CARDIFF MINERS from Tower and Maerdy lodges met with Labour Party and trade union members to form a support committee in Cardiff last week. The first job for the committee will be collect money and food for the strike.
Mary miner's dy, explained:
There's a lot of hard. ship now. woman, her son and husLucy band work at the colliery getting £7.17 for three.
It's only through people But we can survive.
we're not begging.
'We're telling you the facts of life. need WELL attended meeting in Southampton heard Terry Thomas, vice president OI We South Wales miners put their case.
Other speakers included Tony Woods Chairperson of the SE region of the TUC as well as representatives Southampton Labour Party and the local trades council.
Money was presented to the meeting by dockers, workers, power workers, railworkers and post office engineers. collection at the meeting also raised a further £150.
South Wales miners are permanently based in Southampton with an of fice provided oy NUPE district council. continual tour of workplace meetings is being organisLa social evening with miners' choir is to be held on 5 May.
On that day a Hampshire-wide is being held called by the council It assembles by Asylum Green A venut Road at 11.30 and will march on to a rally at Hoglands Park
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'We're coming to the end of all we saved.