| Ref No | SWCC/AUD/127 |
| Title | <title linktype="simple">Lodge Officers Study</title> |
| Interview of Isaac, Ian |
| 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 Ian Isaac, St Johns Lodge Secretary. Includes reasons for becoming a miner, and his early years in the industry; grievance procedures within the pit compared to factories; atmosphere in the pit after the 1974 strike; Labour Party influence in Maesteg; the Incentive Bonus Scheme at St John's Colliery; support from other lodges in the area; organisation of men during strikes; the 1980 ballot for support for steel workers strike; the relationship between the NUM National Executive Council and its members; union involvement in planning and running of the industry</p><p></p><list><item><persname><emph altrender="surname">Isaac</emph><emph altrender="pre-title"></emph><emph altrender="forename">Ian & Davies</emph><emph altrender="dates"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph><emph altrender="epithet"></emph></persname><occupation>Lodge Secretary</occupation></item><item><corpname><emph altrender="a">National Union of Mineworkers & St John's Lodge & Labour Party & National Coal Board & NUM National Executive Council</emph></corpname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">St Johns Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Maesteg</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Duffryn</emph><emph altrender="county">Cymmer</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Ruskin College</emph><emph altrender="county">Oxford</emph><emph altrender="parish">Oxfordshire</emph><emph altrender="township">England</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Coegnant Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Llynfi Valley</emph><emph altrender="parish">Mid Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Mill Pit</emph><emph altrender="county">Margam</emph><emph altrender="parish">West Glamorgan</emph></geogname></item><item><geogname><emph altrender="country">Great Mountain Colliery</emph><emph altrender="county">Crosshands</emph><emph altrender="parish">Dyfed</emph></geogname></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">event</emph><emph altrender="y">Strike, 1981</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, Steel Workers 1980</emph></subject></item><item><subject><emph altrender="a">coal mining </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">disputes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">trade unions </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">training </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">grievance procedures </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">strikes </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">incentive bonus scheme </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">productivity </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">pickets </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">steel industry </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">wages </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">industrial relations </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject><subject><emph altrender="a">ballots </emph><emph altrender="x"></emph></subject></item></list> |
| Date | 1930 = 1981 (c) |
| 29.6.1981 |
| 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 : 2 |
| Language | English |