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 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 ...
Why the miners' strike was so important - The Week
WEBMar 24, 2024 — On 12 March, the NUM declared a nationwide strike. Why was it so important? It was the most divisive, and consequential, industrial dispute in postwar British history. Between 6 March 1984 and 3...
The real story of the miners’ strike in five questions - Financial Times
WEBJan 3, 2014 — The main revelation is that, at the depths of the conflict, with the dockworkers also out on strike, Thatcher considered declaring a state of emergency and getting troops to help transport coal...
'I refuse to call it a defeat' - 1984 miners' strike oral history - BBC
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 Miners’ Strike of 1984-5: an oral history
WEBThe strike was the miners’ main weapon, and immediately provoked confrontation with employers, who were also ready to use the lockout to break miners’ resistance. Flying pickets like military detachments were organised to force out miners at other pits.
How the miners’ strike of 1984-85 changed Britain for ever
WEBJun 16, 2014 — Working miners and coal-dependent businesses were encouraged to use the government’s new employment laws, which resulted in the sequestration of NUM funds. But it was another Ridley proposal, for “large mobile …
How did the 1980s miners' strike affect Wales? - BBC
WEBFeb 18, 2024 — The Coal not Dole slogan summed up the reason miners were striking - many never worked again after the pits closed. Tensions ran high in north Wales, where support for the strike was much lower...
Battle of Blair Mountain - Wikipedia
WEBThe Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [5][6] The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.