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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 the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry, which had been nationalised in 1947.
1984 United Kingdom dock strikes, strikes by dockwokers in the United Kingdom, including a 10-day strike in July [37] and a 3-week strike in September, [38] in sympathy with the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike. [39] 1984 US military bases strike in Greece, 27-day strike by Greek workers at American military bases in Greece. [40] [41]
The Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, at a British Steel Corporation (BSC) coking plant at Orgreave, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. [1]
Miners, police, journalists and politicians tell the story of the strike which changed Britain. 'I refuse to call it a defeat' - 1984 miners' strike oral history Skip to main content
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
1984–85 Waihi miners' strike: New Zealand Waihi: 1912 West Virginia coal wars: United States West Virginia: 1912–1921 United Mine Workers of America
For many women, the miners' strike of 1984 transformed their lives. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail ...
David James Wilkie (9 July 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 block from a footbridge onto his taxi whilst he was driving a strike-breaking miner to work. The attack caused a widespread revulsion at the extent of violence ...