Miners' strike - Italian poster
1984 1980-95 "Miners' strike - Italian poster" [BW0155], 1984, Trades Union Congress In March 1984, when the National Coal Board announced the closure of five pits without proper review, miners in Yorkshire and Scotland started official strike action. These were endorsed by the Nation...
| Institution: | TUC - Trade Union Congress Library |
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| Language: | English |
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London
1984
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/1B2B1CDE-F0EF-4C5B-9CDA-403C846BB34D http://hdl.handle.net/10796/7FF14674-F99E-4089-9D52-753E12715D08 |
| Summary: | 1984
1980-95
"Miners' strike - Italian poster" [BW0155], 1984, Trades Union Congress
In March 1984, when the National Coal Board announced the closure of five pits without proper review, miners in Yorkshire and Scotland started official strike action. These were endorsed by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) executive which called on other areas to support them. The Conservative Government under Margaret Thatcher brought the full weight of the law down on the striking miners and the NUM's funds were seized on October 24, 1984 by order of the High Court. Several hundred miners were dismissed and never taken back. Miners were denied state benefits and the police were mobilised to deal with picket lines on the grounds that they represented illegal public disturbances.
In December 1984, the Miners' Support Committee in Ferrara, Italy organised this fund-raising concert which was attended by miners' wives from Swansea, South Wales. |
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| Physical Description: | Poster TEXT |