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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Generate an image of the miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom (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 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 coalfield ⓘ
linked to: South Wales

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 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 ⓘ
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miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → UK miners' strike 1984–85 ⓘ
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National Coal Board → notableEvent → 1984–85 miners' strike ⓘ
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The Battle of Orgreave → mainSubject → UK miners' strike of 1984–1985 ⓘ
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Acid Brass → influencedBy → UK miners' strike ⓘ
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Yorkshire coalfield → notableEvent → UK miners' strike of 1984–1985 ⓘ
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National Union of Mineworkers → notableEvent → UK miners' strike (1984–1985) ⓘ
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National Union of Mineworkers → led → UK miners' strike (1984–1985) ⓘ
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Ian MacGregor → participatedIn → 1984–1985 UK miners' strike ⓘ
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Kent coalfield → involvedInEvent → UK miners’ strike (1984–1985) ⓘ
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British coal industry → associatedWithEvent → UK miners' strike of 1984–85 ⓘ
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UK Parliament 1983–1987 → significantEvent → 1984–1985 UK miners' strike ⓘ
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Billy Elliot the Musical (Broadway) → setDuring → 1984–85 UK miners’ strike ⓘ
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Everington → historicalContext → UK miners' strike of 1984–1985 ⓘ
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Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire → associatedWith → UK miners' strike of the 1980s ⓘ
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Arthur Scargill → notableEvent → 1984–85 miners' strike in the United Kingdom ⓘ
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Betteshanger Colliery → associatedWithEvent → UK miners' strike (1984–1985) ⓘ
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