The dispute between the miners' union and Margaret Thatcher's government divides the nation and leads to mass protests outside collieries and pitched battles between miners and the police.

In 1984 the miners' strike threw coal-mining areas across the UK into industrial chaos and social upheaval. It contributed to a shift in the political landscape and, according to Billy Bragg ...

Tomorrow, Tuesday November 25, the Marx Memorial Library continues its series of discussions on the lessons of the miners’ strike with John Sheppard, a striking Armthorpe miner Last week Seumas Milne, ...

The year-long miners' strike from March 1984 to 1985 changed the face of Welsh industry and many of its closest-knit working communities. Wales' largest employment sector was in a desperate battle ...

It has been four decades since the beginning of the 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike, which only lasted one year but made a significant impact for decades to come. The strikes were held by the National Union ...

The strike of the river miners was virtually settled this afternoon. A conference was held, which was the result of a communication sent to ... View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has claimed that a fear of being scapegoated by Arthur Scargill if miners lost their heroic 1984-85 strike was behind his startling inaction during the walkout. Mr ...

COALTON, Ohio, Dec. 1.--All the miners in this, the Seventh District, 2,500 to 3,000, came out this morning on a refusal by the operators to grant an increase of 5 cents per ton for mining.