MINERS OUT
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, Jan. 9. Britain’s 280,000 coalminers struck at midnight last night, their first national stoppage for nearly half a century. Men in one militant pit were reported to be defying union orders to maintain safety work—to guard against the threat of underground fires and floods—in spite of warnings by the National Coal Board that lack of precautions might make it difficult to reopen some mines. The miners’ last national stoppage touched off the worst labour dispute in British history, the General Strike of 1926.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32810, 10 January 1972, Page 11
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