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UK miners' strike (1984–85)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85)
GPTKB entity
Statements (78)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:center
gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:category
gptkb:Coal_mining_in_the_United_Kingdom
1984 in the United Kingdom
1985 in the United Kingdom
History of mining in the United Kingdom
Labour disputes in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:cause
proposed closure of coal mines
gptkbp:depictedIn
books
documentaries
film 'Pride' (2014)
TV programmes
gptkbp:endDate
1985-03-03
gptkbp:followedBy
further pit closures in late 1980s and 1990s
gptkbp:hashtag
#MinersStrike
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
UK miners' strike (1984–85)
gptkbp:impact
major social and political impact in the UK
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:trade_unionist
British politics
contemporary British culture
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkbp:location
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage
extensive national and international coverage
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave
gptkbp:notableFigure
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Norman_Tebbit
gptkb:Women_Against_Pit_Closures
gptkb:Lesbians_and_Gays_Support_the_Miners
gptkb:Len_Murray
gptkb:Arthur_Cook
gptkb:Jack_Taylor
gptkb:John_Major
gptkb:Tony_Benn
gptkb:Joe_Gormley
gptkb:Michael_Heseltine
gptkb:John_Harris
gptkb:Peter_Walker
gptkb:Dennis_Skinner
gptkb:Ron_Todd
gptkb:Ian_MacGregor
gptkb:Neil_Kinnock
gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkb:John_Monks
gptkb:Terry_Duffy
gptkb:David_Hart
gptkb:Anne_Scargill
gptkb:Mick_McGahey
gptkb:Peter_Heathfield
gptkb:Roy_Lynk
gptkb:John_Edmonds
gptkb:David_Douglass
Ken Livingstone
Roger Windsor
Betty Heathfield
Bill Sirs
Chris Kitchen
Eric Hammond
Frank Cave
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkbp:organizer
gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
gptkbp:participants
over 142,000 miners
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:1972_UK_miners'_strike
gptkb:1974_UK_miners'_strike
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave
gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
coal mining in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:result
weakened trade union power
decline of coal mining industry in UK
strike failed to prevent pit closures
gptkbp:startDate
1984-03-06
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:British_coalfields
gptkb:Mick_McGahey
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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