<p>Edited extracts of interviews of Arthur Scargill, Dai Francis, Sid Vincent, Tommy Callan, Harold Mitchell, Mick McGahey, Lawrence Daly, Emlyn Williams, Will Paynter. Includes left-wing general secretaries in relation to right-wing presidents; NUM National Executive Council representation, and role of the President; opposition to pit closures, especially in Scotland; and the unity and structure of the union</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Scargill</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Arthur & Francis</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>NUM President & NUM General Secretary</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">NUM National Executive Council</emph></corpname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1972</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">closures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wage agreements </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions</emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |