| Description | These transcripts are a continuation of the interview with the Branch Secretary of NUM Edlington [see transcript 132].
His assessment is that the 1972 miners' strike was not won at 'Saltley Gate' alone, but by concerted efforts to picket power stations, coke depots and coal stockyards around the country over a prolonged period. The significance of 'Saltley Gate' was as a demonstration of working class solidarity and as a morale booster for striking miners.
Descriptions of picket duties at power stations is given, including Thorpe Marsh, Yorkshire and Keadby, Lincolnshire. Police activities and the use of non-unionised road hauliers as strike breakers are discussed. The fatal collision of a lorry with a picket at Keadby is noted. Tensions within Yorkshire mining communities are considered, between pickets and non striking colliery officials.
Differences in political concern, militancy and readiness to take industrial action between regions of the NUM are recorded, as are changes within the Yorkshire region over time. Yorkshire's view of the National Power Loading Agreement [NPLA] is noted. An insight to the organisation of and political differences within Yorkshire region is given. The response in Yorkshire and other regions to industrial disputes since 1969 are considered, including the attitude to the 1970 dispute of the union's clerical section [the Clerical Officials & Staff Association: NUM - COSA]. Mention is made of a possible vote of no confidence in Arthur Scargill by his NUM branch at Woolley during the 1970 strike. |
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