miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom

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The miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom was a major industrial dispute between the National Union of Mineworkers and the Conservative government that became a defining confrontation over trade union power and economic policy in late 20th-century Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in United Kingdom history ⓘ
industrial dispute ⓘ
strike ⓘ
alsoKnownAs miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: UK miners' strike 1984–85
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource British news media ⓘ
academic studies of industrial relations ⓘ
endDate 1985-03-03 ⓘ
followedBy further pit closures in late 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
hasCause government policy of reducing state subsidies to coal ⓘ
job losses in the coal industry ⓘ
planned closure of coal mines ⓘ
hasConsequence deep social divisions within mining communities ⓘ
formation of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers ⓘ
hasEffect cultural depictions in film and literature ⓘ
introduction of further anti-trade union legislation ⓘ
polarisation of British politics ⓘ
strengthening of Conservative government authority ⓘ
keyPerson Arthur Scargill ⓘ
Ian MacGregor ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher ⓘ
Neil Kinnock ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Kent coalfield ⓘ
Nottinghamshire coalfield ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
South Wales ⓘ
surface form: South Wales coalfield

Wales ⓘ
Yorkshire coalfield ⓘ
mainSubject coal industry restructuring ⓘ
economic policy of the Thatcher government ⓘ
trade union power in the United Kingdom ⓘ
opponent Conservative government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
National Coal Board ⓘ
opposedBy working miners in Nottinghamshire ⓘ
organizedBy National Union of Mineworkers ⓘ
partOf history of the coal industry in the United Kingdom ⓘ
history of trade unions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
result accelerated closure of coal mines ⓘ
defeat of the National Union of Mineworkers ⓘ
increased unemployment in coalfield areas ⓘ
long-term economic decline in many mining communities ⓘ
weakening of trade union power in the United Kingdom ⓘ
significantEvent The Battle of Orgreave ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Orgreave

picketing of collieries ⓘ
sequestration of NUM assets ⓘ
use of police to break picket lines ⓘ
startDate 1984-03-06 ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ

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The Iron Lady → associatedWithEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Margaret Thatcher government → domesticIssue → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: miners' strike of 1984–1985
Elizabethan era (second Elizabethan age) → hasKeyEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: miners’ strike of 1984–85
miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike 1984–85
National Coal Board → notableEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984–85 miners' strike
The Battle of Orgreave → mainSubject → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike of 1984–1985
Acid Brass → influencedBy → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
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Billy Elliot → setInPeriod → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike of 1984–1985
Scottish coal industry → associatedEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
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Pride → mainSubject → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
Yorkshire coalfield → notableEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike of 1984–1985
National Union of Mineworkers → notableEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
National Union of Mineworkers → led → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
Ian MacGregor → participatedIn → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984–1985 UK miners' strike
Kent coalfield → involvedInEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners’ strike (1984–1985)
British coal industry → associatedWithEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK miners' strike of 1984–85
UK Parliament 1983–1987 → significantEvent → miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1984–1985 UK miners' strike