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Kellingley miners in UK hold one-day walkout
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Militant/Jim Spaul
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Miners outside Kellingley coal mine in north Yorkshire during April 30 one-day strike—the latest in a series of 24-hour stoppages by the National Union of Mineworkers against new shift patterns and longer hours demanded by UK Coal. “We work to live, not live to work,” said miner Steve Ellison. “It’s not about money. We don’t mind working shifts but we don’t want to work draconian shifts for a profit-making scheme.” The bosses’ latest proposal aims to dodge a direct confrontation with the Kellingley miners, Ellison said. The company says it will move 180 miners from the nearby Selby mines to Kellingley in June when Selby closes, to work 12-hour night shifts with Sunday as part of the working week. Another one-day strike was scheduled for May 4.
—Joyce Fairchild And Jim Spaul
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