In 1984, miners in their tens of thousands again took industrial action, this time against planned closures of the coal mines. Margaret Thatcher was determined to win the battle against the strikers whom she termed "The Enemy Within". This was one of most divisive conflicts in post-war Britain with high levels of police violence and mass arrests of the strikers and their supporters. The government prevailed and the miners were forced back to work, only to face mass redundancies as the government implemented the planned cuts to the collieries up and down the country. Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government passed five major pieces of legislation between 1979 and 1990, which together weakened the powers of the unions by making it more difficult to strike legally. Tony Blair's Labour government did not reverse Thatcher's changes .
Workers of all lands unite.
In 1984, miners in their tens of thousands again took industrial action, this time against planned closures of the coal mines. Margaret Thatcher was determined to win the battle against the strikers whom she termed "The Enemy Within". This was one of most divisive conflicts in post-war Britain with high levels of police violence and mass arrests of the strikers and their supporters. The government prevailed and the miners were forced back to work, only to face mass redundancies as the government implemented the planned cuts to the collieries up and down the country. Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government passed five major pieces of legislation between 1979 and 1990, which together weakened the powers of the unions by making it more difficult to strike legally. Tony Blair's Labour government did not reverse Thatcher's changes .
Me dad worked at Wearmouth