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1. www.historyhit.com › when-the-lights-went-out-inWhen the Lights Went Out in Britain: The Story of the Three ...

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   Sep 21, 2021 · The three day working week in action. From 1 January 1974, electricity was severely limited. Businesses had to limit their electricity usage to three consecutive days a week, and within that hours were severely limited. Essential services like hospitals, supermarkets and printing presses were exempt.

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2. hatfulofhistory.wordpress.com › 2014/01/02 › 4040 years since the beginning of the ‘three day week’

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   Jan 2, 2014 · The ‘three day week’ was an initiative by the Heath Government to avoid the stand-still of Britain’s industry in response to the Oil Crisis of late 1973 and the threat of a strike by the National Union of Mineworkers (who were on a ‘work to rule’ basis at the time).

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Three-Day_WeekThree-Day Week - Wikipedia

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   The Three-Day Week was one of several measures introduced in the United Kingdom in 1973–1974 by Edward Heath's Conservative government to conserve electricity, the generation of which was severely restricted owing to industrial action by coal miners and railway workers.

4. www.heraldscotland.com › life_style › 24050928The three-day week of 1974 changed Britain | The Herald

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   Jan 15, 2024 · FIFTY years ago Britain was in the grip of a three-day working week as Prime Minister Ted Heath fought to save electricity in the face of industrial unrest and the 1973 oil price shock.

5. www.history.co.uk › articles › the-three-day-weekBlackout: The Three-Day Week - the UK's original energy crisis

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   The Three-Day Week, as it became known, limited commercial consumption of electricity to just three consecutive days every week with severely restricted hours within those days. Essential businesses and services such as hospitals and supermarkets were exempt from the new regulations.

6. theconversation.com › three-day-week-50-years-onThree-day week, 50 years on: lessons from a previous ...

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   Dec 29, 2023 · Unsatisfied by wage negotiations and undeterred by the three-day week, the union stuck to its overtime ban. At the end of January 1974, members voted overwhelmingly for a continuous strike ...

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   What is a three-day week?

   • The Three-Day Week, as it became known, limited commercial consumption of electricity to just three consecutive days every week with severely restricted hours within those days. Essential businesses and services such as hospitals and supermarkets were exempt from the new regulations.

   Blackout: The Three-Day Week - the UK's original energy crisis

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   When did the 'three day week' start?

   • This week marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the ‘three day week’, which lasted from 1 January to 6 March 1974. The ‘three day week’ was an initiative by the Heath Government to avoid the stand-still of Britain’s industry in response to the Oil Crisis of late 1973 and the threat of a…

   40 years since the beginning of the ‘three day week’

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   Why did the three day week end?

   • The Three Day Week came to an end on the 7th March 1974, the day after the miners returned to work. The timing of its end might suggest that it was purely a consequence of the coal miners strike, but in reality, government caution and the OPEC crisis played just as big a part in its implementation.

   Looking Back on the Three Day Week - New Historian

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   What happened during the three-day week?

   • However, disputes between trade unions and the government were far from over and the Three-Day Week proved to be a harbinger of things to come. The winter of 1978/79 became known as the ‘Winter of Discontent’ as widespread strikes across multiple trade unions brought Britain once more to a standstill.

   Blackout: The Three-Day Week - the UK's original energy crisis

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8. www.newhistorian.com › looking-back-three-day-weekLooking Back on the Three Day Week - New Historian

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   Dec 12, 2014 · The Three Day Week came to an end on the 7th March 1974, the day after the miners returned to work. The timing of its end might suggest that it was purely a consequence of the coal miners strike, but in reality, government caution and the OPEC crisis played just as big a part in its implementation.