In which year was HRH Prince Harry born; the first Apple Macintosh went on sale; the UK coal industry strike began?
UK miners' strike (1969) Battle of Saltley Gate and to lead the union through the UK miners' strike (1984-85). The Wilberforce Enquiry of 1972, which followed an official strike of that year, concluded that the mineworkers in the late 1960s had been overworked and underpaid under the National Power Loading Agreement of the first Wilson government. UK miners' strike (1969) The UK miners' strike of 1969 was an unofficial strike that involved 140 of the 307 collieries owned by the National Coal Board, including all collieries in the Yorkshire area. The strike began on 13 October 1969 and lasted for roughly two weeks, with
Bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894 Bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894 The bituminous coal miners' strike was an unsuccessful national eight-week strike by miners of bituminous coal in the United States, which began on April 21, 1894. The panic of 1893 hit the coal mining industry particularly hard. Wage cuts in the industry began immediately, and wages were slashed again in early 1894. By the late spring of 1894, the United Mine Workers, which had a mere $2,600 in its treasury and a paid membership of 13,000, called a general strike in the bituminous coal mining industry. The demand was for wages to return to