729:. Aware of the damage that could be done to the Labour Party's electoral prospects by media coverage of picket-line violence, the NUM instituted strict controls over pickets. Pickets had to wear armbands saying "official picket" and had to be authorised by areas. Unlike in 1972, students were discouraged from joining miners' picket lines. Every picket line had to be authorised by the local NUM area with a chief picket to ensure that no violence took place.
112:, which reported on miners' pay in 1972. In November 1973, the national executive committee of the NUM rejected the pay offer from the NCB and held a national ballot on a strike. The vote was rejected by 143,006 to 82,631. However, an overtime ban was implemented with the aim of halving production. This action hurt the coal industry and was unpopular amongst the British media, although the
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British sociologist Peter Fleming, among others, have proposed the re-introduction of a three-day work week. The arguments for its re-introduction include a better work-life balance, more family time, improved health and well-being, greater sustainability (such as via reduced carbon emissions),
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British economy was troubled by high rates of inflation. To tackle this, the government capped public sector pay rises and publicly promoted a clear capped level to the private sector. This caused unrest amongst trade unions as wages did not keep pace with price increases.
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In the aftermath of the vote, there was speculation that the army would be used to transport coal and man the power stations. McGahey called in a speech for the army to disobey orders, and either stay in the barracks or join picket lines, if they were asked to break the strike. In response, 111
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on 13 December 1973, including the Three-Day Work Order, which came into force at midnight on 31 December. Commercial consumption of electricity would be limited to three consecutive days each week. Heath's objectives were business continuity and survival and to avoid further inflation and a
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On 24 January 1974, 81% of NUM members voted to strike, having rejected the offer of a 16.5% pay rise. In contrast to the regional divisions of other strikes, every region of the NUM voted by a majority in favour of strike action. The only area that did not was the
141:. Rather than risk a total shutdown, working time was reduced to prolong the life of available fuel stocks. Television broadcasts were to shut down at 22:30 each evening, and most pubs were closed; due to the power surges generated at 22:30, the
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while the Three-Day Week was in force. His government emphasised the pay dispute with the miners and used the slogan "Who governs
Britain?". Heath believed that the public sided with the Conservatives on the issues of strikes and union power.
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Wilberforce Inquiry in 1972.
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The new Labour government increased miners' wages by 35% immediately after the
February 1974 election. In February 1975, a further increase of 35% was achieved without any industrial action.
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returned to power in a minority government. The normal working week was restored on 8 March, but other restrictions on the use of electricity remained in force. A
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as vice-president. The national conference passed resolutions for a 35% wage increase, regardless of any government guidelines, and for the election of a
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Grawe, Nathan D. "The three-day week of 1974 and measurement error in the FES and NCDS data sets" (No. 2002-11. ISER Working Paper Series, 2002).
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to conserve electricity, the generation of which was severely restricted owing to
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took the largest share of the vote, but lost its majority, with
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There had been some violence on miners' picket lines during the
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Accession of the United
Kingdom to the European Communities
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State of Emergency: the way we were: Britain, 1970-1974
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1065:. London: Croom Helm. p. 258.
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1087:"1974 Oct: Wilson makes it four"
990:Strike, not the end of the story
184:Strike, not the end of the story
2154:1974 labor disputes and strikes
1182:(Penguin UK, 2011) pp 584–606.
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1125:. BBC News. 13 February 1975.
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1111:. BBC News. 6 March 1974.
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1089:. BBC News. 5 April 2005
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204:Votes for strike action
74:New Economics Foundation
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61:. Following the losses
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1754:Mid and East Lothian
1618:Affiliates and areas
1178:Sandbrook, Dominic.
861:. The TV Room Plus.
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110:Wilberforce Inquiry
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1032:. 8 February 1974.
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2016:Plaid Cymru
1884:MPs elected
1780:South Wales
1749:Lanarkshire
1725:North Wales
1591:En. Edwards
1526:Eb. Edwards
1389:Eb. Edwards
1270:Eb. Edwards
1246:En. Edwards
1222:(MFGB) and
947:13 December
921:13 December
895:13 December
578:North Wales
478:Power Group
258:South Wales
157:Strike vote
2128:Categories
2030:Gerry Fitt
2000:Harry West
1913:Incumbent
1704:Shropshire
1650:Derbyshire
1645:Cumberland
1609:Richardson
1583:Treasurers
1550:Heathfield
1232:Presidents
869:25 January
843:25 January
638:Cumberland
378:North-West
81:Background
1831:1984–1985
1785:Yorkshire
1630:Cleveland
1449:Schofield
1030:The Times
218:Yorkshire
2081:See also
2072:Scotland
2006:Vanguard
1889:Scotland
1770:Somerset
1764:Stirling
1739:Ayrshire
1735:Scotland
1694:Old Hill
1556:Scargill
1461:Thompson
1443:Bullough
1431:T. Jones
1425:E. Jones
1401:J. Jones
1383:Richards
1318:Scargill
1294:E. Jones
1282:J. Jones
1264:Richards
1147:16 April
1093:16 April
1048:BBC News
863:Archived
725:and the
318:Scotland
298:C.O.S.A.
1976:Liberal
1794:Strikes
1699:Pelsall
1635:Cokemen
1625:Bristol
1597:Abraham
1574:Kitchen
1562:Vacant?
1538:Paynter
1479:Stanley
1455:McGahey
1413:Lawther
1353:Smillie
1312:Gormley
1288:Lawther
1252:Smillie
1240:Pickard
769:Liberal
684:188,393
681:232,615
458:Cokemen
195:Area /
1956:Labour
1934:Labour
1655:Durham
1603:Robson
1532:Horner
1514:Hodges
1508:Ashton
1491:Thomas
1485:Wilson
1467:Vacant
1419:Bowman
1407:Davies
1359:Harvey
1330:Wilson
1324:Lavery
1300:Machen
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361:10,679
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313:60.53
301:15,368
293:14.30
284:14,862
281:17,341
278:Durham
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261:26,901
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241:28,284
224:49,278
221:54,570
197:Groups
103:Labour
1894:Wales
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1572:2007
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1393:1931
1387:1929
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1371:Smith
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1357:1912
1351:1909
1347:Woods
1345:1889
1328:2012
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1262:1929
1258:Smith
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1250:1912
1244:1904
1238:1889
1226:(NUM)
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687:80.99
678:Total
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647:88.07
627:60.60
607:58.51
601:1,164
587:79.33
581:1,200
567:82.88
564:1,816
561:2,191
547:89.70
544:2,117
541:2,360
527:61.65
524:1,553
521:2,519
507:70.16
504:1,827
501:2,604
490:1,742
487:56.24
484:2,239
481:3,981
470:1,507
467:67.12
464:3,076
461:4,583
447:81.28
444:3,929
441:4,834
430:1,347
427:77.31
424:4,590
421:5,937
410:1,345
407:84.03
404:7,075
401:8,420
390:1,553
387:82.02
384:7,084
381:8,637
370:1,437
367:86.54
364:9,242
350:3,293
347:73.25
344:9,016
330:2,090
327:87.40
310:9,302
307:39.47
304:6,066
290:2,479
287:85.70
273:6.85
270:1,843
267:93.12
250:6,483
247:77.08
233:9.70
230:5,292
227:90.30
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1946:the
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1821:1972
1816:1969
1811:1926
1806:1912
1801:1893
1665:Kent
1568:Kemp
1544:Daly
1520:Cook
1473:Cave
1306:Ford
1149:2012
1095:2012
1067:ISBN
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871:2012
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168:APEX
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