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TRADE unionists were left incensed yesterday after the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced that it would not investigate police violence at the Battle of Orgreave.
For two and a half years the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) has demanded an investigation into what happened on June 18 1984, when striking miners at the Yorkshire coke depot were attacked by baton-wielding cavalry and armoured riot police.
Campaigners vowed yesterday: “The fight for truth and justice goes on.”
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
