UK miners' strike of 1984–85

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UK_miners'_strike_of_1984–85

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Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:center gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:arrested	over 11,000
gptkbp:casualties	at least 2
gptkbp:cause	proposed closure of coal mines
gptkbp:consequence	gptkb:British_labor_movement UK politics coal mining communities
gptkbp:depictedIn	various documentaries books and articles film 'Pride' (2014)
gptkbp:endDate	1985-03-03
gptkbp:followedBy	decline of UK coal industry
gptkbp:hasPart	gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave court cases mass picketing police confrontations solidarity actions divisions within labor movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	UK miners' strike of 1984–85
gptkbp:influencedBy	declining coal industry UK economic policy of the 1980s
gptkbp:injuries	hundreds
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Arthur_Scargill
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher gptkb:Conservative_government gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave mass picketing court injunctions police strikes divisions among miners
gptkbp:notableSupporter	gptkb:Women_Against_Pit_Closures gptkb:Lesbians_and_Gays_Support_the_Miners various trade unions
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher gptkb:National_Coal_Board
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
gptkbp:participants	over 142,000 miners
gptkbp:precededBy	UK miners' strike of 1974
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher gptkb:Battle_of_Orgreave gptkb:Arthur_Scargill gptkb:National_Coal_Board gptkb:National_Union_of_Mineworkers
gptkbp:result	closure of many coal mines decline of coal industry in the UK defeat for the National Union of Mineworkers
gptkbp:startDate	1984-03-06
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Solidarity_strikes
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6