’ strike (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Norman Beebe reports on a strike by mineworkers in the United States. President Jimmy Carter has invoked the Taft-Hartley Act to end the 91-day strike and get the miners back to work.
Jimmy Carter’s fight with striking miners (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Norman Beebe reports on the strike by American miners. US President, Jimmy Carter has invoked Taft-Hartley labour laws to get the miners back to work. James Vance of the United Mine Workers (UMW) says the...
Striking miners issued injunctions under Taft-Hartley laws (1978)
- Genre
- News report
Norman Beebe reports from the United States on the decision of Federal Marshals to hand out court orders under the Taft-Hartley labour laws, forcing striking mineworkers back to work.
Miners wage claims (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Harold Wadsworth speech (at an NUM conference?) putting forward Yorkshire miners’ claim for wages of £6,500 per year. He is against the incentive schemes.
Joe Gormley on incentive schemes (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
NUM President Joe Gormley speech defending his decision to allow incentive schemes at NUM conference. The schemes give miners extra wages and have already led to increased productivity in places where they...
Joe Gormley on wage negotiations (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
NUM President Joe Gormley speech at NUM conference, attacking Government interference in wage negotiation.
NUM collective bargaining resolution (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
NUM President Joe Gormley on miners’ call for return to free collective bargaining at the NUM conference. Hopes TUC will support the resolution. Male interviewer not identified.
NUM alternative economic policy (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Mick McGahey at the NUM conference supporting a resolution for return to collective bargaining to increase wages and the standard of living. Alternative to Government’s current wage policy.
Scargill on wage policy and unemployment (1978)
- Genre
- Speech
Speech by Arthur Scargill at the NUM conference attacking the government’s wage policy and decrying high unemployment rates.
Scargill on NUM conference (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Arthur Scargill on the NUM conference and resolutions passed; believes it was a first-class conference. Also on battles and differences of opinion with NUM President Joe Gormley. Male interviewer not...