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35 years since the NUM returned to work
Today ex-miners, families and supporters gather to commemorate the deaths of two Yorkshire miners killed in the 1984-85 strike against pit closures, writes CHRIS KITCHEN, national secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers
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IT’S difficult to believe that this year marks 35 years since those who stayed loyal to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) returned to work with their heads held high.
Twelve months on strike fighting not only the proposed job losses from the pit-closure programme that the National Coal Board and Tory government intended to push through, but the devastating consequences that would affect the communities we lived in and future employment prospects for our children.
Following the strike of 1984-85, the National Coal Board and the then Tory government pushed ahead with their pit-closure programme, and the devastation to our communites that we feared became a reality.
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