The miners’ strike, 1984-5 by Ms Creese https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike 12D en-us 2023-05-10 07:27:38 UTC 2023-05-10 14:09:50 UTC hello@padlet.com How successful was Thatcher in dealing with the miners’ strike? https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585535987 2023-05-10 13:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585535987 SUCCESSFUL https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585536566 2023-05-10 13:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585536566 UNSUCCESSFUL https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585536767 2023-05-10 13:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585536767 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585540443 2023-05-10 13:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585540443 Seen as a defining point in Thatchers reign gwhalton https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585540939 2023-05-10 13:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585540939 Creation of the UDM in Nottingham undermined Arthur Scargill https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585542523 2023-05-10 13:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585542523 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585544050 2023-05-10 13:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585544050 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585544126 Thatcher closed 20 pits which werent producing any money which resulted in the loss of 20,000 jobs.]]> 2023-05-10 13:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585544126 Over 27 million working days were lost in strike action in 1984 mainly among miners. Over 11,300 miners and their supporters were arrested during the dispute and over 5,600 stood trial. https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585546653 2023-05-10 13:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585546653 many people lost their jobs with closures of mines gwhalton https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585547105 2023-05-10 13:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585547105 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585549174 Nation Union of Miners dropped from 250,000 to 100,000 by 1985 and scargill's reputation was ruined ]]> 2023-05-10 13:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585549174 police faced criticism for being too political gwhalton https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585550224 2023-05-10 13:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585550224 Home Secretary - Set up National Reporting Centre in (New) Scotland Yard - Controlled policing very effectively. https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585550523 2023-05-10 13:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585550523 Margaret Thatcher blocked Soviet aid for striking miners https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585551584 2023-05-10 13:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585551584 scargill https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585552534 -he was demonised by the press 
- he was seen as aggressive in his opposition to employment act and limiting of balloting ]]> 2023-05-10 13:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585552534 Thatchers gov was commited to use force to protect the rights of miners who wanted to work and she wasnt swayed by the wave of unrest https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585553028 2023-05-10 13:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585553028 Some miners began returning to work from September, with many more returning by January as union pay ran out and some found it hard to pay for basic necessities. https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585554819 2023-05-10 13:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585554819 the coal mines did not recover to the output before the strikes https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585554905 2023-05-10 13:56:49 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585554905 other industries were reorganised like British steel and British airways which led to more job losses gwhalton https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585555603 2023-05-10 13:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585555603 The union had ended the strike virtually bankrupt https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585555641 2023-05-10 13:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585555641 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585555875 Miners and other strikers lost sympathy which led to less working days lost in the future]]> 2023-05-10 13:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585555875 Thatcher's prevention of Soviet support to the miners https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585557837 2023-05-10 13:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585557837 Many mining towns suffered hugely gwhalton https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585559520 2023-05-10 13:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585559520 thousands of workers split to form other unions such as the union of democratic mineworkers https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585560030 2023-05-10 13:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585560030 Traditional Mining Communities suffered :( https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585560702 2023-05-10 14:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585560702 some mining towns never got thier income as high as it was https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585561553 2023-05-10 14:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585561553 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585562260 2023-05-10 14:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585562260 margret is a 🤬 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585575648 2023-05-10 14:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585575648 🤬 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585575661 2023-05-10 14:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585575661 🤬 https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585576786 2023-05-10 14:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/12dhistory/minersstrike/wish/2585576786