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812 results found for '"Coal miners"' in Keywords.
Mining pensioners fund safe (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Miner’s lawyer Mark Stephens interviewed about a High Court Judge’s ruling that British Coal cannot use the miners’ pension fund to pay for redundancies. He is sad it came to a court ruling but says it...
Frank Dobson on coal industry (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shadow Employment Secretary Frank Dobson on the future of coal mining in Britain as British Coal plans to shut a further 15 pits before privatisation. He says British Coal and the government...
Coal industry safety changes opposed (1993)
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- Interview
Paul Rowley interviews Peter McNestry, General Secretary of the pit union NACODS, about the Government’s plans to change responsibility for safety regulations in Britain’s mines without a parliamentary...
Coal industry to be privatised (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook on the proposed privatisation of the coal industry, criticising the decision, he states the reasons he thinks it is a mistake. Des Fahy...
Coal industry to be privatised (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Energy Minister Tim Eggar on the planned privatisation of the coal industry, Labour shadow Trade and Industry Secretary Robin Cook’s concerns over health and safety standards under private...
More pit closures likely (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop; Interview
John Beesley reports on pit closures and the mountain of surplus coal which can’t be sold with TUC leaders to meet Energy Minister Tim Eggar today over possible future closures. Includes interviews with...
Scargill calls for strikes over mine closures (1993)
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- Interview
Arthur Scargill giving the prices of various forms of energy to say that British coal is the cheapest form of energy. Scargill advocates direct action (strikes) to get his point across to the government who...
Remaining coal mines in doubt (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the UK’s remaining coal mines and if they will remain operational or be sold into privatized business as a review is announced. Speakers are Conservative backbench coal rebel Elizabeth Peacock;...
Bentley colliery to close (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Angela Rippon interviews Robert Fiedor(?), Yorkshire President of the Pit Deputies Union, NACODS, who describes the reaction to the news Bentley Colliery near Doncaster will close. Fiedor describes the...
Three more pits to close (1994)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Mychaela(?) Stevenson(?) reports on the news that three more coal pits are to be closed. National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) branch treasurer Jim Sawyer says the average age of workers at Ellington in...