Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield10 August 1874
End of the agricultural strike in eastern England
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
End of the agricultural strike in eastern England
Agricultural strike in eastern England
Organizes the printing of a Government newspaper, the "British Gazette". Advocates "no surrender" to the strikers
Praised by the Daily Mail for his handling of the General Strike
A subsidy of 10M is agreed by the Cabinet for 9 months to prepare for a coal strike
The Miners go on strike
The TUC calls a general strike in support of the Miners
4 million trades unionists are ordered at the General Council of the TUC to cease work. 1st day of the General Strike
The TUC unconditionally call off the general strike. The last day of the General Strike, the miners stay out
The Miners Conference decides to continue with the strike
Declares a state of emergency during the general strike
Last day of the Miners strike, forced back on the employers terms
Declares a state of emergency during the general strike. The Samuel Report sparks off the General Strike. The Samuel Report rejects nationalization of the mines & recommends a cut in wages. Special constables & volunteers run essential services & troops maintain food supplies
Helps pack copies of The Times during the General Strike
The dockers go on unofficial strike
Print Workers go on strike
Gains approval from the cabinet to offer the NUR 5% which ia accepted
The Government withdraws Upper Clyde Shipbuilder support
Militant shop stewards occupy the four UCS shipyards
1st day of the miners strike
A state of emergency is declared
Police are forced to give way to pickets at the Saltley coke works
It is announced in Cabinet 35 million will be found to keep 3 of the 4 shipyards open
Wilberforce reccomends 30% to the miners, accepted by the Government, 3X the NCB offer. The miners return to work. Miners reject Wilberforces offer & gain concessions at Downing St
Pay negotiations break down, miners want 47% but are offered 10%
The TUC insist on repealing the Housing Finance & Industrial Relations Acts. Negotiations break down
The NIRC orders a secret ballot for the BR offer which is rejected by 6-1. The arrest of 5 dockers provokes the national Docks Strike. 5 dockers are arrested under the Industrial Relations Act
The elections main issues are the miners strike & "who governs Britain". An error is reported in the NCBs claim miners earn +8% national average, it is -8%
Protestants stage a general strike & the Assembly collapses
Thatchers Conservative Government withdraws plans to close 23 pits in its first major u-turn since coming to power 2 years ago
Miners vote in favour of a 9.3 per cent pay rise
Prepares for a national coal strike over the closure of pits
Miners strike in South Yorkshire and some Scottish pits
The National Coal Board announces plans to cut coal output by 4 million tons to stem annual loss of $340 million a year. National Union of Mineworkers say this will mean closing 20 pits and loss of 20,000 jobs
Cortonwood colliery strikes over closure plans
81 pits are out but 83 work normally
The National Coal Board says Britain has 23 million tons of coal in stock with another 24 million at the power stations
Union moderates call for a national strike ballot
The High Court orders miners leaders to stop backing roving pickets
Violent picketing shuts down more mines. 132 pits shut. Some 136,000 of Britain's 175,000 miners now on strike
End of the flying pickets outside Ollerton colliery
The Government dispatches 3,000 extra police to the Midlands
The Midlands, Northeast and Northwest miners vote against strike
Some 8,000 police guard mines roadblocks across Midlands in the biggest police operation in a labor dispute since the 1926 general strike
The Kent NUM loses its case against the Government. The Kent NUM challenge the Governments right to turn away pickets
Sets up a special committee to deal with the Miners Strike
London demonstration in support of the miners
Scargill vetoes a national ballot on the miners strike
Rival groups of miners throw stones and hurl bricks at each other when 5,000 working miners stage a right-to-work march
10,000 miners march through London to Parliament. Police arrest 110
The Opposition Labour Party accuses the Government of intervening directly to defeat the miners. The Government denies it interfere in any Coal Board settlement
Scargill insists pitts must close on the basis of exhaustion. Negotiations begin with the NUM
Miners try to force the closure of the Sheffield steel plant & confront the police
The TGWU begins a Dock Strike over breaches of the National Dock Labour Scheme
The TGWU calls off the National Dock Strike
Walter Marshall estimates power stations can run until Nov 1985
NUM assets are sequestrated. 2 Miners begin Court action against the Yorkshire NUM for striking without a ballot
A Judge rules that the miners strike is illegal
A court fines Scargill for obstruction
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
Forbids trades union membership at GCHQ, 1,000 pounds is given for each union card
The Government agrees a miners redundancy deal of 1,000 pounds per year of service
Wins his case for fighting the Miners Strike using Criminal Law rather than Civil Law
The year long miners strike is called off
The NUS calls a national strike in support of the 161 crew sacked by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for refusing to accept new terms & conditions
The National Union of Seamen (NUS) backs down in the High Court after a three-day stoppage, which has stifled seafaring trade and transport in the UK
Thousands of seamen at major british ports are continuing to strike even though their union has called an end to the action
The ambulance dispute is settled
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