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Miners on Strike: Class Solidarity and Division in Britain

Miners on Strike: Class Solidarity and Division in Britain

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Series: Economies of Asia

LaborSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1859731775
ISBN13: 9781859731772
Publisher: Berg 3pl
Published: Jan 1 1997
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.44
Language: English

When contrasted with their dramatic strike victories of 1972 and 1974, the shattering industrial defeat suffered by British miners in 1985 has been seen as evidence of the further weakening of working-class solidarity. Waged with complete unity, the strikes of 1972 and 1974 brought the miners substantial material gains, contributed to the downfall of a government, and reinforced the National Union of Mineworkers' position at the core of the British labour movement. In contrast, 1984-85 saw the miners racked by internal division, and their attempt to resist the pit closure programme of the Thatcher government end in bitter defeat.

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