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- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) abstract "The UK miners' strike of 1984–85 was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. The strike was led by the National Union of Mineworkers, established in 1888 as a syndicalism federation and one of the largest labour unions in Britain. Coal mining, though nationalized in Britain by Clement Attlee's Labour government in 1947, was encouraged to gear itself toward higher profitability in the 1980s following the 1979 election of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Tensions between the Thatcher government and the public unions mounted as the administration considered the NUM to interfere with the market, risking public inflation. Two million manufacturing jobs were lost between 1979 and 1981, which some ascribe to Thatcherian policies, and others see as the inevitable result of decades of nationalization of unproductive industries in the face of rising competition from lower cost producers. Following a narrowly averted strike in 1981, the government announced in 6 March 1984 their intention to close 20 coal mines, revealing as well the plan in the long-term to close over 70 pits. Mass walk-outs and strikes began following this revellation in March, including the widely reported Battle of Orgreave between 5,000 miners and 5,000 police officers. The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following a NUM vote to return to work. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trade union movement. It was also seen as a major political victory for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. The strike became a symbolic struggle, as the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was one of the strongest unions in the country, viewed by many, including Conservatives in power, as having brought down the Heath government in the union's 1974 strike. The 1984-1985 strike could not match the force of earlier strikes in the 1970s. The later strike ended with the miners' defeat and the Thatcher government able to consolidate its fiscally conservative programme. The political power of the NUM and of most British trade unions was severely reduced. Three deaths resulted from events around the strike: two pickets and a taxi driver taking a non-striking miner to work. In the aftermath, the coal industry was once again privatized in December 1994 to a firm which is now known as UK Coal.".
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- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) title "This claim needs references to reliable sources".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:1984_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:1984_labor_disputes_and_strikes.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:1985_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:1985_labor_disputes_and_strikes.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:Labour_disputes_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:Miners'_labor_disputes.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:Mining_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:National_Union_of_Mineworkers_(UK).
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:Protests_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) subject Category:UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85).
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) comment "The UK miners' strike of 1984–85 was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. The strike was led by the National Union of Mineworkers, established in 1888 as a syndicalism federation and one of the largest labour unions in Britain. Coal mining, though nationalized in Britain by Clement Attlee's Labour government in 1947, was encouraged to gear itself toward higher profitability in the 1980s following the 1979 election of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) label "1984-1985年英国矿工大罢工".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) label "Britischer Bergarbeiterstreik 1984/1985".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) label "Grève des mineurs britanniques de 1984-1985".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) label "Huelga minera en Reino Unido de 1984 a 1985".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) label "Sciopero dei minatori britannici del 1984-1985".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) label "UK miners' strike (1984–85)".
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) label "Забастовка британских шахтёров 1984-1985".
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- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) depiction Miners'_strike_picket.jpg.
- UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85) homepage www.num.org.uk.
