Remembering the great strike means justice for surviving miners CHRIS KITCHEN, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, reminds us that the defining industrial battle of the last century isn’t over until there is full justice for Orgreave's victims — and for miners’ pensions
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Friday 18th Mar 2022 Opinion British and Ukrainian workers' common cause Ukrainian workers need support, writes National Union of Mineworkers general secretary CHRIS KITCHEN after a visit to the country
Thursday 10th Feb 2022 The Battle of Saltley Gate: ‘too strong to hold back’ CHRIS KITCHEN, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, marks the anniversary of a remarkable victory for working-class solidarity when a 'human sea' defied the state
Saturday 11th Jul 2020 The NUM is still here and still fighting for workers and their families The work of the National Union of Mineworkers remains vital for former mineworkers and their communities, writes the union’s general secretary CHRIS KITCHEN
Thursday 18th Jun 2020 Don't let Covid-19 cover up miners' deaths The coronavirus pandemic is causing bereaved mining families to lose compensation for death from industrial diseases, says CHRIS KITCHEN, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers
Saturday 14th Mar 2020 35 years since the NUM returned to work Today ex-miners, families and supporters gather to commemorate the deaths of two Yorkshire miners killed in the 1984-85 strike against pit closures, writes CHRIS KITCHEN, national secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers
Saturday 13th Jul 2019 The Gala continues the traditions of the struggles of our class The Big Meeting is far from a nostalgic look back at the past, says NUM leader CHRIS KITCHEN
Thursday 20th Jun 2019 Never forget, never forgive The Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign has grown in support over the years and there can be no doubt as to the dedication of those who set up the
Wednesday 18th Jul 2018 The National Union of Mineworkers will never stop fighting ‘Legalised theft’ from miners’ pension funds is just one of the issues on which the NUM is campaigning, says general secretary CHRIS KITCHEN