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    The 19841985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that...
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  • The 1972 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major dispute over pay between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Conservative Edward Heath...
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  • miners' strike may refer to: 1893 United Kingdom miners' strike South Wales miners' strike (1910) 1912 United Kingdom national coal strike UK miners'...
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  • the Battle of Orgreave, which took place during the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike. As well as interviews, the film makes use of archival footage...
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  • Events from the year 1984 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the miners' strike. Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher...
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    the Miners (LGSM) was an alliance of lesbians and gay men who supported the National Union of Mineworkers during the year-long strike of 19841985. By...
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  • Thumbnail for 1912 United Kingdom national coal strike
    The 1912 United Kingdom national coal strike was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage...
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  • The 1969 United Kingdom miners' strike was an unofficial strike that involved 140 of the 307 collieries owned by the National Coal Board, including all...
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    The 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council...
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  • between both sides that the rivalry started as an outcome of 19841985 United Kingdom miners' strike, as Chesterfield and Mansfield Town has history of coal...
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    decade 19841985 United Kingdom miners' strike, largely seen as a victory for Thatcher's government over union militancy Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom...
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    1926 United Kingdom general strike Invergordon Mutiny Three-Day Week Grunwick dispute Winter of Discontent 19841985 United Kingdom miners' strike Battle...
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  • 1949 – 30 November 1984) was a Welsh taxi driver who was killed during the miners' strike in the United Kingdom, when two striking miners dropped a concrete...
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  • wage parity with steelworkers. 19841985 United Kingdom miners' strike, year-long strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom, represented by the National...
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  • Kingdom miners' strike, year-long strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom, represented by the National Union of Mineworkers against layoffs. 1984–1985...
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    Dennis Skinner (category English miners)
    at the Kent Miners Rally at the Aylesham & District Social Club to commemorate 30 years since the 19841985 United Kingdom miners' strike. Following the...
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  • Thumbnail for 1893 United Kingdom miners' strike
    The 1893 miners' strike was a major industrial action affecting many areas of Great Britain. The strike involved about 300,000 coal miners in the Federated...
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    Trade Union Act 1984 was a law in the United Kingdom that required all trade unions to hold a secret ballot before calling a strike. The majority of...
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    held shortly after the end of the year-long 1984–85 miners' strike. The chancellor said the cost of the strike on public borrowing had impacted on his plans...
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    Battle of Orgreave (category UK miners' strike (19841985))
    Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was a pivotal event in the 19841985 UK miners' strike, and one of the most violent clashes in British industrial history...
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    Arthur Scargill (category UK miners' strike (19841985))
    Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. He is best known for leading the 19841985 UK miners' strike, a major event in the history of the British labour movement...
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    labor strikes by size List of miners' strikes List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes Streetcar strikes in the United States Strikes during...
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  • – UK miners' strike (1984–85): Nearly 4,000 striking coalminers return to work, meaning that only just over half of the miners are now on strike. 26 February...
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    United Kingdom stop working in protest over colliery closures, starting the United Kingdom miners' strike that lasts a year. March 16 – The United States...
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    strike-prone. Coal miners formed the core of the political left wing of the Labour Party and the British Communist party. In Germany, the coal miners...
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  • NGA Dispute (category 1983 labor disputes and strikes)
    picket lines in the 1980s, most notably during the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike. The 1980s would also see another much larger industrial dispute...
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  • Secretary of the Scottish National Union of Mineworkers during the 19841985 UK miners' strike and took a proactive role in the care of members' families. Leigh...
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  • Lesbians Against Pit Closures (category UK miners' strike (19841985))
    the UK miners' strike of 19841985. They were formed after a schism in the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) movement, in November 1984. Members...
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    to close 20 coal pits which led to the year-long miners' strike which ended in March 1985. The strike was unsuccessful in stopping the closures and led...
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  • Battle of Saltley Gate (category 1972 labor disputes and strikes)
    February 1972 during a national miners' strike. When the strike began on 9 January 1972, it was generally considered that the miners "could not possibly win."...
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