Coal Mining Papers FEICKERT DOCUMENTS (MS202, 402)
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Coal Mining Papers FEICKERT DOCUMENTS (MS202, 402) University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives Ref: MS202, MS402 Title: Feickert Documents Scope: Documents relating to the work of Dave Feickert, former National Union of Mineworkers research officer 1983-1993. Dates: 1972-2004 Level: Fonds Extent: 73 boxes Name of creator: Dave Feickert (1946-2014) Administrative / biographical history: The collection consists of documents and working papers covering the period of the Great Strike (1984-5) and the subsequent privatisation and decline of the coal industry. It includes correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, and material published during the strike period. It also includes documents relating to clean coal technology, health and safety issues and alternative forms energy. As well as being a trade union research officer, Dave Feickert was an ergonomist and specialist in stress research. He undertook PhD research at the University of Bradford and was a member of the Working Environment Research Group where his work included research into technology, health and safety and related areas for the trade union movement. He was appointed Assistant Head of Industrial Relations for the NUM in 1983 and then NUM Research Officer from 1985 to 1993. He later moved to New Zealand where he worked as a mines safety and energy advisor for New Zealand, China and Europe. Dave Feickert died in July 2014. Source: By donation in 1997, 2004 and 2009 System of arrangement: By category Subjects: Coal mines and mining – England; Coal Strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985 Names: Feickert, Dave, 1946-2014; National Union of Mineworkers Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment Restrictions: Certain documents are restricted Copyright: Variously according to document Finding aids: Listed F1/1 COAL INDUSTRY, PRE-STRIKE PERIOD (TO FEBRUARY 1984) 1 Coal Mining Papers FEICKERT DOCUMENTS (MS202, 402) British Coal 202/F1/1:BRC1 Coal and Energy Quarterly 34; Autumn 1982 01 September 1982 202/F1/1:BRC2 Coal and Energy Quarterly 35; Winter 1982 01 December 1982 202/F1/1:BRC3 the Deputy's handbook 202/F1/1:BRC4 Report and Accounts 1979/80 29 March 1980 202/F1/1:BRC5 Report and Accounts 1980/1 28 March 1981 202/F1/1:BRC6 Report and Accounts 1981/2 27 March 1982 202/F1/1:BRC7 Report and Accounts 1982/3 26 March 1983 202/F1/1:BRC8 Report and Accounts 1983/4 31 March 1984 202/F1/1:BRC9 Eaton, W.M. Managing New Investment 09 October 1980 202/F1/1:BRC10 2) Elaine Williams 1) The Selby coalfield project. 2) Micros down the pit 19 April 1983 202/F1/1:BRC11 John Knight We're top of the heap: Super pit is fit for supermen 18 December 1983 202/F1/1:BRC12 Britain's coal industry can be Europe's best 09 October 1983 202/F1/1:BRC13 Hectic conference oratory changes nothing 11 July 1983 202/F1/1:BRC14 Need to get out of hopeless pits 12 July 1983 202/F1/1:BRC15 £5 Million 'Acid Rain' research 05 September 1983 202/F1/1:BRC17 Market collapse closes South Wales foundry coke works 12 September 1983 202/F1/1:BRC18 MacGregor stands by wage offer 27 November 1983 202/F1/1:BRC19 University report on coalmining technology attacked 21 May 1983 202/F1/1:BRC20 Coal Board Chairman dismisses "pit butchery" claims 09 July 1983 Coal Industry General 202/F1/1:COG1 Opportunities in Modern Mining 202/F1/1:COG2 Regulations and instructions for making application for grants for full time courses 2 Coal Mining Papers FEICKERT DOCUMENTS (MS202, 402) 202/F1/1:COG3 Rose, Ron Bread and Roses Energy Policy 202/F1/1:ENP1 Department of Energy United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1981 01 January 1981 202/F1/1:ENP2 Department of Energy United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1983 01 January 1983 202/F1/1:ENP3 National Union of Mineworkers National Energy Policy [copy 1] 01 October 1972 202/F1/1:ENP4 National Union of Mineworkers National Energy Policy [copy 2] 01 October 1972 Association of the Coal Producers 202/F1/1:ENP5 of the European Community European Coal 2000 01 June 1977 202/F1/1:ENP6 Complete listing of Graham & Trotman's Energy & Earth Sciences Publications 30 September 1983 202/F1/1:ENP7 Scargill, Arthur A coal volte-face by the Minister 19 November 1983 Health & Safety 202/F1/1:HEA1 Williams, John L. Organising Workplace Safety 01 July 1963 St. John Ambulance Association et 202/F1/1:HEA2 al. First aid in coal mines 01 October 1966 202/F1/1:HEA3 Harrington, J.M. Shift Work and Health: A Critical Review of the Literature 01 January 1978 Industrial Relations 202/F1/1:IND1 Winterton, Jonathan The trend of strikes in coal mining 1949-1979 National Union of Mineworkers 202/F1/1:NUM1 Griffin, Alan R. 31 December 1962 202/F1/1:NUM2 Situation in the Coalmining Industry 31 December 1963 202/F1/1:NUM3 Scargill, Arthur New technology in Coal Mines- Jobs and Skills at Risk 31 May 1983 3 Coal Mining Papers FEICKERT DOCUMENTS (MS202, 402) (correspondence between Derek Ezra and Wilfrid Miron, with paper on industrial 202/F1/1:NUM4 Miron, Wilfrid; Ezra, Derek relations) 06 December 1973 202/F1/1:NUM5 A Trade Union View on Energy Policy 10 April 1980 202/F1/1:NUM6 Feickert, Dave Mills misinforms himself then misleads others 26 May 1983 202/F1/1:NUM7 President's speech - Perth 1983 - summary of key points 14 July 1983 202/F1/1:NUM8 National Coal Board- Alternative Annual Accounts 01 November 1983 202/F1/1:NUM9 Report of a Special Conference 23 February 1962 202/F1/1:NUM10 Scargill, Arthur Miners in the Eighties 202/F1/1:NUM11 Scargill, Arthur It's a bid to butcher us(1) untitled (2) 13 January 1984 202/F1/1:NUM12 Stop Pit closures 202/F1/1:NUM13 Power, Mike Gotcha! Miners reply in the Sun 01 February 1984 Monopolies and Mergers Commission Report on the National Coal Board - The 202/F1/1:NUM14 NUM hits back 08 August 1983 202/F1/1:NUM15 [untitled] 202/F1/1:NUM16 Miner's President to visit Nottinghamshire Pit 08 September 1983 202/F1/1:NUM17 Scargill, Arthur Cokeworks under threat 02 September 1983 202/F1/1:NUM18 Scargill, Arthur Polish Solidarity and Britain's Ultra-left 07 September 1983 202/F1/1:NUM19 Labour leader backs fight for coal 19 September 1983 202/F1/1:NUM20 Miners' overtime ban begins 31 October 1983 202/F1/1:NUM21 Only Mineworkers will suffer from overtime ban 23 October 1983 202/F1/1:NUM22 Miners Challenge Energy Secretary 202/F1/1:NUM23 NUM President in South Wales 02 November 1983 202/F1/1:NUM24 New threat to British Coal 03 November 1983 202/F1/1:NUM25 Scargill, Arthur Hands off the pits - no privatisation of coal 04 November 1983 202/F1/1:NUM26 Overtime ban in the coal industry 09 November 1983 202/F1/1:NUM27 Scargill, Arthur Planning for the future: new ways of using coal 11 November 1983 4 Coal Mining Papers FEICKERT DOCUMENTS (MS202, 402) 202/F1/1:NUM28 No need for nuclear power, says miners' President 17 November 1983 202/F1/1:NUM29 Scargill, Arthur Triple alliance rallies to defend steel, rail, and coal 20 November 1983 202/F1/1:NUM30 Scotland welcomes triple alliance campaign 02 December 1983 202/F1/1:NUM31 Miners take campaign for coal and a sound energy policy to Sizewell inquiry 02 December 1983 202/F1/1:NUM32 Triple alliance fights for industrial survival 02 December 1983 202/F1/1:NUM33 Scargill, Arthur Steel, coal and rail - fighting for the future 12 December 1983 202/F1/1:NUM34 Scottish miners campaign for coal 12 December 1983 202/F1/1:NUM35 Campaigning for coal in Derbyshire 14 December 1983 202/F1/1:NUM36 Coal Board admits savage closure programme 13 December 1983 202/F1/1:NUM37 NUM President visits Durham's Murton Colliery 04 January 1984 202/F1/1:NUM38 Miners' overtime ban hitting Coal Board 26 January 1983 202/F1/1:NUM39 Coal Board halts production at Kinsley drift mine 02 February 1984 202/F1/1:NUM40 South Derbyshire miners campaign for coal 07 February 1984 202/F1/1:NUM41 Coal Board bans Union's case from being seen and heard 08 February 1984 202/F1/1:NUM42 Coal Board closure programme 04 February 1984 202/F1/1:NUM43 Mineworkers' Pension Scheme 13 February 1984 202/F1/1:NUM44 NUM President visits North Nottinghamshire coalfield 13 February 1984 Pit Closures 202/F1/1:PIC1 "Outdated industry" faces 80,000 cuts 01 December 1983 202/F1/1:PIC2 Coal not Dole 202/F1/1:PIC3 Heath, Tony £22m loss Welsh pit named for closure 15 June 1983 202/F1/1:PIC4 Fighting for the Future (draft and final versions) 08 September 1983 5 Coal Mining Papers FEICKERT DOCUMENTS (MS202, 402) Productivity Statistics 202/F1/1:PRO1 Overtime and absence/ income per £100 cost. NCB South Wales area 30 April 1983 202/F1/1:PRO2 Weekly statistical digest South Wales 14 May 1983 202/F1/1:PRO3 Weekly statistical digest South Wales 26 March 1983 Pit income/OMS: S. Wales area. Present situation and probable trends in South 202/F1/1:PRO3 Wales 1983-1990 01 March 1983 Scargill Controversies 202/F1/1:SCA1 Banda, Michael Scargill in storm 08 September 1983 202/F1/1:SCA2 Scargill, Arthur Media and Press Smear Campaign- President's Reply 15 September 1983 202/F1/1:SCA3 Polish Solidarity and Britain's Ultra-left 07 September 1983 Technology & Jobs 202/F1/1:TEJ1 Ken Gill Micro-Electronics and Employment (19 copies) 20 September 1978 202/F1/1:TEJ2 Dickson, Keith and John Marsh The Microelectronics Revolution: A brief assessment of the industrial impact 01 December 1978 202/F1/1:TEJ3 new technology and collective bargaining 01 January 1981 202/F1/1:TEJ4 Steve Thomas (1) Micro-electronics: an assessment (2) 01 March 1979 202/F1/1:TEJ5 Job loss claim "a myth" 01 June 1983 202/F1/1:TEJ6 Mining Report criticised 25 May 1983 202/F1/1:TEJ7 Wright, Frazer Technology "job threat to 100,000" 02 June 1983 202/F1/1:TEJ8 NCB Deputy Chairman attacks University Report on Coalmining Technology 01 July 1983 202/F1/1:TEJ9 Miners seek 28-hour week in new technology pact 21 November 1983 202/F1/1:TEJ10 New technology in mining.