Labour MP Burgon calls on workers and unions to learn lessons from the 1984-5 miners’ strike
LEFT MP Richard Burgon has called on workers and their unions to learn lessons from the 1984-5 miners’ strike against pit closures.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the TUC Yorkshire & Humber region of the TUC in Leeds on Saturday, he said: “Communities came together to fight for a better society.
“Women mobilised and formed Women Against Pit Closures. Lesbians and Gays formed LGBT Support the Miners.
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