The Miners Strike 1984

Throughout the century, the coal expenditure in the UK has become higher and difficult to miner. Nationalization in 1948 did not change this. In fact, there are cases showing that the government's investment shortfall has increased from that day. For the time being, the UK has imported coal from overseas. In addition to the fact that some mines produce certain kinds of coal, UK mines have lost money by the 1970 's. When Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, what she wanted first was to limit the power of the union.

All British mines were purchased by the government in 1947 and managed by the National Coal Council (NCB). Despite protests like British miners' strike (1984-1985), the industry is steadily declining. The coal industry has undergone major changes, privatization, industrial contracts and very serious changes in some areas from the 1980s to the 1990s. Compared to cheap North Sea oil and gas, many mines were thought to be less economical than European subsidies.

Bad labor relations shows the beginning of the decade; British miners' strikes (1984-85) are the major industrial behaviors affecting the British coal industry. The strikes of the National Union Miners' Union Trade Union (NUM) were due to Arthur Skager, but some members of NUM considered it illegal and did not comply. BBC called the strike "the most painful industrial dispute in the history of the UK". At the peak of the strike, the strike involved 142,000 miners and became the biggest since the 1926 total strike.

In the 1970s, the success of the two strikes brought about a significant wage increase, and the conservative regime of Ted Heath ceased. However, the strike of miners from 1984 to 1985 became a turning point in the labor relations in the UK. Because Mrs. Thatcher 's government was planning to close a large - scale pit. In the next 30 years, it can be said that a large strike was not done. Dr. Sarah Hallet, a junior doctor and BMA activist, told me at the NHS privatization protest rally held in March outside the National Assembly. "The bills they are going to pass would truly restrict what the union accepts."