mining - a delivery for the government
WORKERS, APRIL 2004 ISSUE
FOUR Yorkshire miners delivered sacks of coal to the Department of Trade and Industry in a symbolic protest over the government's indifference to the demise of the coal industry. The coal represented Britain's reserves, which are being left sterile as the pits are closed. A sack covered in 'blood' represented the millions of tonnes of foreign coal still being imported, killing the industry.
The sacks of coal were left for the British Museum to display - a stark reminder of the death knell of Britain's coal industry.