UK miners' strike (1984–85)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UK_miners'_strike_(1984–85)

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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	7