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Encyclopedia: UK miners' strike (1984–1985)

The miners' strike of 1984–1985 was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and significantly weakened the British trades union movement.

Coal was a nationalised industry and, as in most of Europe, was heavily subsidised. A number of mines in the United Kingdom were profitable and remained open into the 1990s[1], but there were also a number of mines that were unprofitable and the government wanted to close. In addition, many mines required efficiency improvements in order to attain or increase their profitability, which was to be done by means of increased mechanisation. Many unions resisted this as it would necessarily result in job losses.

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Grève des mineurs britanniques de 1984-1985

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Sky and Trees Records

striking miners (see UK miners' strike (1984-1985)). They also released material by other anarcho-punk... Danbert Nobacon's solo album The Unfairy Tale (1985). In 1985 Chumbawamba founded Agit Prop Records, which...

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List of famous Old Etonians born in the 20th century

Northern Ireland, 1984–1985, Home Secretary, 1985–1989, and Secretary of State for Foreign and... Commonwealth Affairs, 1979–1982, and Secretary-General of NATO, 1984–1988 Sir Ludovic Kennedy (born 1919... Earl of Harewood (born 1923), Managing Director, 1972–1985, and Chairman, 1986–1995, English...

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Battle of Orgreave

a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, in 1984, during the UK miners' strike... seconds, Clement ordered the mounted police forwards. This resulted in a retreat by the striking miners... helping an injured miner narrowly missed a baton strike, with the incident being one of many caught on...

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1984

6, 1984 - Twelve month long strike in British coal industry begins See UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Years: 1981 1982 1983 - 1984 - 1985 1986 1987 Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s Centuries: 19th century...

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History of British socialism

union militants, many close to the CPGB, led the successful 1974 UK miners' strike, the well-supported..., Welsh miners went on strike over their appalling working conditions. The situation soon escalated into... the pit villages, called the strike off. The miners tried to continue alone, but without TUC support...

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