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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.
The strike was called by the National Executive Committee of the NUM and ended when the miners accepted an improved pay offer in a ballot. It was the first time since 1926 that British miners had been on official strike, but there had been a widespread unofficial strike in 1969.
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 collieries in the Yorkshire area. [1] The strike began on 13 October 1969 and lasted for roughly two weeks, with some pits returning to work before others.
UK miners' strike may refer to: 1893 United Kingdom miners' strike; South Wales miners' strike (1910) 1912 United Kingdom national coal strike; UK miners' strike (1921)
The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. [1] It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners.
The strike began officially on 5 February and, two days later, Heath called the February 1974 general election while the Three-Day Week was in force. His government emphasised the pay dispute with the miners and used the slogan "Who governs Britain?". Heath believed that the public sided with the Conservatives on the issues of strikes and union ...
The following is a list of miners' strikes. ... Khewra Salt Mines workers strikes 1849–1930: British India Punjab: 1849–1930 Kosovo miners' strike of 1989:
The national strike by coal miners began on 9 January 1972. [16] It was the first official national miners' strike since the General Strike in 1926. [18] [19] The dispute arose from pay negotiations – the miners, led by Joe Gormley, initially asked for pay rises of between 35–47%, while the National Coal Board (NCB), under Derek Ezra, was only prepared to offer 7.4%. [20]