NUM investment in Hatfield Colliery good news for jobs and energy security, says TUC

Responding to the announcement today (Tuesday) that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is loaning £4 million to Hatfield Colliery Partnership as a bridge to the start of mining a new coalface, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“The loan from the NUM is great news for workers at the mine made famous in the film ‘Brassed Off’. The investment will help protect hundreds of jobs and offers British energy companies a secure domestic supply, which we hope they will see the merits of investing in at a time of so much global uncertainty.”

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