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Margaret Thatcher had planned to close down several mines and decrease pay, leaving several miners out of a job in 1984, so they went on strike.
Usually for better working conditions or to demand higher pay.
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How many men lost there jobs in the miners strike in 1984?
A lot but nobody knows the exact number.
Who won the miners strike?
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 .
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 building fort Defiance affect the lives of the miners in Glenwood Canyon?
The railroad came and the miners could get their coal sent out.
What role did the army in the railroad strike of 1877?
to stop the strike
