MINERS' LEADER Arthur Scargill sounded the alarm at the NUM annual conference in Scarborough: the fightback against privatisation has to start now.
Scargill mapped thwart the Tory plans. NUM executive proposal, overwhelmingly supported by delegates, insisted paign including 'any action necessary to stop the sell-oft.
But the miners' plan came under attack from Labour ener spokesperson Frank Dobsor 000 48XMS suspect we may not be able to avoid it for much longet.ive would be taling in our duty if we did not give some the damage."
The defeatist speech drew a NUM begin one in Brtain privatisation is inevitable he said.
It was only Scots and Welsh delegates who abstained on motions opposing management ana acating Retiring General Secretary Peter Heathfield warned them that any move towards acceptance privatisation would show that the NUM was a 'paper tiger.
The miners' leaders didn't for a nationalised coal industry. Scargill pointed out If we were o scrap nuclear power, stor coal imports and stop the 'dash the British taxpayer would be 62.3 billion per year better off.
It was also announced that than 6500 million in EC grants to the coal industry if privatisation plans go ahead; and to im legal action to recover £800 million lost to the miners' pension fund through a management 'contributions holiday
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