# Miners' Strike (1984)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1984-miners-strike
Categories: main-event

The National Union of Mineworkers fought a year-long strike against pit closures. Within the broader Postwar & Modern UK period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 1984–1985 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The strike ended in defeat and became a defining confrontation in the decline of organized industrial labour.

## Why it matters
The strike ended in defeat and became a defining confrontation in the decline of organized industrial labour.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Miners' Strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Miners%27+Strike&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Miners' Strike](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Miners%27+Strike)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)