frantic' THE illusion is over. There is not now going to be a quick negotiated end to the miners' again the two sides face each other in a head-on confrontation.
Thurcroft pit in South Yorks about the situation following the end of the talks. Both are members of Heely Labour Party.
John: What was your view of the negotiations?
Dave: The traditional NCB management frantic about the state of ine pils, ine industry and even their own. jobs. But dICi dominated by MacGregor and Thatcher.
all y negotiated peace has to be seen as a defeat Scargill. Thatcher wants lo be seen to dercal determined, socialist eadership She wants no admission that 'mob rule' has any effect on government. Bur I don't care what she :a›5. l1 aoes. ocalgil was nor ditched by the rest of the NUM so MacGregor recked the talks.
What are the latest moves hy the NCB the government?
They seem to be based on roping. for a drift back to tork. But I can't see it happening. We've got a number of problems, especially with gas electric bills, anel we'll have to get organised to try :o stop asconnecion.
But people are deter nined. They have got usec . o having no money, living - ar. day to day, even col parcels become part of E: OW # eryday bite.
How do you think the Triple Alliance has helped in this dispute?
Right from the start we the front the gover nct e steel union asked us to zerous L tcll y were not involved in a situation • hemselves. So we gave #spensations and risked ine economic impact of aur strike being watered cown tor the sake ot this raper unity with the ISTC strike. Once JOHN KIRBY talked to DAVE PARRY from steel plants in this area.
I think the area leadership shoud think dOUE L leafletting, some of the plants or having a public meeting of some sort.
What do you think of callATIN the to look at The be struggle, 110 1 C88883 level of food parcels. We need other workers drawn into the front line, like the NUR, ASLEF, samen's union. Thatcher sees this and that is why She tried to buy off the railworkers.
What do think of Scargill's call for a four«a week afu reuec dt 55?
The NCB has a redundancy early retirement with what seem to be big Day-vlis We need to fight this with the union policy of retirement at 55 on a decent pension for every miner coupled with the recruitment of leavers so there are no job losses.
Also if we are talking about a shorter working ile. we nave gotto de laiking about a shorter werking week. A tour-dav w'eel with better conditions for HOleS n y orksnire Wales and even the nonstriking Notts miners But even more important. we are saving that the miners are not going to for the problems o way the industry, which have been brought on by government policies.