KAY AND PHIL Sutcliffe live in Aylesham in Kent. They have both been working day and night since the miners' strike began for an NUM victory against pit closures.
Pit Closures. Phil works at a Snowdon pit and is a member of Kent NUM.
state of the dispute on Thursday 31 January after an Aylesham Women's Support group meeting.
VC: What do you think of the towards negotiations with NCB preschl time?
KS: As as Arthur ciples. came to What has done dispute is stick, to 1983 conpit was with If he was Scargill not the NUM. carrying redundancy money any 1U1C.
to carry There men that dispute when they ly.
working NCB's it to dismiss the striker. any other job.
How do back relurills WOrK right now.
It's those workers with material, The younger been the fighters in dispute.
faceworkers.
working Kent SUCC September but few underthey Kay is a member of Aylesham Women Against They were talking to Valerie Coultas about the Michael Eaton television saying that they wouldn't viness NUM willie statement saying that the strike is over.
It's ridiculous for the NCB to put his conditions • on the negotiations.
VC: How do you see the next steps in the dispute?
KS: I don't think that the other trade unions have done enough LOTS dispute.
If the TUC were going to do anything constructive they should have started to campaign for solidarity at the end of last March.
PS: The NUM should the rank and file in other trade unions to support us. we should nave gone OU I and explained the case for KS: They all know what is going on. But it's different when ask other workers to take an active the •ve been Then came out picketing coal VC: But VOu have had support from the railwayworkers, the dockers and the seamen.
KS: Yes and the railwayworKer rid of Weighell but they haven't really done much they could have, these left leaders.
baying They know Some have more in VC: What about the Women Against Pit Closures movement. How do you see that going forward?
KS: Well I'd like to see more organisation on the grouna. Kay Sutcliffe groups spread at the Womer Pit most Mining communes The parties. cuse for weren't need an get these it's way of organising.
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