Miners on Strike - Class Solidarity and Division in Britain

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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• Authors: A. J. Richards, Andrew J Richards, Andrew J. Richards, Richards Andrew J.
• Publisher: Berg Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9781859731772
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-177-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Economies of Asia; Economies of Asia
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Labour / income economics, Politics & government, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1980 to c 1989, Sociology: work and labour, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Social groups, communities and identities