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Justice for Scottish miners - now we need justice for all miners. In our lifetimes!
OTJC welcomes news that the Scottish Government has proposed pardons after a review found striking miners in Scotland were treated in a 'grossly excessive manner' in the 1984/5 strike
Justice for Scottish miners - now we need justice for all miners. In our lifetimes!
OTJC welcomes news that the Scottish Government has proposed pardons after a review found striking miners in Scotland were treated in a 'grossly excessive manner' in the 1984/5 strike
Now we need justice for all miners in the UK.
As ex-miner @johndunn322 explains "Miners are angry about the abusive treatment meted out to us by the police and courts during the strike. We were targeted by police under the directions of the Thatcher government".
As ex-miner @johndunn322 explains "Miners are angry about the abusive treatment meted out to us by the police and courts during the strike. We were targeted by police under the directions of the Thatcher government".
This treatment wasn't limited to Scotland. It happened on picket lines around the UK, during paramilitary-style occupations of pit villages and of course at Orgreave on June 18 1984.
It is well-documented, filmed, photographed and witnessed
It is well-documented, filmed, photographed and witnessed
June 1984, Miners Strike, days before Orgreave
Ian MacGregor, Chair of the National Coal Board writes to all miners
"Your leaders have told you that the Coal Board is out to butcher the industry. That we plan to do away with 70,000 jobs, to close 86 pits"
Ian MacGregor, Chair of the National Coal Board writes to all miners
"Your leaders have told you that the Coal Board is out to butcher the industry. That we plan to do away with 70,000 jobs, to close 86 pits"
"If these things were true I would not blame miners for getting angry or for being deeply worried. BUT THESE THINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. I STATE THAT CATEGORICALLY AND SOLEMNLY. YOU HAVE BEEN MISLED"
"I would like you to consider carefully, so we can get away from the tragic violence and pressures of mass pickets, whether this strike is really in your interest".
"They charged into us, grabbing and snatching pickets, the police then hitting them with truncheons and taking them back behind their lines. The cavalry hitting anything that moved".
Orgreave 29 & 30 May 1984
otjc.org.uk/part-four-may-…
36 years on. Still no #orgreavejustice
Orgreave 29 & 30 May 1984
otjc.org.uk/part-four-may-…
36 years on. Still no #orgreavejustice
Join us on Saturday 20th June 1pm for our annual rally for truth and justice for Orgreave.
The theme is tackling working class injustices
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The theme is tackling working class injustices
facebook.com/events/2561993…
Speakers
Chris Kitchen: General Sec NUM
Eileen Turnbull: Shrewsbury 24
Sheila Coleman: Hillsborough Justice Campaign
Jan Cunliffe: JENGbA
Lee Fowler: Blacklist Support Group
Judy Bolton & Yvette Williams: Justice4Grenfell
Kevin Horne: OTJC
Sal Young: NHS Worker& GMB Branch Sec
Chris Kitchen: General Sec NUM
Eileen Turnbull: Shrewsbury 24
Sheila Coleman: Hillsborough Justice Campaign
Jan Cunliffe: JENGbA
Lee Fowler: Blacklist Support Group
Judy Bolton & Yvette Williams: Justice4Grenfell
Kevin Horne: OTJC
Sal Young: NHS Worker& GMB Branch Sec
