“Ken was one of the finest trade unionists of his generation, an NUM stalwart who put himself on the front line during the ...

Fife was in the grip of the miners’ strike - a year-long, bitter industrial dispute that left a lasting mark on communities ...

Tomorrow, Tuesday November 25, the Marx Memorial Library continues its series of discussions on the lessons of the miners’ strike with John Sheppard, a striking Armthorpe miner Last week Seumas Milne, ...

The 111-day walkout by coal miners, which began on December 6, 1977, was a major strategic experience for the American and ...

In 1984 the miners' strike threw coal-mining areas across the UK into industrial chaos and social upheaval. It contributed to a shift in the political landscape and, according to Billy Bragg ...

85 would be a medium-term target where it should stabilise against the dollar, but it may also depreciate to 87 levels or so. So, 87, is a short-term target in terms of rupee versus the dollar, but on ...

The miners' strike of 1984-85, a year-long civil war and the UK's last significant industrial battle, marked a pivotal moment in the nation's political history. This event polarised the country ...

A coal miners’ strike was having an impact on all aspects of lives back in 1972. In South Shields, a 77-year-old woman sat in her damp downstairs flat, wrapped in woollens and an overcoat in a ...

In 1984, thousands of workers in the area's mines were in their ninth month of the bitter Miners' Strike in a desperate bid to prevent the closure of pits across the country. The National Union of ...

Miners strike 1984: the beginning of a struggle that decided the future of many North East communities. The miners strike saw Margaret Thatcher and the Tory government lock horns with NUM ...