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In the 1970s, most of the UK's electricity was produced by coal-burning power stations. [8] To reduce electricity consumption, and thus conserve coal stocks, the Conservative Prime Minister, Edward Heath, announced a number of measures under the Fuel and Electricity (Control) Act 1973 (c. 67) on 13 December 1973, including the 'Three-Day Work Order', the Electricity (Industrial and Commercial ...
Miners' wages had not kept pace with those of other industrial workers since 1960. The strike began on 9 January 1972 and ended on 28 February 1972, when the miners returned to work. 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.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB). The NUM took part in three national miners' strikes, in 1972, 1974 and 1984–85.
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) UK miners' strike (1953) 1969 United Kingdom miners' strike, a widespread unofficial strike; 1972 United Kingdom miners' strike; UK miners' strike (1974)
1 January–7 March – The Three-Day Week is introduced by the Conservative Government as a measure to conserve electricity during the period of industrial action by coal miners. [2] 25 January – The travel writer and royal biographer James Pope-Hennessy, 57, is murdered at his flat in Ladbroke Grove, London, by a gang of young men. [3]
A number of reasons have been advanced for the lack of support by the Nottinghamshire miners for the strike. It was compared to the return to work led by George Spencer in Nottinghamshire during the 1926 coal strike, but Nottinghamshire had gone on strike alongside other regions in 1972 and 1974. [103]
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 ...
UK miners' strike of 1972: United Kingdom Nationwide 1972 UK miners' strike of 1974: United Kingdom Nationwide 1974 UK miners' strike of 1984–85: United Kingdom Nationwide 1984–85 Waihi miners' strike: New Zealand Waihi: 1912 West Virginia coal wars: United States West Virginia: 1912–1921 United Mine Workers of America Welsh coal strike ...