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03/03/1985 UK miners call off year-long strike, the longest-running industrial dispute in Britain

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UK News 1984 _ Miners Strike, I.R.A.

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Miners' strike - 30 years since the pit crisis of 1984

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Miners strike (channel 4 Coal not Dole)

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1984–85 Miners' Strike

The miners' strike of 1984–85, led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers against the National Coal Board, was a major industrial action to shut down the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent colliery closures. The strike was ruled illegal in September 1984, as no national ballot had been held and it ended in March 1985.
    • Essentials 

    • Background 

    • Sequence of events 

    • Issues 

    • Variation in observing the strike 

    • Responses to the strike 

    • Long-term impact 

    • Historical assessments 

    • Cultural references