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| Miners at Kellingley Colliery, Pontefract, fought a four-month dispute in early 2004 to prevent UK Coal undermining the jobs and terms and conditions of miners working at the pit. The jobs of redundant miners from the Selby complex were saved in return for the introduction of extended shifts and longer days. The company is now seeking 150 redundancies, almost all from the original Selby workforce, due to what it calls "geological problems". The loss of 150 jobs would reduce the workforce to 400 and leave Kellingley as only one of three surviving Yorkshire pits. But for how long? |