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Why did the miners strike take place?

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Who was the leader of miners strike 1984?

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What major strikes took place in the late 1800's?

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What was Margaret Thatchers involvement in the 1984 miners strike?

because she thought it was wrong of what were happening to the miners! so she led the strike.


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Margaret Thatcher won the miners strike, Arthur Scargills attempt to bring down the government was a total disaster for the innocent miners he foolishly led in to the abyss .


Where did the UK miners' strike start?

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Why did president Harry Truman take drastic measures to end the coal miners' strike and the railroad workers' strike in 1946?

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Was there a miners' strike in Britain during World War 2?

Miners' strike in Britain in WW2There was a miners' strike at the Betteshanger Colliery in Kent in 1941 or 1942. Even if the other collieries in East Kent were also involved this was very different from a nationwide strike. There must have been other miners strikes. In a correspondence between my uncle and my father, my uncle talks about how things had got better in his RAF camp following the end of the miners strike. My uncle was stationed in Lincolnshire, the date must have been late 43 or early 44


How did President Truman try to end the miners' strike?

He claimed executive order to take control of the mines. Congress voted that he did not have that privilege.


How long did the 1984 miners strike last?

They are many reason's for the strike but one of them is that the miners wanted to work overtime but Margret Thatcher would not pay them and she put a ban on overtime, so the NCB (National Coal Board) offered the miners a 5.2% increase in wages but the miners refused.