miners strike
Coalfield labor action
A miners strike (or miners' strike) is a work stoppage by coal miners or other mining workers, typically to demand better wages, safety conditions, or union recognition.
Such strikes have been pivotal moments in labor history, often involving prolonged standoffs between workers and mine owners or governments: The miners strike lasted nearly a year.
In British English, "the miners' strike" often refers specifically to the 1984–85 confrontation between the National Union of Mineworkers and Margaret Thatcher's government.
- picketPointed fence stake
- police linesOfficial scene barriers
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- unionJoining into one
- trade unionWorkers' collective for negotiations
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Absence of work stoppages
full employment · labor contract · return to work · union recognition
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