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There is a prevailing view that Arthur Scargill, the NUM National President, called the strike. He did not. The strike started in Yorkshire, and he was not present at the delegate Council meeting in Barnsley. He had no means of calling a strike in Yorkshire.
The NUM President, Arthur Scargill, made the strike official across Britain on 12 March 1984, but the lack of a national ballot beforehand caused controversy. The NUM strategy was to cause a severe energy shortage of the sort that had won victory in the 1972 strike.
Former miner Arthur Scargill, then president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), believed no pit should close if it had coal reserves. He claimed there was a plan for more than 70...
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Jan 31, 2024 · The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was led by Arthur Scargill, his deputy Peter Heathfield, and regional leaders Mick McGahey (Scotland) and Emlyn Williams (Wales). Scargill was the most public figure in the strike.
Mar 2, 2024 · Former miners' leader Arthur Scargill was the guest of honour at a rally marking 40 years since the year-long strikes. Mr Scargill was involved in major industrial action to prevent pit closures...
On 12th March 1984, Arthur Scargill, president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), called a national strike against the pit closures. The decision to strike was technically illegal, as there had been no national ballot of NUM members, even though the Nottinghamshire and Midlands Coalfields for example, had called for a national ballot.
Nov 14, 2012 · The action was led by Arthur Scargill, president of the National Union of Mineworkers, and people who supported him travelled the country protesting. The strike was called off in 1985...
