1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike - Wikipedia
WEBThe 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry
Miners' strike 1984: Why UK miners walked out and how it ended
WEBThe miners' strike of 1984-85 was a defining moment in the history of British coal mining and the biggest industrial dispute in post-war Britain. It pitted thousands of miners and their trade...
Miners' strike 1984: Why UK miners walked out and how it ended - BBC
WEBThe miners' strike of 1984-85 was a defining moment in the history of British coal mining and the biggest industrial dispute in post-war Britain. It pitted thousands of miners and their trade...
The Miners’ Strike Of 1984-85: What Happened & Why?
WEBJun 21, 2022 · The miners’ strike of 1984-85 was the longest and most acrimonious industrial dispute in Britain’s modern history. But it was more than that: to the communities involved, from Scotland and South Wales to Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, it often felt like an undeclared civil war, pitting village against village, family against family – even ...
Miners' strike 1984: Divided miners meet 40 years after bitter strike - BBC
WEBTwo mineworkers from opposite sides of the biggest industrial dispute in post-war Britain have met for the first time. Ian Pyatt, who worked in Derbyshire, went on strike in March 1984 over...
The Miners’ Strike of 1984-5: an oral history
WEBThe Miners’ Strike of 1984 was a turning point in British history. Miners left their pits to fight the attempt of the Thatcher government to close the collieries, break the miners’ union and the labour movement in general, and open the way to a free market economy in which deregulated financial capitalism would be set free by the Big Bang ...
1984: Miners strike over threatened pit closures - BBC News
WEB1984: Miners strike over threatened pit closures. Tens of thousands of Britain's miners have stopped work in what looks like becoming a long battle against job losses. More than half the...
'I refuse to call it a defeat' - 1984 miners' strike oral history
WEBIn March 1984, the National Coal Board (NCB) announced plans to shut 20 pits - which it said were unprofitable - with the loss of at least 20,000 jobs. Workers at Cortonwood colliery in Brampton...
10 facts about the UK miners' strike | Sky HISTORY TV Channel
WEBThe 1984 miners’ strike, perhaps the most infamous of them all, not only ended in disaster for the miners but spelt the end of the power that the unions had held over the government since the conclusion of World War Two.
The Miners' Strike - BBC News
WEBJul 12, 2024 · Why the 1984 miners' strike began and how it ended. Thousands of miners were locked in a bitter dispute with Margaret Thatcher's government. Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story. The Miners'...