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A Campaign Video made for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the wider Trade Union and Labour movement. Coal Not Dole.
Produced by South Wales Miners' Video Project.
and The Community Video Workshop, Cardiff.
The miners' strike of 1984/1985 was major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades union movement. It was also seen as a major political and ideological victory for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party.
Coal was a nationalised industry and, as in most of Europe, was heavily subsidised. A number of mines ("pits") in the United Kingdom were profitable and remained open after the strike, including some operating as of 2007[1]. There were also a number of mines that were unprofitable and the government wanted to close. The viability of many of these mines was called into question but the government - in a hurry to avoid any further losses - closed many before reports were collated, instead of using temporary offers of increased redundancy pay to encourage miners into voting in favour of pit closures. In addition, all the mines required efficiency improvements in order to attain or increase their profitability, which was to be done by means of increased mechanisation. Many unions resisted this as it would necessarily result in job cuts.
The strike became a symbolic struggle, since the miners' union was one of the strongest in the country. The strike ended with the defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) by the Conservative government, which then proceeded to consolidate its free market programme. The political power of the NUM was broken permanently. The dispute exposed deep divisions in British society and caused considerable bitterness, especially in Northern England and in South Wales. Ten deaths resulted from events around the strike, which is exceptional in the history of British industrial relations.
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 8782
Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners. Margaret Thatcher came to power at the end of the infamous Winter of Discontent in 1979, and spent the next decade curbing the power of trade unions.
Her year-long battle with striking miners between 1984 and 1985 typified her confrontational attitude to the union movement and her victory paved the way for a radical shift in the balance of power in industrial relations.
The Conservative government introduced eight employment-related acts between 1970 and 1990 which all hit union power. Mass picketing was outlawed, ballots had to be held before industrial action could be taken, secondary action was made illegal and union leaders had to face regular elections to keep their jobs.
The miners' strike of 1984/85 was the biggest test of the legislation, and the fiercest union clash she faced during her time as Prime Minister. Job losses and pit closures sparked the dispute, but National Union of Miners (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill decided not to hold a national ballot and the year was dominated by mass picketing, violent scenes at pits across the country and clashes with miners who refused to join the strike.
The Thatcher Government held firm and the power of the NUM was destroyed, leading years later to a huge programme of pit closures. Report by Mark Morris.
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- published: 08 Apr 2013
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With Banners Held High 30th Anniversary of the miners return to work
Unity Works Wakefield 7/ 3 / 2015
Celebrating the Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
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- published: 07 Mar 2015
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Andrew Bounds, FT northern England correspondent, looks at the rise and fall of the National Union of Mineworkers. It has declined to its last active 100 members, as Kellingley, the UK’s last deep coal mine, closes.
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- published: 18 Dec 2015
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Gold sales by the Bank of England came under fire today from South African miners, mine owners and the government.
The government accused Britain of breaking an undertaking to consult it before going ahead with it's gold auction.
All parties are demanding that further gold sales are stopped and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund are cancelled.
The auction of gold reserves has brought about a 20-year low in the gold price and potentially devastating effects on gold producing countries like South Africa.
In Pretoria hundreds of gold miners protested against the expected closure of the 160-year-old E-R-P-M mine which will cost thousands of jobs.
And the country's National Union of Mine workers has enlisted the help of sister organisations worldwide in a bid to prevent further gold sales by Britain and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund.
The union claims that "at least 800-thousand jobs" are under threat as a direct result of the gold sales --- the announcements of which sent markets reeling as the price of the yellow metal went into a tail-spin and plunged to record lows.
It has already asked the International Chemical, Energy and Mining Federation, the American Mine workers Union and the American Federation of Labour to urge the International Monetary Fund to rethink its planned sale of 10 (m) million ounces of gold.
An approach could also be made to the National Union of Miners in the United Kingdom and the British Trades' Union Congress to put pressure on Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour government to abort further auctions of its gold reserves.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"As our colonisers, they are inflicting more damage on us than help."
SUPER CAPTION: Gwede Mantashe, NUM secretary general
Tuesday's British auction of 25 tons of gold resulted in the metal's price sliding to a fresh 20 year low of 255-point-25 U-S dollars an ounce.
The price of spot gold has fallen 12 percent in the last two months.
South Africa is still the biggest producer of gold but it is also the most expensive with many of its mines in a "marginal" state even before the recent gold price collapse.
The South African gold industry's role in the domestic economy has been in steady decline since the early 1980s when it accounted for well over half the country's exports.
Today that figure is less than 20 percent.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The South African government find both incomprehensible and unacceptable the insensitivity of the British government and its monetary authorities towards the pleas of gold-producing countries, on the handling of the matter of gold sales. This behaviour, and the decisions of other industrialised countries and the IMF on the
public handling of this matter is having the effect of defeating the very objectives that they profess to pursue."
SUPER CAPTION: Joel Netshitenzhe, South African government spokesman
The Chamber of Mines of South Africa condemned the method and timing of the gold sales and warned that it could cost the industry at least 12-thousand jobs.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We'd also be seeking to consolidate our position with the other Highly Indebted Poor Countries who are gold producers in order to make sure that we can speak with one voice on this matter."
SUPER CAPTION: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs
It estimates that the combination of planned job losses and further vulnerable jobs will result in about 800-thousand people being exposed to the possibility of no subsistence income.
This does not include those jobs at risk from companies which either supply or service the gold mining industry.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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Shows: May 1979, Margaret Thatcher enters Number 10 Downing
Street: violent clashes on Grunwick picket line in 1977:
Trades Union Congress March through London in 1971: rubbish
heaped up in London's Leicester Square during refuse
collectors' strike: Margaret Thatcher speaking: violent
scenes outside Wapping printing plant, January 1987:
Conservative Party Election Manifesto: London March in
support of the miners 1984: Ian MacGregor speaking: Arthur
Scargill speaking: violent clashes at Orgreave Pit 1985:
working miner's car pelted by pickets in Aberdare, and car
driven miner's wife has window broken: strikers' wives
sorting out food parcels: strikers eating in canteen:
Grimethorpe miners return to work after strike: Fleet Street
newspaper offices: violent clashes on Warrington Messenger
Group newspaper plant 1983: Messenger Chairman, Selim 'Eddie'
Shah speaking: Rupert Murdoch in meeting with Brenda Dean,
National Graphical Association Leader, 1986: Murdoch
speaking: Dean speaking: barbed wire defences at Wapping
newspaper plant: Keith Parker, editor of Wolverhampton
Express and Star speaking: new technology in use compositing
in traditional newspaper print room: violent clashes between
police and pickets at Wapping.
(dur: 6 minutes 15 seconds / eng. sot: 1 minute 39 seconds)
Story: Britain's Conservative government has successfully
curtailed the power of the trade unions. London's Fleet
Street has felt the full effects of the combined force of
union law and the sweeping change of new technology, and the
clashes of the picket lines are as bitter as ever.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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This video is Dave Douglass talk's about his experiences of 1984 - the year the British mines almost defeated Thatcher. "That fight in 84-85 involved the whole community, it was not only about unions. It was partly about unions but it was about an industry, it was about a way of life. The miners were almost an ethnicity, with father to son for hundreds and hundreds of years in the same miner family. And we had a very strong revolutionary and radical tradition. So, all of the politics of power, fuel power was about political power and not just about energy. It was about more than that. It was about "Who rules ?""
About the speaker: Dave has been a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) since 1963 and an official of the Miner's Union, a Branch Official and also an executive member for about 24 years. He is a retired member now after being a full member for 49 years or so. He edited the revolutionary miner's paper called The Mineworker in the 1970's and also a local newspaper called Hot Gossips which lampooned the officials of the mine, the managers, the government, etc.
This video was recorded at the 2014 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair - for more video from the bookfair see www.wsm.ie/bookfair
- published: 02 May 2014
- views: 1732
The video looks at the UK coal miners strike which took place between 1984-85. The main leaders reviewed in the video are Arhur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher. Following the Coal Miners strike Trade Unions within the UK lost a lot of power and the nationalised coal industry was reduced massively.
There was often battles between the police and miners during the strike. However, the media was very biased against the strikes until channel four filmed from the miners perspective.
The video looks at the impact of the UK Miner's strike made to the miners families and the impact it had n families and communities are often over looked.
The Coal industry is still active today however, not to the scale that it was in the 1970's and 80's.
Films about the Coal Miners Strike:
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Billy Elliot - http://amzn.to/1XTBzT5
- published: 04 Apr 2015
- views: 4338
Michael "Mick" McGahey (29 May 1925 -- 30 January 1999)
was a Scottish miners' leader and life-long Communist, with a distinctive gravelly voice.
He described himself as "a product of my class and my movement".
He started work at age 14 at the Gateside Colliery, and continued to work as a miner for the next 25 years.
He followed his father into the Communist Party and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), remaining a member of both the Communist Party, until its dissolution in 1990, and the NUM, all his life.
He became chairman of the local branch of his union when he was only eighteen and thereafter progressed through its echelons, though never quite reaching the national presidency.
He was elected to the Scottish Executive of the NUM in 1958, becoming president of the Scottish area in 1967.
He married Catherine Young in 1954 with whom he had two daughters and a son.
A significant memorial, in the form of mine workings, stands to him at the east end of Cambuslang Main Street and there have been calls in the Scottish Parliament for a more national memorial.
Last picture -
Maggie Hambling's portrait of Michael 'Mick' McGahey shows the retired union leader sitting in front of a banner given to Scottish miners by their Russian counterparts in 1929.
McGahey, who went down the pits at fourteen, was a life-long member of the Communist party and a staunch defender of the mining communities.
President of the Scottish Area, and Vice-President of the National Union of Mineworkers, he led the Scottish miners during the disputes of the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in the bitter strike of 1984.
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- published: 27 Dec 2011
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Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as Britain 
i/ˈbrɪ.tən/, is an island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest island in Europe and the ninth-largest in the world. In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the third-most populous island in the world, after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. It accounts for the majority of the British Isles archipelago, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, including the island of Ireland to its west.
The island is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constituting most of its territory: most of England, Scotland, and Wales are on the island, with their respective capital cities, London, Edinburgh, and Cardiff. Politically, the term Great Britain usually extends to include surrounding islands that form part of England, Scotland, and Wales.
A single Kingdom of Great Britain resulted from the Union of Scotland and England (which already comprised the present-day countries of England and Wales) in 1707. More than a hundred years before, in 1603, King James VI, King of Scots, had inherited the throne of England, but it was not until 1707 that the Parliaments of the two countries agreed to form a unified state. Subsequently, in 1801, Great Britain united with the neighbouring Kingdom of Ireland, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The state was renamed the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" after five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom in 1922.
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is currently the only woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism.
Originally a research chemist before becoming a barrister, Thatcher was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley in 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his 1970 government. In 1975, Thatcher defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition and became the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom. She became Prime Minister after winning the 1979 general election.
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5:26UK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalized
UK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalizedUK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalized
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25:40The Case For Coal (1984) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - coal strike
The Case For Coal (1984) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - coal strikeThe Case For Coal (1984) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - coal strike
A Campaign Video made for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the wider Trade Union and Labour movement. Coal Not Dole. Produced by South Wales Miners' Video Project. and The Community Video Workshop, Cardiff. The miners' strike of 1984/1985 was major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades union movement. It was also seen as a major political and ideological victory for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. Coal was a nationalised industry and, as in most of Europe, was heavily subsidised. A number of mines ("pits") in the United Kingdom were profitable and remained open after the strike, including some operating as of 2007[1]. There were also a number of mines that were unprofitable and the government wanted to close. The viability of many of these mines was called into question but the government - in a hurry to avoid any further losses - closed many before reports were collated, instead of using temporary offers of increased redundancy pay to encourage miners into voting in favour of pit closures. In addition, all the mines required efficiency improvements in order to attain or increase their profitability, which was to be done by means of increased mechanisation. Many unions resisted this as it would necessarily result in job cuts. The strike became a symbolic struggle, since the miners' union was one of the strongest in the country. The strike ended with the defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) by the Conservative government, which then proceeded to consolidate its free market programme. The political power of the NUM was broken permanently. The dispute exposed deep divisions in British society and caused considerable bitterness, especially in Northern England and in South Wales. Ten deaths resulted from events around the strike, which is exceptional in the history of British industrial relations. -
4:13Margaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of Miners
Margaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of MinersMargaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of Miners
Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners. Margaret Thatcher came to power at the end of the infamous Winter of Discontent in 1979, and spent the next decade curbing the power of trade unions. Her year-long battle with striking miners between 1984 and 1985 typified her confrontational attitude to the union movement and her victory paved the way for a radical shift in the balance of power in industrial relations. The Conservative government introduced eight employment-related acts between 1970 and 1990 which all hit union power. Mass picketing was outlawed, ballots had to be held before industrial action could be taken, secondary action was made illegal and union leaders had to face regular elections to keep their jobs. The miners' strike of 1984/85 was the biggest test of the legislation, and the fiercest union clash she faced during her time as Prime Minister. Job losses and pit closures sparked the dispute, but National Union of Miners (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill decided not to hold a national ballot and the year was dominated by mass picketing, violent scenes at pits across the country and clashes with miners who refused to join the strike. The Thatcher Government held firm and the power of the NUM was destroyed, leading years later to a huge programme of pit closures. Report by Mark Morris. Subscribe to ITN News! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=itnnews Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itn Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/itn Visit our homepage: http://itn.co.uk Margaret Thatcher, 1925 - 2013, a playlist: http://bit.ly/ZhY7uK More on Margaret Thatcher's life and legacy: Margaret Thatcher obituary: http://bit.ly/Y9Rbos Margaret Thatcher as MP and mother: http://bit.ly/14Zlp0G Margaret Thatcher and the Falklands: http://bit.ly/14ZlscS Check out Truthloader, the new home of citizen journalism on YouTube. Subscribe now at http://bit.ly/tldrsub See 2013's Most Watched Videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQGafvQUGoG29uYjMBgp_ZeECq6rf4wJJ See our Top 20 Most Watched Videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL95EA69A84358C8BE See 2012's Most Watched Videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7C0832D5DA586751 -
3:34Banners Held High: Celebrating The Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
Banners Held High: Celebrating The Banners of the National Union of MineworkersBanners Held High: Celebrating The Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
With Banners Held High 30th Anniversary of the miners return to work Unity Works Wakefield 7/ 3 / 2015 Celebrating the Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers Images of Reportdigital.co.uk exhibition -
1:37Final chapter for UK miners | FT World
Final chapter for UK miners | FT WorldFinal chapter for UK miners | FT World
► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs Andrew Bounds, FT northern England correspondent, looks at the rise and fall of the National Union of Mineworkers. It has declined to its last active 100 members, as Kellingley, the UK’s last deep coal mine, closes. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes -
3:01SOUTH AFRICA: MINERS CRITICISE UK GOLD SELL-OFF
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERS CRITICISE UK GOLD SELL-OFFSOUTH AFRICA: MINERS CRITICISE UK GOLD SELL-OFF
English/Nat Gold sales by the Bank of England came under fire today from South African miners, mine owners and the government. The government accused Britain of breaking an undertaking to consult it before going ahead with it's gold auction. All parties are demanding that further gold sales are stopped and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund are cancelled. The auction of gold reserves has brought about a 20-year low in the gold price and potentially devastating effects on gold producing countries like South Africa. In Pretoria hundreds of gold miners protested against the expected closure of the 160-year-old E-R-P-M mine which will cost thousands of jobs. And the country's National Union of Mine workers has enlisted the help of sister organisations worldwide in a bid to prevent further gold sales by Britain and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund. The union claims that "at least 800-thousand jobs" are under threat as a direct result of the gold sales --- the announcements of which sent markets reeling as the price of the yellow metal went into a tail-spin and plunged to record lows. It has already asked the International Chemical, Energy and Mining Federation, the American Mine workers Union and the American Federation of Labour to urge the International Monetary Fund to rethink its planned sale of 10 (m) million ounces of gold. An approach could also be made to the National Union of Miners in the United Kingdom and the British Trades' Union Congress to put pressure on Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour government to abort further auctions of its gold reserves. SOUNDBITE: (English) "As our colonisers, they are inflicting more damage on us than help." SUPER CAPTION: Gwede Mantashe, NUM secretary general Tuesday's British auction of 25 tons of gold resulted in the metal's price sliding to a fresh 20 year low of 255-point-25 U-S dollars an ounce. The price of spot gold has fallen 12 percent in the last two months. South Africa is still the biggest producer of gold but it is also the most expensive with many of its mines in a "marginal" state even before the recent gold price collapse. The South African gold industry's role in the domestic economy has been in steady decline since the early 1980s when it accounted for well over half the country's exports. Today that figure is less than 20 percent. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The South African government find both incomprehensible and unacceptable the insensitivity of the British government and its monetary authorities towards the pleas of gold-producing countries, on the handling of the matter of gold sales. This behaviour, and the decisions of other industrialised countries and the IMF on the public handling of this matter is having the effect of defeating the very objectives that they profess to pursue." SUPER CAPTION: Joel Netshitenzhe, South African government spokesman The Chamber of Mines of South Africa condemned the method and timing of the gold sales and warned that it could cost the industry at least 12-thousand jobs. SOUNDBITE: (English) "We'd also be seeking to consolidate our position with the other Highly Indebted Poor Countries who are gold producers in order to make sure that we can speak with one voice on this matter." SUPER CAPTION: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs It estimates that the combination of planned job losses and further vulnerable jobs will result in about 800-thousand people being exposed to the possibility of no subsistence income. This does not include those jobs at risk from companies which either supply or service the gold mining industry. SOUNDBITE: (English) SOUNDBITE: (English) You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/394838807d3ac73a65354b18d750b460 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
6:16Britain's Conservative Government Curtails The Power Of The Trade Unions
Britain's Conservative Government Curtails The Power Of The Trade UnionsBritain's Conservative Government Curtails The Power Of The Trade Unions
8706D - UK: STRIFE (w082428) Shows: May 1979, Margaret Thatcher enters Number 10 Downing Street: violent clashes on Grunwick picket line in 1977: Trades Union Congress March through London in 1971: rubbish heaped up in London's Leicester Square during refuse collectors' strike: Margaret Thatcher speaking: violent scenes outside Wapping printing plant, January 1987: Conservative Party Election Manifesto: London March in support of the miners 1984: Ian MacGregor speaking: Arthur Scargill speaking: violent clashes at Orgreave Pit 1985: working miner's car pelted by pickets in Aberdare, and car driven miner's wife has window broken: strikers' wives sorting out food parcels: strikers eating in canteen: Grimethorpe miners return to work after strike: Fleet Street newspaper offices: violent clashes on Warrington Messenger Group newspaper plant 1983: Messenger Chairman, Selim 'Eddie' Shah speaking: Rupert Murdoch in meeting with Brenda Dean, National Graphical Association Leader, 1986: Murdoch speaking: Dean speaking: barbed wire defences at Wapping newspaper plant: Keith Parker, editor of Wolverhampton Express and Star speaking: new technology in use compositing in traditional newspaper print room: violent clashes between police and pickets at Wapping. (dur: 6 minutes 15 seconds / eng. sot: 1 minute 39 seconds) Story: Britain's Conservative government has successfully curtailed the power of the trade unions. London's Fleet Street has felt the full effects of the combined force of union law and the sweeping change of new technology, and the clashes of the picket lines are as bitter as ever. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ea07367d64def1cd3e76c2b1a9764e5d Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork -
76:48A year of class war - the British Miners Strike of 1984
A year of class war - the British Miners Strike of 1984A year of class war - the British Miners Strike of 1984
This video is Dave Douglass talk's about his experiences of 1984 - the year the British mines almost defeated Thatcher. "That fight in 84-85 involved the whole community, it was not only about unions. It was partly about unions but it was about an industry, it was about a way of life. The miners were almost an ethnicity, with father to son for hundreds and hundreds of years in the same miner family. And we had a very strong revolutionary and radical tradition. So, all of the politics of power, fuel power was about political power and not just about energy. It was about more than that. It was about "Who rules ?"" About the speaker: Dave has been a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) since 1963 and an official of the Miner's Union, a Branch Official and also an executive member for about 24 years. He is a retired member now after being a full member for 49 years or so. He edited the revolutionary miner's paper called The Mineworker in the 1970's and also a local newspaper called Hot Gossips which lampooned the officials of the mine, the managers, the government, etc. This video was recorded at the 2014 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair - for more video from the bookfair see www.wsm.ie/bookfair -
6:12A Brief History of the UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85
A Brief History of the UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85A Brief History of the UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85
The video looks at the UK coal miners strike which took place between 1984-85. The main leaders reviewed in the video are Arhur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher. Following the Coal Miners strike Trade Unions within the UK lost a lot of power and the nationalised coal industry was reduced massively. There was often battles between the police and miners during the strike. However, the media was very biased against the strikes until channel four filmed from the miners perspective. The video looks at the impact of the UK Miner's strike made to the miners families and the impact it had n families and communities are often over looked. The Coal industry is still active today however, not to the scale that it was in the 1970's and 80's. Films about the Coal Miners Strike: Brassed Off - http://amzn.to/1XTB1N4 Billy Elliot - http://amzn.to/1XTBzT5 -
3:58Mick McGahey - a product of his class and the movement
Mick McGahey - a product of his class and the movementMick McGahey - a product of his class and the movement
Michael "Mick" McGahey (29 May 1925 -- 30 January 1999) was a Scottish miners' leader and life-long Communist, with a distinctive gravelly voice. He described himself as "a product of my class and my movement". He started work at age 14 at the Gateside Colliery, and continued to work as a miner for the next 25 years. He followed his father into the Communist Party and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), remaining a member of both the Communist Party, until its dissolution in 1990, and the NUM, all his life. He became chairman of the local branch of his union when he was only eighteen and thereafter progressed through its echelons, though never quite reaching the national presidency. He was elected to the Scottish Executive of the NUM in 1958, becoming president of the Scottish area in 1967. He married Catherine Young in 1954 with whom he had two daughters and a son. A significant memorial, in the form of mine workings, stands to him at the east end of Cambuslang Main Street and there have been calls in the Scottish Parliament for a more national memorial. Last picture - Maggie Hambling's portrait of Michael 'Mick' McGahey shows the retired union leader sitting in front of a banner given to Scottish miners by their Russian counterparts in 1929. McGahey, who went down the pits at fourteen, was a life-long member of the Communist party and a staunch defender of the mining communities. President of the Scottish Area, and Vice-President of the National Union of Mineworkers, he led the Scottish miners during the disputes of the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in the bitter strike of 1984. National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain) Music: Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man James Dixon Swan (born 28 April 1956), better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. http://www.jimmybarnes.com/ ...
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UK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalized
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The Case For Coal (1984) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - coal strike
A Campaign Video made for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the wider Trade Union and Labour movement. Coal Not Dole. Produced by South Wales Miners' Video Project. and The Community Video Workshop, Cardiff. The miners' strike of 1984/1985 was major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades union movement. It was also seen as a major political and ideological victory for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. Coal was a nationalised industry and, as in most of Europe, was heavily subsidised. A number of mines ("pits") in the United Kingdom were profitable and remained open after the strike, including some operating as of 2007[1]. There were al... -
Margaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of Miners
Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners. Margaret Thatcher came to power at the end of the infamous Winter of Discontent in 1979, and spent the next decade curbing the power of trade unions. Her year-long battle with striking miners between 1984 and 1985 typified her confrontational attitude to the union movement and her victory paved the way for a radical shift in the balance of power in industrial relations. The Conservative government introduced eight employment-related acts between 1970 and 1990 which all hit union power. Mass picketing was outlawed, ballots had to be held before industrial action could be taken, secondary action was made illegal and union leaders had to face regular ele... -
Banners Held High: Celebrating The Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
With Banners Held High 30th Anniversary of the miners return to work Unity Works Wakefield 7/ 3 / 2015 Celebrating the Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers Images of Reportdigital.co.uk exhibition -
Final chapter for UK miners | FT World
► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs Andrew Bounds, FT northern England correspondent, looks at the rise and fall of the National Union of Mineworkers. It has declined to its last active 100 members, as Kellingley, the UK’s last deep coal mine, closes. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes -
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERS CRITICISE UK GOLD SELL-OFF
English/Nat Gold sales by the Bank of England came under fire today from South African miners, mine owners and the government. The government accused Britain of breaking an undertaking to consult it before going ahead with it's gold auction. All parties are demanding that further gold sales are stopped and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund are cancelled. The auction of gold reserves has brought about a 20-year low in the gold price and potentially devastating effects on gold producing countries like South Africa. In Pretoria hundreds of gold miners protested against the expected closure of the 160-year-old E-R-P-M mine which will cost thousands of jobs. And the country's National Union of Mine workers has enlisted the help of sister organisations worldw... -
Britain's Conservative Government Curtails The Power Of The Trade Unions
8706D - UK: STRIFE (w082428) Shows: May 1979, Margaret Thatcher enters Number 10 Downing Street: violent clashes on Grunwick picket line in 1977: Trades Union Congress March through London in 1971: rubbish heaped up in London's Leicester Square during refuse collectors' strike: Margaret Thatcher speaking: violent scenes outside Wapping printing plant, January 1987: Conservative Party Election Manifesto: London March in support of the miners 1984: Ian MacGregor speaking: Arthur Scargill speaking: violent clashes at Orgreave Pit 1985: working miner's car pelted by pickets in Aberdare, and car driven miner's wife has window broken: strikers' wives sorting out food parcels: strikers eating in canteen: Grimethorpe miners return to work after strike: Fleet Street newspaper offices:... -
A year of class war - the British Miners Strike of 1984
This video is Dave Douglass talk's about his experiences of 1984 - the year the British mines almost defeated Thatcher. "That fight in 84-85 involved the whole community, it was not only about unions. It was partly about unions but it was about an industry, it was about a way of life. The miners were almost an ethnicity, with father to son for hundreds and hundreds of years in the same miner family. And we had a very strong revolutionary and radical tradition. So, all of the politics of power, fuel power was about political power and not just about energy. It was about more than that. It was about "Who rules ?"" About the speaker: Dave has been a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) since 1963 and an official of the Miner's Union, a Branch Official and also an executive membe... -
A Brief History of the UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85
The video looks at the UK coal miners strike which took place between 1984-85. The main leaders reviewed in the video are Arhur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher. Following the Coal Miners strike Trade Unions within the UK lost a lot of power and the nationalised coal industry was reduced massively. There was often battles between the police and miners during the strike. However, the media was very biased against the strikes until channel four filmed from the miners perspective. The video looks at the impact of the UK Miner's strike made to the miners families and the impact it had n families and communities are often over looked. The Coal industry is still active today however, not to the scale that it was in the 1970's and 80's. Films about the Coal Miners Strike: Brassed Off - http://a... -
Mick McGahey - a product of his class and the movement
Michael "Mick" McGahey (29 May 1925 -- 30 January 1999) was a Scottish miners' leader and life-long Communist, with a distinctive gravelly voice. He described himself as "a product of my class and my movement". He started work at age 14 at the Gateside Colliery, and continued to work as a miner for the next 25 years. He followed his father into the Communist Party and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), remaining a member of both the Communist Party, until its dissolution in 1990, and the NUM, all his life. He became chairman of the local branch of his union when he was only eighteen and thereafter progressed through its echelons, though never quite reaching the national presidency. He was elected to the Scottish Executive of the NUM in 1958, becoming president of the Scottish a...
UK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalized
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- Duration: 5:26
- Updated: 29 Jun 2014
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- published: 29 Jun 2014
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The Case For Coal (1984) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - coal strike
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 25:40
- Updated: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 8782
A Campaign Video made for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the wider Trade Union and Labour movement. Coal Not Dole.
Produced by South Wales Miners'...
A Campaign Video made for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the wider Trade Union and Labour movement. Coal Not Dole.
Produced by South Wales Miners' Video Project.
and The Community Video Workshop, Cardiff.
The miners' strike of 1984/1985 was major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades union movement. It was also seen as a major political and ideological victory for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party.
Coal was a nationalised industry and, as in most of Europe, was heavily subsidised. A number of mines ("pits") in the United Kingdom were profitable and remained open after the strike, including some operating as of 2007[1]. There were also a number of mines that were unprofitable and the government wanted to close. The viability of many of these mines was called into question but the government - in a hurry to avoid any further losses - closed many before reports were collated, instead of using temporary offers of increased redundancy pay to encourage miners into voting in favour of pit closures. In addition, all the mines required efficiency improvements in order to attain or increase their profitability, which was to be done by means of increased mechanisation. Many unions resisted this as it would necessarily result in job cuts.
The strike became a symbolic struggle, since the miners' union was one of the strongest in the country. The strike ended with the defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) by the Conservative government, which then proceeded to consolidate its free market programme. The political power of the NUM was broken permanently. The dispute exposed deep divisions in British society and caused considerable bitterness, especially in Northern England and in South Wales. Ten deaths resulted from events around the strike, which is exceptional in the history of British industrial relations.
wn.com/The Case For Coal (1984) National Union Of Mineworkers (Num) Coal Strike
A Campaign Video made for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the wider Trade Union and Labour movement. Coal Not Dole.
Produced by South Wales Miners' Video Project.
and The Community Video Workshop, Cardiff.
The miners' strike of 1984/1985 was major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades union movement. It was also seen as a major political and ideological victory for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party.
Coal was a nationalised industry and, as in most of Europe, was heavily subsidised. A number of mines ("pits") in the United Kingdom were profitable and remained open after the strike, including some operating as of 2007[1]. There were also a number of mines that were unprofitable and the government wanted to close. The viability of many of these mines was called into question but the government - in a hurry to avoid any further losses - closed many before reports were collated, instead of using temporary offers of increased redundancy pay to encourage miners into voting in favour of pit closures. In addition, all the mines required efficiency improvements in order to attain or increase their profitability, which was to be done by means of increased mechanisation. Many unions resisted this as it would necessarily result in job cuts.
The strike became a symbolic struggle, since the miners' union was one of the strongest in the country. The strike ended with the defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) by the Conservative government, which then proceeded to consolidate its free market programme. The political power of the NUM was broken permanently. The dispute exposed deep divisions in British society and caused considerable bitterness, especially in Northern England and in South Wales. Ten deaths resulted from events around the strike, which is exceptional in the history of British industrial relations.
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 8782
Margaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of Miners
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- Duration: 4:13
- Updated: 08 Apr 2013
- views: 37234
Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners. Margaret Thatcher cam...
Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners. Margaret Thatcher came to power at the end of the infamous Winter of Discontent in 1979, and spent the next decade curbing the power of trade unions.
Her year-long battle with striking miners between 1984 and 1985 typified her confrontational attitude to the union movement and her victory paved the way for a radical shift in the balance of power in industrial relations.
The Conservative government introduced eight employment-related acts between 1970 and 1990 which all hit union power. Mass picketing was outlawed, ballots had to be held before industrial action could be taken, secondary action was made illegal and union leaders had to face regular elections to keep their jobs.
The miners' strike of 1984/85 was the biggest test of the legislation, and the fiercest union clash she faced during her time as Prime Minister. Job losses and pit closures sparked the dispute, but National Union of Miners (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill decided not to hold a national ballot and the year was dominated by mass picketing, violent scenes at pits across the country and clashes with miners who refused to join the strike.
The Thatcher Government held firm and the power of the NUM was destroyed, leading years later to a huge programme of pit closures. Report by Mark Morris.
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wn.com/Margaret Thatcher Death We Look At Her War With The National Union Of Miners
Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners. Margaret Thatcher came to power at the end of the infamous Winter of Discontent in 1979, and spent the next decade curbing the power of trade unions.
Her year-long battle with striking miners between 1984 and 1985 typified her confrontational attitude to the union movement and her victory paved the way for a radical shift in the balance of power in industrial relations.
The Conservative government introduced eight employment-related acts between 1970 and 1990 which all hit union power. Mass picketing was outlawed, ballots had to be held before industrial action could be taken, secondary action was made illegal and union leaders had to face regular elections to keep their jobs.
The miners' strike of 1984/85 was the biggest test of the legislation, and the fiercest union clash she faced during her time as Prime Minister. Job losses and pit closures sparked the dispute, but National Union of Miners (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill decided not to hold a national ballot and the year was dominated by mass picketing, violent scenes at pits across the country and clashes with miners who refused to join the strike.
The Thatcher Government held firm and the power of the NUM was destroyed, leading years later to a huge programme of pit closures. Report by Mark Morris.
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- published: 08 Apr 2013
- views: 37234
Banners Held High: Celebrating The Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
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- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 07 Mar 2015
- views: 209
With Banners Held High 30th Anniversary of the miners return to work
Unity Works Wakefield 7/ 3 / 2015
Celebrating the Banners of the National Union of Minew...
With Banners Held High 30th Anniversary of the miners return to work
Unity Works Wakefield 7/ 3 / 2015
Celebrating the Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
Images of Reportdigital.co.uk exhibition
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With Banners Held High 30th Anniversary of the miners return to work
Unity Works Wakefield 7/ 3 / 2015
Celebrating the Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
Images of Reportdigital.co.uk exhibition
- published: 07 Mar 2015
- views: 209
Final chapter for UK miners | FT World
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- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 18 Dec 2015
- views: 458
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Andrew Bounds, FT northern England correspondent, looks at the rise and fall of the Nati...
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Andrew Bounds, FT northern England correspondent, looks at the rise and fall of the National Union of Mineworkers. It has declined to its last active 100 members, as Kellingley, the UK’s last deep coal mine, closes.
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- published: 18 Dec 2015
- views: 458
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERS CRITICISE UK GOLD SELL-OFF
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- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 21 Jul 2015
- views: 79
English/Nat
Gold sales by the Bank of England came under fire today from South African miners, mine owners and the government.
The government accused Bri...
English/Nat
Gold sales by the Bank of England came under fire today from South African miners, mine owners and the government.
The government accused Britain of breaking an undertaking to consult it before going ahead with it's gold auction.
All parties are demanding that further gold sales are stopped and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund are cancelled.
The auction of gold reserves has brought about a 20-year low in the gold price and potentially devastating effects on gold producing countries like South Africa.
In Pretoria hundreds of gold miners protested against the expected closure of the 160-year-old E-R-P-M mine which will cost thousands of jobs.
And the country's National Union of Mine workers has enlisted the help of sister organisations worldwide in a bid to prevent further gold sales by Britain and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund.
The union claims that "at least 800-thousand jobs" are under threat as a direct result of the gold sales --- the announcements of which sent markets reeling as the price of the yellow metal went into a tail-spin and plunged to record lows.
It has already asked the International Chemical, Energy and Mining Federation, the American Mine workers Union and the American Federation of Labour to urge the International Monetary Fund to rethink its planned sale of 10 (m) million ounces of gold.
An approach could also be made to the National Union of Miners in the United Kingdom and the British Trades' Union Congress to put pressure on Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour government to abort further auctions of its gold reserves.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"As our colonisers, they are inflicting more damage on us than help."
SUPER CAPTION: Gwede Mantashe, NUM secretary general
Tuesday's British auction of 25 tons of gold resulted in the metal's price sliding to a fresh 20 year low of 255-point-25 U-S dollars an ounce.
The price of spot gold has fallen 12 percent in the last two months.
South Africa is still the biggest producer of gold but it is also the most expensive with many of its mines in a "marginal" state even before the recent gold price collapse.
The South African gold industry's role in the domestic economy has been in steady decline since the early 1980s when it accounted for well over half the country's exports.
Today that figure is less than 20 percent.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The South African government find both incomprehensible and unacceptable the insensitivity of the British government and its monetary authorities towards the pleas of gold-producing countries, on the handling of the matter of gold sales. This behaviour, and the decisions of other industrialised countries and the IMF on the
public handling of this matter is having the effect of defeating the very objectives that they profess to pursue."
SUPER CAPTION: Joel Netshitenzhe, South African government spokesman
The Chamber of Mines of South Africa condemned the method and timing of the gold sales and warned that it could cost the industry at least 12-thousand jobs.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We'd also be seeking to consolidate our position with the other Highly Indebted Poor Countries who are gold producers in order to make sure that we can speak with one voice on this matter."
SUPER CAPTION: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs
It estimates that the combination of planned job losses and further vulnerable jobs will result in about 800-thousand people being exposed to the possibility of no subsistence income.
This does not include those jobs at risk from companies which either supply or service the gold mining industry.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
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English/Nat
Gold sales by the Bank of England came under fire today from South African miners, mine owners and the government.
The government accused Britain of breaking an undertaking to consult it before going ahead with it's gold auction.
All parties are demanding that further gold sales are stopped and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund are cancelled.
The auction of gold reserves has brought about a 20-year low in the gold price and potentially devastating effects on gold producing countries like South Africa.
In Pretoria hundreds of gold miners protested against the expected closure of the 160-year-old E-R-P-M mine which will cost thousands of jobs.
And the country's National Union of Mine workers has enlisted the help of sister organisations worldwide in a bid to prevent further gold sales by Britain and proposed sales by the International Monetary Fund.
The union claims that "at least 800-thousand jobs" are under threat as a direct result of the gold sales --- the announcements of which sent markets reeling as the price of the yellow metal went into a tail-spin and plunged to record lows.
It has already asked the International Chemical, Energy and Mining Federation, the American Mine workers Union and the American Federation of Labour to urge the International Monetary Fund to rethink its planned sale of 10 (m) million ounces of gold.
An approach could also be made to the National Union of Miners in the United Kingdom and the British Trades' Union Congress to put pressure on Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour government to abort further auctions of its gold reserves.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"As our colonisers, they are inflicting more damage on us than help."
SUPER CAPTION: Gwede Mantashe, NUM secretary general
Tuesday's British auction of 25 tons of gold resulted in the metal's price sliding to a fresh 20 year low of 255-point-25 U-S dollars an ounce.
The price of spot gold has fallen 12 percent in the last two months.
South Africa is still the biggest producer of gold but it is also the most expensive with many of its mines in a "marginal" state even before the recent gold price collapse.
The South African gold industry's role in the domestic economy has been in steady decline since the early 1980s when it accounted for well over half the country's exports.
Today that figure is less than 20 percent.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The South African government find both incomprehensible and unacceptable the insensitivity of the British government and its monetary authorities towards the pleas of gold-producing countries, on the handling of the matter of gold sales. This behaviour, and the decisions of other industrialised countries and the IMF on the
public handling of this matter is having the effect of defeating the very objectives that they profess to pursue."
SUPER CAPTION: Joel Netshitenzhe, South African government spokesman
The Chamber of Mines of South Africa condemned the method and timing of the gold sales and warned that it could cost the industry at least 12-thousand jobs.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We'd also be seeking to consolidate our position with the other Highly Indebted Poor Countries who are gold producers in order to make sure that we can speak with one voice on this matter."
SUPER CAPTION: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs
It estimates that the combination of planned job losses and further vulnerable jobs will result in about 800-thousand people being exposed to the possibility of no subsistence income.
This does not include those jobs at risk from companies which either supply or service the gold mining industry.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
SOUNDBITE: (English)
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
- views: 79
Britain's Conservative Government Curtails The Power Of The Trade Unions
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- Duration: 6:16
- Updated: 21 Jul 2015
- views: 775
8706D - UK: STRIFE (w082428)
Shows: May 1979, Margaret Thatcher enters Number 10 Downing
Street: violent clashes on Grunwick picket line in 1977:
Trades Unio...
8706D - UK: STRIFE (w082428)
Shows: May 1979, Margaret Thatcher enters Number 10 Downing
Street: violent clashes on Grunwick picket line in 1977:
Trades Union Congress March through London in 1971: rubbish
heaped up in London's Leicester Square during refuse
collectors' strike: Margaret Thatcher speaking: violent
scenes outside Wapping printing plant, January 1987:
Conservative Party Election Manifesto: London March in
support of the miners 1984: Ian MacGregor speaking: Arthur
Scargill speaking: violent clashes at Orgreave Pit 1985:
working miner's car pelted by pickets in Aberdare, and car
driven miner's wife has window broken: strikers' wives
sorting out food parcels: strikers eating in canteen:
Grimethorpe miners return to work after strike: Fleet Street
newspaper offices: violent clashes on Warrington Messenger
Group newspaper plant 1983: Messenger Chairman, Selim 'Eddie'
Shah speaking: Rupert Murdoch in meeting with Brenda Dean,
National Graphical Association Leader, 1986: Murdoch
speaking: Dean speaking: barbed wire defences at Wapping
newspaper plant: Keith Parker, editor of Wolverhampton
Express and Star speaking: new technology in use compositing
in traditional newspaper print room: violent clashes between
police and pickets at Wapping.
(dur: 6 minutes 15 seconds / eng. sot: 1 minute 39 seconds)
Story: Britain's Conservative government has successfully
curtailed the power of the trade unions. London's Fleet
Street has felt the full effects of the combined force of
union law and the sweeping change of new technology, and the
clashes of the picket lines are as bitter as ever.
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8706D - UK: STRIFE (w082428)
Shows: May 1979, Margaret Thatcher enters Number 10 Downing
Street: violent clashes on Grunwick picket line in 1977:
Trades Union Congress March through London in 1971: rubbish
heaped up in London's Leicester Square during refuse
collectors' strike: Margaret Thatcher speaking: violent
scenes outside Wapping printing plant, January 1987:
Conservative Party Election Manifesto: London March in
support of the miners 1984: Ian MacGregor speaking: Arthur
Scargill speaking: violent clashes at Orgreave Pit 1985:
working miner's car pelted by pickets in Aberdare, and car
driven miner's wife has window broken: strikers' wives
sorting out food parcels: strikers eating in canteen:
Grimethorpe miners return to work after strike: Fleet Street
newspaper offices: violent clashes on Warrington Messenger
Group newspaper plant 1983: Messenger Chairman, Selim 'Eddie'
Shah speaking: Rupert Murdoch in meeting with Brenda Dean,
National Graphical Association Leader, 1986: Murdoch
speaking: Dean speaking: barbed wire defences at Wapping
newspaper plant: Keith Parker, editor of Wolverhampton
Express and Star speaking: new technology in use compositing
in traditional newspaper print room: violent clashes between
police and pickets at Wapping.
(dur: 6 minutes 15 seconds / eng. sot: 1 minute 39 seconds)
Story: Britain's Conservative government has successfully
curtailed the power of the trade unions. London's Fleet
Street has felt the full effects of the combined force of
union law and the sweeping change of new technology, and the
clashes of the picket lines are as bitter as ever.
You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ea07367d64def1cd3e76c2b1a9764e5d
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
- views: 775
A year of class war - the British Miners Strike of 1984
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 76:48
- Updated: 02 May 2014
- views: 1732
This video is Dave Douglass talk's about his experiences of 1984 - the year the British mines almost defeated Thatcher. "That fight in 84-85 involved the whole ...
This video is Dave Douglass talk's about his experiences of 1984 - the year the British mines almost defeated Thatcher. "That fight in 84-85 involved the whole community, it was not only about unions. It was partly about unions but it was about an industry, it was about a way of life. The miners were almost an ethnicity, with father to son for hundreds and hundreds of years in the same miner family. And we had a very strong revolutionary and radical tradition. So, all of the politics of power, fuel power was about political power and not just about energy. It was about more than that. It was about "Who rules ?""
About the speaker: Dave has been a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) since 1963 and an official of the Miner's Union, a Branch Official and also an executive member for about 24 years. He is a retired member now after being a full member for 49 years or so. He edited the revolutionary miner's paper called The Mineworker in the 1970's and also a local newspaper called Hot Gossips which lampooned the officials of the mine, the managers, the government, etc.
This video was recorded at the 2014 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair - for more video from the bookfair see www.wsm.ie/bookfair
wn.com/A Year Of Class War The British Miners Strike Of 1984
This video is Dave Douglass talk's about his experiences of 1984 - the year the British mines almost defeated Thatcher. "That fight in 84-85 involved the whole community, it was not only about unions. It was partly about unions but it was about an industry, it was about a way of life. The miners were almost an ethnicity, with father to son for hundreds and hundreds of years in the same miner family. And we had a very strong revolutionary and radical tradition. So, all of the politics of power, fuel power was about political power and not just about energy. It was about more than that. It was about "Who rules ?""
About the speaker: Dave has been a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) since 1963 and an official of the Miner's Union, a Branch Official and also an executive member for about 24 years. He is a retired member now after being a full member for 49 years or so. He edited the revolutionary miner's paper called The Mineworker in the 1970's and also a local newspaper called Hot Gossips which lampooned the officials of the mine, the managers, the government, etc.
This video was recorded at the 2014 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair - for more video from the bookfair see www.wsm.ie/bookfair
- published: 02 May 2014
- views: 1732
A Brief History of the UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:12
- Updated: 04 Apr 2015
- views: 4338
The video looks at the UK coal miners strike which took place between 1984-85. The main leaders reviewed in the video are Arhur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher. ...
The video looks at the UK coal miners strike which took place between 1984-85. The main leaders reviewed in the video are Arhur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher. Following the Coal Miners strike Trade Unions within the UK lost a lot of power and the nationalised coal industry was reduced massively.
There was often battles between the police and miners during the strike. However, the media was very biased against the strikes until channel four filmed from the miners perspective.
The video looks at the impact of the UK Miner's strike made to the miners families and the impact it had n families and communities are often over looked.
The Coal industry is still active today however, not to the scale that it was in the 1970's and 80's.
Films about the Coal Miners Strike:
Brassed Off - http://amzn.to/1XTB1N4
Billy Elliot - http://amzn.to/1XTBzT5
wn.com/A Brief History Of The UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85
The video looks at the UK coal miners strike which took place between 1984-85. The main leaders reviewed in the video are Arhur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher. Following the Coal Miners strike Trade Unions within the UK lost a lot of power and the nationalised coal industry was reduced massively.
There was often battles between the police and miners during the strike. However, the media was very biased against the strikes until channel four filmed from the miners perspective.
The video looks at the impact of the UK Miner's strike made to the miners families and the impact it had n families and communities are often over looked.
The Coal industry is still active today however, not to the scale that it was in the 1970's and 80's.
Films about the Coal Miners Strike:
Brassed Off - http://amzn.to/1XTB1N4
Billy Elliot - http://amzn.to/1XTBzT5
- published: 04 Apr 2015
- views: 4338
Mick McGahey - a product of his class and the movement
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- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 27 Dec 2011
- views: 3615
Michael "Mick" McGahey (29 May 1925 -- 30 January 1999)
was a Scottish miners' leader and life-long Communist, with a distinctive gravelly voice.
He described...
Michael "Mick" McGahey (29 May 1925 -- 30 January 1999)
was a Scottish miners' leader and life-long Communist, with a distinctive gravelly voice.
He described himself as "a product of my class and my movement".
He started work at age 14 at the Gateside Colliery, and continued to work as a miner for the next 25 years.
He followed his father into the Communist Party and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), remaining a member of both the Communist Party, until its dissolution in 1990, and the NUM, all his life.
He became chairman of the local branch of his union when he was only eighteen and thereafter progressed through its echelons, though never quite reaching the national presidency.
He was elected to the Scottish Executive of the NUM in 1958, becoming president of the Scottish area in 1967.
He married Catherine Young in 1954 with whom he had two daughters and a son.
A significant memorial, in the form of mine workings, stands to him at the east end of Cambuslang Main Street and there have been calls in the Scottish Parliament for a more national memorial.
Last picture -
Maggie Hambling's portrait of Michael 'Mick' McGahey shows the retired union leader sitting in front of a banner given to Scottish miners by their Russian counterparts in 1929.
McGahey, who went down the pits at fourteen, was a life-long member of the Communist party and a staunch defender of the mining communities.
President of the Scottish Area, and Vice-President of the National Union of Mineworkers, he led the Scottish miners during the disputes of the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in the bitter strike of 1984.
National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain)
Music:
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man
James Dixon Swan (born 28 April 1956), better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter.
http://www.jimmybarnes.com/
...
wn.com/Mick Mcgahey A Product Of His Class And The Movement
Michael "Mick" McGahey (29 May 1925 -- 30 January 1999)
was a Scottish miners' leader and life-long Communist, with a distinctive gravelly voice.
He described himself as "a product of my class and my movement".
He started work at age 14 at the Gateside Colliery, and continued to work as a miner for the next 25 years.
He followed his father into the Communist Party and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), remaining a member of both the Communist Party, until its dissolution in 1990, and the NUM, all his life.
He became chairman of the local branch of his union when he was only eighteen and thereafter progressed through its echelons, though never quite reaching the national presidency.
He was elected to the Scottish Executive of the NUM in 1958, becoming president of the Scottish area in 1967.
He married Catherine Young in 1954 with whom he had two daughters and a son.
A significant memorial, in the form of mine workings, stands to him at the east end of Cambuslang Main Street and there have been calls in the Scottish Parliament for a more national memorial.
Last picture -
Maggie Hambling's portrait of Michael 'Mick' McGahey shows the retired union leader sitting in front of a banner given to Scottish miners by their Russian counterparts in 1929.
McGahey, who went down the pits at fourteen, was a life-long member of the Communist party and a staunch defender of the mining communities.
President of the Scottish Area, and Vice-President of the National Union of Mineworkers, he led the Scottish miners during the disputes of the 1970s and 1980s, culminating in the bitter strike of 1984.
National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(Great_Britain)
Music:
Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man
James Dixon Swan (born 28 April 1956), better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter.
http://www.jimmybarnes.com/
...
- published: 27 Dec 2011
- views: 3615
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Broadway Confidential: A History of the UK Miners' Strike and Gender Roles (Billy Elliot)
On March 12, 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers called a national strike. At the time, 90% of the UK relied on coal as the primary source of energy. The following is a talk given by Dr. Anna Clark who lived in the UK during the time of the strike to illustrate the political and cultural backdrop of the musical Billy Elliot. -
Comparing Miners' Strikes in Britain and Spain
Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B6Oc/ Davey Hopper, General Secretary of the North Eastern region of the National Union of Mineworkers, compares his experiences of the British miners' strike in 1984 with the struggles of Spanish miners today. Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/B6Oc/ -
The Coal War - Panorama
The Coal War - Panorama - Monday 30 April 1984. Presenter: Fred Emery Reporter: Jeremy Paxman Is the ongoing miners' strike turning moderates into militants? The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant approaches. Led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, many believe that participation in the strike is their only hope of securing a future for the mining industry. In the studio, Scargill and Ned Smith of the National Coal Board discuss the issues surrounding this wave of industrial action. -
Charles Moore -- The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
One of Britain's most distinguished journalists, Charles Moore is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and of the Spectator magazine. Moore is also the authorized biographer of the Right Honorable Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, better known as Margaret Thatcher. By 1979 Britain had lost its empire, become a power of the second rank, seen its living standards fall below those of Germany, France and Italy, and seemed adrift. In stepped the "Iron Lady." Reviewing video clips that illustrate key moments in her career, Moore explains how Margaret Thatcher, with breathtaking self-possession, identified what was wrong in Great Britain and what needed to be done to correct it -- epitomized by her breaking the strike of the National Union of Mineworkers. Moor... -
MARGARET THATCHER - Pt 5 Taking on the Unions (Telegraph Documentary)
An 8 part documentary series on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, issued by The Daily Telegraph in 2008, never released commerically. Narrated by the late Anna Massey. Part five about Margaret Thatcher's way of tackling the powerful unions features interviews with Lord Peter Walker, Sir Bernard Ingram, Michael Dobbs, Lord Neil Kinnock and Charles Moore. -
The Lie Machine: British Mineworkers Take on the Media
Made by the Miners Campaign Tape Project during the 1980's British Miners strike to represent the miners’ side of the controversy. The first part of the show, The Lie Machine: Media and the Miners Strike, focuses on the British media’s portrayal of the miners’ strike and the battle between supporting workers rights and fueling the capitalist economy. The mainstream media, under the strict supervision of Margaret Thatcher and the British government, demoralized and antagonized the strikers and union leaders. This tape serves as a tool for strikers explain the real reasons for the strike and to represent the issues from the union’s point of view, unmanipulated or degraded by higher powers. The second part, Straight Speaking, The Facts About The Miners Strike, exposes the lies told by Ian Mac... -
The Great Miners Struggle Of 1984 Part 1
Episode 1 of 18 . Each digitally enhanced episode is over 3 hours long and follows chronologically what was the most bitter national industrial dispute in British history. It can be observed that this dispute was the inevitable outcome and final focus of industrial and in particular political events of the preceding decade. It was in fact a battle waiting to happen, but that required a Conservative Government with Margaret Thatcher as leader. In the light of these events and the subsequent emasculation of the trades union movement, a sequence of events elapsed which has lead directly to today's situation of zero contract hours, Treadmill 12 hour shifts, Employment Agency work, weekend work as normal workdays, standard pay for unsociable hours, repetitive mind numbing warehouse work, and ... -
UK Election Night February 1974 - Hung Parliament
The election night was covered live on the BBC 24 February 1974, and presented by Alastair Burnet, David Butler, Robert McKenzie and Robin Day. The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party. Instead there was a hung parliament, even though many people had expected a Conservative victory for Edward Heath. Labour won the most seats (301, which was 17 seats short of an overall majority) with the Conservatives on 297 seats. On 10 February the National Union of Mineworkers, as expected, went on strike; however, it was more of a low-key affair than ...
Broadway Confidential: A History of the UK Miners' Strike and Gender Roles (Billy Elliot)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 44:37
- Updated: 13 Jan 2011
- views: 1057
On March 12, 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers called a national strike. At the time, 90% of the UK relied on coal as the primary source of energy. The fo...
On March 12, 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers called a national strike. At the time, 90% of the UK relied on coal as the primary source of energy. The following is a talk given by Dr. Anna Clark who lived in the UK during the time of the strike to illustrate the political and cultural backdrop of the musical Billy Elliot.
wn.com/Broadway Confidential A History Of The UK Miners' Strike And Gender Roles (Billy Elliot)
On March 12, 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers called a national strike. At the time, 90% of the UK relied on coal as the primary source of energy. The following is a talk given by Dr. Anna Clark who lived in the UK during the time of the strike to illustrate the political and cultural backdrop of the musical Billy Elliot.
- published: 13 Jan 2011
- views: 1057
Comparing Miners' Strikes in Britain and Spain
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:28
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
- views: 374
Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B6Oc/
Davey Hopper, General Secretary of the North Eastern region of the Natio...
Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B6Oc/
Davey Hopper, General Secretary of the North Eastern region of the National Union of Mineworkers, compares his experiences of the British miners' strike in 1984 with the struggles of Spanish miners today.
Help us caption & translate this video!
http://amara.org/v/B6Oc/
wn.com/Comparing Miners' Strikes In Britain And Spain
Help us caption and translate this video on Amara.org: http://www.amara.org/en/v/B6Oc/
Davey Hopper, General Secretary of the North Eastern region of the National Union of Mineworkers, compares his experiences of the British miners' strike in 1984 with the struggles of Spanish miners today.
Help us caption & translate this video!
http://amara.org/v/B6Oc/
- published: 23 Oct 2012
- views: 374
The Coal War - Panorama
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 49:23
- Updated: 13 Apr 2013
- views: 22208
The Coal War - Panorama - Monday 30 April 1984.
Presenter: Fred Emery
Reporter: Jeremy Paxman
Is the ongoing miners' strike turning moderates into militants?
...
The Coal War - Panorama - Monday 30 April 1984.
Presenter: Fred Emery
Reporter: Jeremy Paxman
Is the ongoing miners' strike turning moderates into militants?
The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant approaches. Led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, many believe that participation in the strike is their only hope of securing a future for the mining industry. In the studio, Scargill and Ned Smith of the National Coal Board discuss the issues surrounding this wave of industrial action.
wn.com/The Coal War Panorama
The Coal War - Panorama - Monday 30 April 1984.
Presenter: Fred Emery
Reporter: Jeremy Paxman
Is the ongoing miners' strike turning moderates into militants?
The prospect of closure for collieries across Britain is believed to be pushing moderate areas towards more militant approaches. Led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers, many believe that participation in the strike is their only hope of securing a future for the mining industry. In the studio, Scargill and Ned Smith of the National Coal Board discuss the issues surrounding this wave of industrial action.
- published: 13 Apr 2013
- views: 22208
Charles Moore -- The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 39:13
- Updated: 03 Aug 2011
- views: 11366
One of Britain's most distinguished journalists, Charles Moore is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and of the Spectator ma...
One of Britain's most distinguished journalists, Charles Moore is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and of the Spectator magazine. Moore is also the authorized biographer of the Right Honorable Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, better known as Margaret Thatcher.
By 1979 Britain had lost its empire, become a power of the second rank, seen its living standards fall below those of Germany, France and Italy, and seemed adrift. In stepped the "Iron Lady." Reviewing video clips that illustrate key moments in her career, Moore explains how Margaret Thatcher, with breathtaking self-possession, identified what was wrong in Great Britain and what needed to be done to correct it -- epitomized by her breaking the strike of the National Union of Mineworkers. Moore delves into the intangible qualities of confidence and toughness that gave her the courage to stand side by side with Ronald Reagan in confronting the Soviets in the Cold War. Finally, in summarizing her career, he asserts that Margaret Thatcher "had the courage of her convictions, and her convictions were proved right by the course of history."
wn.com/Charles Moore The Legacy Of Margaret Thatcher
One of Britain's most distinguished journalists, Charles Moore is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and of the Spectator magazine. Moore is also the authorized biographer of the Right Honorable Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, better known as Margaret Thatcher.
By 1979 Britain had lost its empire, become a power of the second rank, seen its living standards fall below those of Germany, France and Italy, and seemed adrift. In stepped the "Iron Lady." Reviewing video clips that illustrate key moments in her career, Moore explains how Margaret Thatcher, with breathtaking self-possession, identified what was wrong in Great Britain and what needed to be done to correct it -- epitomized by her breaking the strike of the National Union of Mineworkers. Moore delves into the intangible qualities of confidence and toughness that gave her the courage to stand side by side with Ronald Reagan in confronting the Soviets in the Cold War. Finally, in summarizing her career, he asserts that Margaret Thatcher "had the courage of her convictions, and her convictions were proved right by the course of history."
- published: 03 Aug 2011
- views: 11366
MARGARET THATCHER - Pt 5 Taking on the Unions (Telegraph Documentary)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 28:13
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
- views: 45854
An 8 part documentary series on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, issued by The Daily Telegraph in 2008, never released commerically.
Narrated b...
An 8 part documentary series on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, issued by The Daily Telegraph in 2008, never released commerically.
Narrated by the late Anna Massey.
Part five about Margaret Thatcher's way of tackling the powerful unions features interviews with Lord Peter Walker, Sir Bernard Ingram, Michael Dobbs, Lord Neil Kinnock and Charles Moore.
wn.com/Margaret Thatcher Pt 5 Taking On The Unions (Telegraph Documentary)
An 8 part documentary series on former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, issued by The Daily Telegraph in 2008, never released commerically.
Narrated by the late Anna Massey.
Part five about Margaret Thatcher's way of tackling the powerful unions features interviews with Lord Peter Walker, Sir Bernard Ingram, Michael Dobbs, Lord Neil Kinnock and Charles Moore.
- published: 08 Nov 2012
- views: 45854
The Lie Machine: British Mineworkers Take on the Media
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 28:53
- Updated: 01 Jan 2016
- views: 111
Made by the Miners Campaign Tape Project during the 1980's British Miners strike to represent the miners’ side of the controversy. The first part of the show, T...
Made by the Miners Campaign Tape Project during the 1980's British Miners strike to represent the miners’ side of the controversy. The first part of the show, The Lie Machine: Media and the Miners Strike, focuses on the British media’s portrayal of the miners’ strike and the battle between supporting workers rights and fueling the capitalist economy. The mainstream media, under the strict supervision of Margaret Thatcher and the British government, demoralized and antagonized the strikers and union leaders. This tape serves as a tool for strikers explain the real reasons for the strike and to represent the issues from the union’s point of view, unmanipulated or degraded by higher powers. The second part, Straight Speaking, The Facts About The Miners Strike, exposes the lies told by Ian MacGregor of the National Coal Board in 1983 and ’84 press statements about the miners strike, which were perpetuated and reinforced by the media. This false information demoralized the union and miners and led them to believe that the strike was collapsing. Both parts include footage of rallies and conventions, speeches made by Unions organizers Arthur Scargill and Jack Taylor, and interviews with miners’ and their families. Produced during the 1985 British Miners' strikes by N.U.M. and several British media collectives.
1985 TRT: 28 minutes #78
wn.com/The Lie Machine British Mineworkers Take On The Media
Made by the Miners Campaign Tape Project during the 1980's British Miners strike to represent the miners’ side of the controversy. The first part of the show, The Lie Machine: Media and the Miners Strike, focuses on the British media’s portrayal of the miners’ strike and the battle between supporting workers rights and fueling the capitalist economy. The mainstream media, under the strict supervision of Margaret Thatcher and the British government, demoralized and antagonized the strikers and union leaders. This tape serves as a tool for strikers explain the real reasons for the strike and to represent the issues from the union’s point of view, unmanipulated or degraded by higher powers. The second part, Straight Speaking, The Facts About The Miners Strike, exposes the lies told by Ian MacGregor of the National Coal Board in 1983 and ’84 press statements about the miners strike, which were perpetuated and reinforced by the media. This false information demoralized the union and miners and led them to believe that the strike was collapsing. Both parts include footage of rallies and conventions, speeches made by Unions organizers Arthur Scargill and Jack Taylor, and interviews with miners’ and their families. Produced during the 1985 British Miners' strikes by N.U.M. and several British media collectives.
1985 TRT: 28 minutes #78
- published: 01 Jan 2016
- views: 111
The Great Miners Struggle Of 1984 Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 189:08
- Updated: 24 Nov 2015
- views: 184
Episode 1 of 18 . Each digitally enhanced episode is over 3 hours long and follows chronologically what was the most bitter national industrial dispute in Briti...
Episode 1 of 18 . Each digitally enhanced episode is over 3 hours long and follows chronologically what was the most bitter national industrial dispute in British history. It can be observed that this dispute was the inevitable outcome and final focus of industrial and in particular political events of the preceding decade. It was in fact a battle waiting to happen, but that required a Conservative Government with Margaret Thatcher as leader. In the light of these events and the subsequent emasculation of the trades union movement, a sequence of events elapsed which has lead directly to today's situation of zero contract hours, Treadmill 12 hour shifts, Employment Agency work, weekend work as normal workdays, standard pay for unsociable hours, repetitive mind numbing warehouse work, and all in a climate of immigrant workers competing for jobs alongside indigenous people. The video begins with pickets eliciting support during the first week of the dispute which at the time was unofficial action.
wn.com/The Great Miners Struggle Of 1984 Part 1
Episode 1 of 18 . Each digitally enhanced episode is over 3 hours long and follows chronologically what was the most bitter national industrial dispute in British history. It can be observed that this dispute was the inevitable outcome and final focus of industrial and in particular political events of the preceding decade. It was in fact a battle waiting to happen, but that required a Conservative Government with Margaret Thatcher as leader. In the light of these events and the subsequent emasculation of the trades union movement, a sequence of events elapsed which has lead directly to today's situation of zero contract hours, Treadmill 12 hour shifts, Employment Agency work, weekend work as normal workdays, standard pay for unsociable hours, repetitive mind numbing warehouse work, and all in a climate of immigrant workers competing for jobs alongside indigenous people. The video begins with pickets eliciting support during the first week of the dispute which at the time was unofficial action.
- published: 24 Nov 2015
- views: 184
UK Election Night February 1974 - Hung Parliament
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 600:01
- Updated: 07 Oct 2015
- views: 1509
The election night was covered live on the BBC 24 February 1974, and presented by Alastair Burnet, David Butler, Robert McKenzie and Robin Day.
The United King...
The election night was covered live on the BBC 24 February 1974, and presented by Alastair Burnet, David Butler, Robert McKenzie and Robin Day.
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party. Instead there was a hung parliament, even though many people had expected a Conservative victory for Edward Heath. Labour won the most seats (301, which was 17 seats short of an overall majority) with the Conservatives on 297 seats.
On 10 February the National Union of Mineworkers, as expected, went on strike; however, it was more of a low-key affair than the high-profile clashes of 1972, with no violence and only six men on each picket line. Jim Prior later wrote that the miners had been "as quiet and well-behaved as mice". The three-day week continued throughout the election; however, Heath did allow the late-night television curfew to be lifted to allow more coverage of the campaign. The low profile of the miners' strike allowed worries over inflation to dominate the election. On 15 February it was announced that the Retail Price Index showed a 20% increase in prices over the previous year.
On 21 February the Pay Board released a report on miners' pay, which unexpectedly revealed that they were paid less in comparison with other manufacturing workers, contrary to the claims of the National Coal Board. This came as a severe blow to the Conservative position. Four days later there was further bad news for Heath and his party, with the latest trade figures showing that the current account deficit for the previous month had been £383 million — the worst in recorded history.
Heath addressed the country on television on the evening of 7 February, and asked:
Do you want a strong Government which has clear authority for the future to take decisions which will be needed? Do you want Parliament and the elected Government to continue to fight strenuously against inflation? Or do you want them to abandon the struggle against rising prices under pressure from one particularly powerful group of workers ...
This time of strife has got to stop. Only you can stop it. It’s time for you to speak — with your vote. It’s time for your voice to be heard — the voice of the moderate and reasonable people of Britain: the voice of the majority. It’s time for you to say to the extremists, the militants, and the plain and simply misguided: we’ve had enough. There’s a lot to be done. For heaven’s sake, let’s get on with it.
The Conservative campaign was, thus, encapsulated by the now famous phrase ‘Who governs Britain?’ .... the British people said NOT you !!
It was the first general election in the United Kingdom to be held during an Economic Crisis since the 1931 election, which had been held in the depths of the Great Depression.
The result was the first 'hung parliament' since 1929
wn.com/UK Election Night February 1974 Hung Parliament
The election night was covered live on the BBC 24 February 1974, and presented by Alastair Burnet, David Butler, Robert McKenzie and Robin Day.
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party. Instead there was a hung parliament, even though many people had expected a Conservative victory for Edward Heath. Labour won the most seats (301, which was 17 seats short of an overall majority) with the Conservatives on 297 seats.
On 10 February the National Union of Mineworkers, as expected, went on strike; however, it was more of a low-key affair than the high-profile clashes of 1972, with no violence and only six men on each picket line. Jim Prior later wrote that the miners had been "as quiet and well-behaved as mice". The three-day week continued throughout the election; however, Heath did allow the late-night television curfew to be lifted to allow more coverage of the campaign. The low profile of the miners' strike allowed worries over inflation to dominate the election. On 15 February it was announced that the Retail Price Index showed a 20% increase in prices over the previous year.
On 21 February the Pay Board released a report on miners' pay, which unexpectedly revealed that they were paid less in comparison with other manufacturing workers, contrary to the claims of the National Coal Board. This came as a severe blow to the Conservative position. Four days later there was further bad news for Heath and his party, with the latest trade figures showing that the current account deficit for the previous month had been £383 million — the worst in recorded history.
Heath addressed the country on television on the evening of 7 February, and asked:
Do you want a strong Government which has clear authority for the future to take decisions which will be needed? Do you want Parliament and the elected Government to continue to fight strenuously against inflation? Or do you want them to abandon the struggle against rising prices under pressure from one particularly powerful group of workers ...
This time of strife has got to stop. Only you can stop it. It’s time for you to speak — with your vote. It’s time for your voice to be heard — the voice of the moderate and reasonable people of Britain: the voice of the majority. It’s time for you to say to the extremists, the militants, and the plain and simply misguided: we’ve had enough. There’s a lot to be done. For heaven’s sake, let’s get on with it.
The Conservative campaign was, thus, encapsulated by the now famous phrase ‘Who governs Britain?’ .... the British people said NOT you !!
It was the first general election in the United Kingdom to be held during an Economic Crisis since the 1931 election, which had been held in the depths of the Great Depression.
The result was the first 'hung parliament' since 1929
- published: 07 Oct 2015
- views: 1509
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UK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalized
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UK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalized
UK Miner's Strike Day 99 National Union of Mineworkers President, Arthur Scargill is hospitalized
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- published: 29 Jun 2014
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The Case For Coal (1984) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - coal strike
A Campaign Video made for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the wider Trade Unio...
published: 23 Apr 2011
The Case For Coal (1984) National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - coal strike
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Margaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of Miners
Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with A...
published: 08 Apr 2013
Margaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of Miners
Margaret Thatcher death: We look at her war with the National Union of Miners
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Banners Held High: Celebrating The Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
With Banners Held High 30th Anniversary of the miners return to work
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published: 07 Mar 2015
Banners Held High: Celebrating The Banners of the National Union of Mineworkers
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Final chapter for UK miners | FT World
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published: 18 Dec 2015
Final chapter for UK miners | FT World
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SOUTH AFRICA: MINERS CRITICISE UK GOLD SELL-OFF
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published: 21 Jul 2015
SOUTH AFRICA: MINERS CRITICISE UK GOLD SELL-OFF
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Britain's Conservative Government Curtails The Power Of The Trade Unions
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Britain's Conservative Government Curtails The Power Of The Trade Unions
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A year of class war - the British Miners Strike of 1984
This video is Dave Douglass talk's about his experiences of 1984 - the year the British mi...
published: 02 May 2014
A year of class war - the British Miners Strike of 1984
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A Brief History of the UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85
The video looks at the UK coal miners strike which took place between 1984-85. The main le...
published: 04 Apr 2015
A Brief History of the UK Coal Miners Strike 1984 85
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Mick McGahey - a product of his class and the movement
Michael "Mick" McGahey (29 May 1925 -- 30 January 1999)
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published: 27 Dec 2011
Mick McGahey - a product of his class and the movement
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Broadway Confidential: A History of the UK Miners' Strike and Gender Roles (Billy Elliot)
On March 12, 1984, the National Union of Mineworkers called a national strike. At the time...
published: 13 Jan 2011
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Comparing Miners' Strikes in Britain and Spain
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published: 23 Oct 2012
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The Coal War - Panorama
The Coal War - Panorama - Monday 30 April 1984.
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Charles Moore -- The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
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published: 03 Aug 2011
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MARGARET THATCHER - Pt 5 Taking on the Unions (Telegraph Documentary)
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published: 08 Nov 2012
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The Lie Machine: British Mineworkers Take on the Media
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published: 01 Jan 2016
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The Great Miners Struggle Of 1984 Part 1
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UK Election Night February 1974 - Hung Parliament
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Honor Killing: Pakistani Social Media Star Strangled to Death by brother
Edit Voa News 16 Jul 2016
Hundreds of women are murdered in Pakistan for honor every year. On Friday, Pakistani model and social media celebrity Qandeel Balock was killed by one of her brothers, police said ... She was asleep, police said, when one of her six brothers strangled Baloch to death in the family’s home ... Apparently it was an incident of honor killing,” Sultan Azam, senior police officer in Multan, told AFP....
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Who is Fethullah Gulen, the man blamed for coup attempt in Turkey?
Edit CNN 16 Jul 2016
In the throes of a military coup attempt, Turkey's embattled president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pointed the finger of blame squarely at his bitter rival ... At the center of this rivalry, a fundamental division in Turkish society between secularists -- some within the country's top military brass -- and Islamists, including Erdogan's AKP party ... "The betrayal you have shown to this nation and to this community, that's enough....
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What happened in Turkey? Everything we know about military coup attempt to overthrow Erdogan
Edit The Independent 16 Jul 2016
After a night of chaotic and confusing developments, with tanks appearing on the streets and warplanes circling above the capital Ankara, it appears that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has regained control – but the situation remains confused and uncertain ... There was also a lack of clarity about who was in control of military headquarters in Ankara ... General Hulusi Akar, Turkey’s military chief of staff, taken hostage....
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Nice Terrorist Attack: At Least 77 Dead, Police Kill Suspect
Edit WorldNews.com 15 Jul 2016
Images broadcast from the attack on French media showed the gruesome scene with massive groups of people fleeing for their lives down the palm tree-lined Promenade des Anglais, Eric Ciotti said on BFM TV how police killed the driver after an exchange of gunfire after a man started shooting upon exiting the truck ... Video shows a horrific scene of death and twisted bodies, some still crying out in pain and searching for lost loves ones....
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Live: Turkish army says it has taken power in the country
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South Africa's mines minister calls for quick platinum wage deal
Edit Topix 17 Jul 2016
Platinum mining firms and South African trade unions should conclude wage talks quickly to avoid the protracted disputes that led to a five-month strike two years ago, mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane said on Friday. South Africa's Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane addresses members of the National Union of Mineworkers at the Northam Platinum's Zondereinde mine in Limpopo province, South Africa, June 9,2016 ... ....
Boris Johnson Promises U.K. Will Safeguard Gibraltar Post-Brexit
Edit Newsweek 17 Jul 2016
Gibraltarians voted overwhelmingly in favor of Britain remaining in the European Union but were outnumbered in the referendum. Garcia-Margallo said Spain would push to keep Gibraltar out of any general Brexit negotiations between Britain and the European Union ... Britain rejects any notion of Spanish sovereignty against the wishes of the people of ......
Theresa May’s first pledge as PM was for a 'one-nation Britain'. Can she deliver?
Edit The Guardian 17 Jul 2016
A mix of cheers and boos greeted Britain’s second woman prime minister from a crowd outside the gates ... But sacking ministers, trotting out a One Nation mantra, and promising to “build a better Britain” will prove to have been the easy part for May ... Her cabinet meets on Tuesday for the first time and will start trying to deliver on her dual promise of Brexit and a better, One Nation, Britain....
New UK premier removes another Cameron supporter as minister
Edit Arabnews 17 Jul 2016
Ros Altmann, Cameron’s minister for pensions, was also dismissed, along with Business Minister Anna Soubry, a leading voice on the “remain” side during Britain’s recent European Union referendum campaign ... The pro-independence Scottish administration has said it could seek a new independence referendum if Britain takes Scotland out of the EU against its will....
UK opens 'very fruitful' trade talks with Canada, says minister
Edit Reuters 17 Jul 2016
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain opened "very fruitful" trade talks with Canada on Friday, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told the Sunday Times newspaper as he prepares to renegotiate Britain's commercial ties following its vote last month to leave the European Union. ....
Latest France attack highlights EU's challenges
Edit Topix 17 Jul 2016
Hosting a garden party at the new Residence of France here on Thursday evening, French ambassador to Malaysia Christophe Penot spoke about the daunting challenges facing the European Union, ranging from the threat of terrorism and pressure of the migrant crisis to the impact of Britain's vote to exit the EU . A couple of hours later in the ......
Jagger to be dad again at 72
Edit Arabnews 17 Jul 2016
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is to become a father for the eighth time at the age of 72, a spokesman for the rocker said Friday ... Melanie Hamrick, is pregnant, Britain’s Press Association reported....
Debating Trident now is a nakedly political act
Edit New Statesman 17 Jul 2016
The Labour opposition are in a state of disarray, with the issue of nuclear replacement symptomatic of the divisions between the leadership under Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour MPs, the unions and the wider membership ... In the wake of the vote to leave the European Union a vote to replace Trident can reassure Britain’s NATO allies that the UK remains committed to the alliance and will not become the ‘nuclear Switzerland’ some have feared....
Five arrested as Daesh claims responsibility for Nice attack
Edit Arabnews 17 Jul 2016
A Daesh-run media outlet said on Saturday the man who carried out the deadly attack in Nice was a “soldier” of the group ... he would break anything he saw in front of him,” Mohamed Mondher Lahouaiej-Bouhlel said in Tunisia ... The stop was part of a trip to five European countries meant to discuss the future of the European Union after Britain voted to leave the bloc....
France leads Czechs after doubles struggle
Edit Arabnews 17 Jul 2016
Finally, Rosol lost his serve to love in the first game of the last set and that was all the French needed to take the set 6-4 ... Defending champions Great Britain took a 2-1 lead over hosts Serbia in their World Group quarterfinal in Belgrade on Saturday ... But in Saturday’s doubles Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot defeated Filip Krajinovic and Nenad Zimonjic 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-4 to move Britain to within one win of the last four....
In Rwanda, Ban calls for concerted regional and international action in South Sudan
Edit Topix 17 Jul 2016
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas 16 July 2016 - On the margins of the 27th African Union Summit taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with several regional leaders, stressing the need for concerted action to revive the implementation of the peace agreement in South Sudan....
Aircraft orders plummet at Farnborough air show
Edit Arabnews 17 Jul 2016
Aircraft orders plummeted this year at the Farnborough air show, where Brexit clouded the horizon and European giant Airbus slashed output of its A380 superjumbo, figures released Saturday showed ... British engine maker Rolls-Royce, a supplier of France-based Airbus, said it was worried about the commercial impact of Britain's vote to leave the European Union....
Why women are winning at the politics game
Edit Denver Post 17 Jul 2016
Now that two of the world’s five biggest economies — Germany and Britain — are headed by women, and the biggest one of all, the U.S., has a woman front-runner in its presidential election, the glass ceiling in politics can probably be declared broken, and it’s time to consider what kind of change this brings to the world....
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