Thatcherism - Trade Union Legislation

Trade Union Legislation

Further information: Opposition to trade unions

Reduction in the power of the trades unions was made gradually, unlike the approach of the Heath Government, and the greatest single confrontation with the unions was the NUM strike of 1984 to 1985, in which the miners union was eventually defeated.

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