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, which had been nationalised in 1947.
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...
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 ...
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 ...
When Margaret Thatcher Crushed a British Miners’ Strike
WEBNov 16, 2020 — The failure of the 1984-85 miners’ strike helped revive the British economy, but had major implications for the future of labor unions and coal mining in Britain.
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.
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...
'I refuse to call it a defeat' - 1984 miners' strike oral history
WEBIn June 1984, thousands of miners from across Britain picketed at Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire in a bid to stop lorries delivering coal and collecting coke for Scunthorpe power...
The real story of the miners’ strike in five questions - Financial Times
WEBJan 3, 2014 — During much of 1984, Britain was hit by some of the worst industrial action the country has ever seen, as the National Union of Mineworkers downed tools and upped pickets to resist planned cuts...
Remembering the miners' strike that 'developed into a little war' - BBC
WEBMar 4, 2024 — Forty years on from a year-long miners strike which brought violence to the streets and tore communities apart, former miners and police officers have been sharing their memories.