1984–85 UK miners' strike

When

6 Mar 1984 – 3 Mar 1985

Kind

Strike

Coordinates

54.60° N, 2.00° W

Description

major labor strike in the United Kingdom

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Industrial action in British coal mining

From 1984 until 1985, a major miners' strike shook the British coal industry in response to proposed closures of uneconomic pits. It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) against the National Coal Board (NCB), a government agency. Opposition to the strike was led by Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, which wanted to reduce trade union power.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The National Union of Mineworkers strikes as tens of thousands of miners in the United Kingdom stop working in protest over colliery closures, starting the…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la grève des mineurs au Royaume-Uni (fin en mars 1985)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el Reino Unido se inicia la huelga de los mineros”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “بدء إضراب عمال المناجم البريطانية (1984-1985): والذي استمر لمدة عام، ويوصف بأنه من أكثر الإضرابات مرارة في التاريخ البريطاني، وذلك ضد إغلاق مناجم الفحم”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page