The 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...
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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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the Miners (LGSM) was an alliance of lesbians and gay men who supported the National Union of Mineworkers during the year-long strike of 1984–1985. By...
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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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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 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 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 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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Winter of Discontent (redirect from Winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom)
decade 1984–1985 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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Killing of David Wilkie (redirect from David Wilkie (1984 death victim))
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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Dennis Skinner (category English miners)
at the Kent Miners Rally at the Aylesham & District Social Club to commemorate 30 years since the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike. Following the...
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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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Battle of Orgreave (category UK miners' strike (1984–1985))
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was a pivotal event in the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, and one of the most violent clashes in British industrial history...
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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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Arthur Scargill (category UK miners' strike (1984–1985))
Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. He is best known for leading the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, a major event in the history of the British labour movement...
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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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Maggie Out (category UK miners' strike (1984–1985))
"Maggie Out" was a chant popular during the miners' strike, student grant protests, poll tax protests and other public demonstrations that fell within...
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themed Sunday schools. During the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike, Charlie and his family sheltered miners in their home. Hutchison played a role...
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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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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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Secretary of the Scottish National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984–1985 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 (1984–1985))
the UK miners' strike of 1984–1985. They were formed after a schism in the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) movement, in November 1984. Members...
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Pride (2014 film) (category UK miners' strike (1984–1985))
affected by the British miners' strike in 1984, at the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. It was screened...
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County Durham (section Anglian Kingdom of Bernicia)
mining continued to decline and pits closed. The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike involved many miners across the county. Today no deep-coal mines exist...
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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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Billy Elliot (category UK miners' strike (1984–1985))
Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy who has a passion for ballet...
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The Kent Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1915 and 1945, representing coal miners in the county of Kent...
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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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Three-Day Week (redirect from UK miners' strike (1974))
and would return miners' wages to the levels recommended by the Wilberforce Inquiry in 1972. There had been some violence on miners' picket lines during...
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attempted to engage young people with politics during the UK miners' strike of 1984–1985. Members of the collective included the television producer Don...
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