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Margaret Thatcher is dead, aged 87. We take a detailed look at her "biggest" battle with Arthur Scargill and the National Union of Miners. Margaret Thatcher came to power at the end of the infamous Winter of Discontent in 1979, and spent the next decade curbing the power of trade unions.
Her year-long battle with striking miners between 1984 and 1985 typified her confrontational attitude to the union movement and her victory paved the way for a radical shift in the balance of power in industrial relations.
The Conservative government introduced eight employment-related acts between 1970 and 1990 which all hit union power. Mass picketing was outlawed, ballots had to be held before industrial action could be taken, secondary action was made illegal and union leaders had to face regular elections to keep their jobs.
The miners' strike of 1984/85 was the biggest test of the legislation, and the fiercest union clash she faced during her time as Prime Minister. Job losses and pit closures sparked the dispute, but National Union of Miners (NUM) leader Arthur Scargill decided not to hold a national ballot and the year was dominated by mass picketing, violent scenes at pits across the country and clashes with miners who refused to join the strike.
The Thatcher Government held firm and the power of the NUM was destroyed, leading years later to a huge programme of pit closures. Report by Mark Morris.
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