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Scargill says trade union movement could learn from actions of miners strike
FORMER miners’ leader Arthur Scargill said the trade union movement today can learn from the actions of the miners in their 1984 strike against pit closures.
The strike began 40 years ago on March 6, when miners at Cortonwood colliery in Yorkshire walked out after the pit’s closure was announced.
Mr Scargill is attending events in former pit communities marking the anniversary.
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