Thatcher & Industrial Relations

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1980 Law, which outlawed:
secondary picketing
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1984 Law, which encouraged unions to:
hold ballots
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most symbolic/longest industrial struggle:
1984/5 miners strike
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1981, National Coal Board threatened to close:
23 pits
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NCB announced need to close 20 pits in:
1984
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the president of the NUM:
Arthur Scargill
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the breakaway union, formed by Nottinghamshire miners:
the Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM)
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one feature of the police , which made them more successful:
equipment
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another feature of the police:
experience
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critics claimed Thatcher did this to police force:
politicisation
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famous industrial dispute:
Battle of Orgreave
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Battle of Orgreave happened in:
June 1984
12 of 17
number of those employed in the coal industry, 1979:
200,000
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number employed by 1990:
60,000
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by 1990, membership of unions declined by:
1/3
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a state industry reorganised:
British Steel
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under Thatcher, union power
declined
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1984 Law, which encouraged unions to:

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hold ballots

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most symbolic/longest industrial struggle:

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1981, National Coal Board threatened to close:

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Card 5

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NCB announced need to close 20 pits in:

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