Miners' Strike (1984–85)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:center
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:cause proposed closure of coal mines
gptkbp:endDate 1985-03-03
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Miners' Strike (1984–85)
gptkbp:impact major social and political impact in UK
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national and international coverage
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave
mass picketing
police confrontations
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
gptkbp:participants over 142,000 miners
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Durham
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Kent
gptkb:Yorkshire
gptkb:Orgreave
gptkb:South_Wales
gptkb:Conservative_government
gptkb:1980s_Britain
gptkb:NUM_(National_Union_of_Mineworkers)
gptkb:Union_of_Democratic_Mineworkers
gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
civil liberties
Nottinghamshire
media bias
strikebreakers
British trade union movement
UK coal industry
UK industrial relations
UK police
flying pickets
pit closures
police tactics
solidarity actions
women's support groups
gptkbp:result closure of many coal mines
decline of coal industry in UK
defeat for National Union of Mineworkers
gptkbp:startDate 1984-03-06
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UK_Government_(until_1988)
gptkb:British_Labour_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6