Ian Kinloch MacGregor Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Coal Strike Begins

The Coal Board faced widespread stoppages as the strike moved beyond individual Yorkshire pits.

MacGregor Faces Miners Strike

Nationwide industrial action challenged the chairmans restructuring plans in March 1984.

Mine Access Injunction

The Coal Board sought legal relief against some forms of mass picketing during the dispute.

NCB Picketing Litigation

NCB legal action sought to restrain forms of flying picketing around working pits.

MacGregor Seeks Legal Protection

The Coal Board resorted to courts as mass picketing affected access to some working collieries.

Strike

Scargill insists pitts must close on the basis of exhaustion. Negotiations begin with the NUM

Role range: 1979-1990

Coal Board Talks Open

Board representatives met NUM officials in an effort to resolve the dispute over closures.

NCB Talks With NUM

Coal Board and NUM officials held discussions over colliery closures and the criteria used to close pits.

MacGregor Begins Union Talks

MacGregor's organisation entered discussions with NUM representatives about closure procedures.

Coal Board Strike Warning

Ian MacGregor warned that the stoppage might continue through the end of the year.

NCB Strike Forecast

The Board chairman said the miners industrial dispute could extend into winter.

MacGregor Predicts Lengthy Strike

The Coal Board chief warned publicly that the dispute might last until December.

July Peace Discussions

Representatives of the Coal Board and miners union entered further negotiations that did not produce agreement.

NCB Negotiations July

New talks began between the NCB and NUM but substantive disagreements remained unresolved.

MacGregor July Negotiations

Coal Board and NUM representatives met again in July without resolving the central disagreement.

Coal Closure Negotiations Fail

Further rounds of discussions between the Board and NUM ended without a settlement in July.

NCB Peace Talks Collapse

A later round of negotiations broke down without securing an agreed closure procedure.

MacGregor Talks Breakdown

Negotiations with the miners union again failed to settle the question of uneconomic pit closures.

NCB Supervisors Dispute

A threatened stoppage by pit supervisors added pressure before an agreement averted the action.

MacGregor And Supervisors

A threatened supervisors strike challenged coal operations before being called off following negotiations.

NCB Return To Work

The Board saw growing numbers of miners resume work during the later months of the strike.

MacGregor Return To Work Appeals

Management benefited as more miners resumed work towards the end of 1984.

Economy of Great Britain

MacGregors approach to turning the NCB into a profitable concern is similar to the line he had taken at British Steel, cut jobs and close unprofitable pits, this leads to the protracted and increasingly bitter 1984-1985 miners strike

Role range: 1979-1990

National Coal Board (NCB)

MacGregors approach to turning the NCB into a profitable concern is similar to the line he had taken at British Steel, cut jobs and close unprofitable pits, this leads to the protracted and increasingly bitter 1984-1985 miners strike

Role range: 1979-1990

Strike

MacGregors approach to turning the NCB into a profitable concern is similar to the line he had taken at British Steel, cut jobs and close unprofitable pits, this leads to the protracted and increasingly bitter 1984-1985 miners strike

Role range: 1979-1990

Coal Supply Continuity

The Board continued operating collieries where staff worked despite the national industrial dispute.

Picketing Dispute Escalates

Conflicts over access to working collieries sharpened divisions between the Coal Board and NUM.

Autumn Coal Talks Falter

Attempts to break the impasse between the NCB and union failed during the autumn.

Christmas Coal Stoppage

The Coal Board entered the Christmas period with the miners strike still unresolved.

NCB Working Pits

Coal Board mines that continued operating remained a focal point for picketing and policing.

NCB Coal Deliveries

Transporting coal to customers remained disputed during a strike involving miners and supporting workers.

NCB Regional Differences

The Coal Board faced uneven strike participation across the British coalfields including Nottinghamshire.

MacGregor Defends Closure Plans

MacGregor maintained that loss making capacity had to be addressed despite union protests.

MacGregor Closure Criteria

The Coal Board and NUM remained divided over whether profitability or exhaustion should justify closure.

MacGregor And Working Miners

The survival of coal production in some areas strengthened management during the protracted dispute.

MacGregor Winter Strategy

As the strike continued through autumn MacGregor maintained his support for restructuring plans.

Bentinck Colliery Visit

Ian MacGregor visited Bentinck Colliery as the Nottinghamshire coalfield remained divided over the strike.

Coal Negotiation Resumption

Contacts between the National Coal Board and the union continued while strike participation declined.

NCB Confidential Discussions

National Coal Board and union contacts attempted to find an end to the prolonged dispute.

MacGregor Settlement Contacts

Discussions continued between the Coal Board and union while participation in the strike diminished.