Miners' Strike (1984–1985)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:center
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:arrested over 11,000
gptkbp:casualties at least 3
gptkbp:cause proposed closure of coal mines
gptkbp:endDate 1985-03-03
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Miners' Strike (1984–1985)
gptkbp:influenced future UK labor relations
gptkbp:influencedBy previous miners' strikes
gptkbp:injuries over 2000
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:UK_Government
gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
gptkbp:participants over 142,000 miners
gptkbp:primeMinisterDuringStrike gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave
gptkb:UK_Conservative_Party
gptkb:UK_Labour_Party
gptkb:UK_police_forces
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher's_government
gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
gptkb:NUM_v_UK_Government_legal_cases
working-class communities
police tactics controversy
UK coal industry
pit closures
UK economic policy 1980s
UK industrial decline
UK labor movement
UK social history
impact on mining communities
media bias controversy
solidarity actions by other unions
trade unions in the UK
gptkbp:result closure of many coal mines
decline of coal industry in UK
defeat of the strike
gptkbp:significance major event in British labor history
gptkbp:startDate 1984-03-06
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher's_government
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6