| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/131 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">NUM National Executive Council Members and other Coalfield Leaders Study</title> |
| Interview of Francis, Dai |
| Second South Wales Coalfield Project 1979-82 |
| Description | <list><item><genreform type="record type"><emph altrender="a">audiotape</emph></genreform></item></list> |
| <p>Recorded memoirs of Dai Francis, formerly South Wales. Includes opinions on the constitution of the NUM National Executive Council; his relationship with union leaders in other coalfields; unity of the South Wales coalfield, and the formation of the South Wales Miners Federation; his opinion of Lawrence Daly; stucture and unity of the National Union of Mineworkers and Rule 7, and its support for a Labour Government; representation on the NUM National Executive Council; role of the union during nationalisation; general career of DF; the run down of the coal industry; Seaton Carew issue; his own relationship with the rank and file; role of Lord Robens; and organisation during the 1972 strike</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Francis</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Dai & Jones</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet">Yorkshire</emph></persname></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">National Union of Mineworkers & NUM National Executive Council & South Wales Miners Federation & Trades Union Congress & Communist Party & National Coal Board & Labour Party & Evans and Bevan Company & Onllwyn Lodge & Spanish Aid Committee & Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company & National Association of Colliery Overmen Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS)</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen</emph><emph altrender="parish">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Onllwyn Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Onllwyn</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Aberdare</emph><emph altrender="county">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Seaton Carew</emph><emph altrender="county">Billingham</emph><emph altrender="parish">Middlesborough</emph><emph altrender="township">Cleveland</emph><emph altrender="street">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Salters Gate</emph><emph altrender="county">Durham</emph><emph altrender="parish">England</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Seamen 1966</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1972</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1974</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, Surfacemen 1969</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Disaster, Aberfan 1966</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Spanish Civil War 1936-39</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">galas </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">education </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nationalisation </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housecoal </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">coal owners </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">nuclear energy </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closed shop </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">housing </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Spanish Civil War </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">fascism </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">dismissal </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">anthracite </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">seniority rule </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">power loading </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">overtime </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">hours of work </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial injuries </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial diseases </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pneumoconiosis </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">oil industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">safety </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">incentive bonus scheme </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">Parliamentary Acts </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list><list type="deflist"><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>South Wales Agreement 1937</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Day Wage Structure Agreement 1955-56</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>National Housecoal Agreement 1952</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>National Power Loading Agreement 1966</item></defitem><defitem><label>Free field</label><item>Five Day Week Agreement 1947</item></defitem></list> |
| Date | 1920 = 1982 (c) |
| 1979 = 1982 |
| Related Material | <archref linktype="simple"><extref linktype="simple"><emph altrender="filename">WXYZ</emph><emph altrender="identity">loan copy : Miners Library</emph></extref></archref> |
| Physical Description | good |
| Extent | no of tapes : 4 |
| Language | English |