The Great Strike: The Miners' Strike of 1984-5 and Its Lessons |
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action activists Area council Area executive Armthorpe arrested Arthur Scargill attack Barnsley branch officials British called campaign cent Coal Board coalfield coke colliery Cortonwood court decision defeat delegate conference Derbyshire dispute dockers election fight Financial flying pickets industrial Jack Taylor Labour Party leadership left-wing Llanwern lorry MacGregor majority March mass picketing meeting Mick McGahey militants miners mining communities NACODS national ballot national executive negotiations Neil Kinnock North Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire miners Notts miners NUM's Ollerton organisation Orgreave overtime ban picket lines pit closures police political power stations rank-and-file Ravenscraig right wing right-wing riot Saltley scabs Scargill's Scotland Scottish secretary Socialist Worker solidarity South Wales South Yorkshire steel steelworks strategy strike action strike committees struggle talks TGWU Thatcher told tonnes Tories trade union trade union leaders trade union movement trade unionists unofficial villages vote wages week Yorkshire Area Yorkshire miners Yorkshire pickets