1984 1 MarchNational Coal Board (NCB) announces closure of Cortonwood pit in Yorkshire – miners at the pit walk out6 MarchScottish and Yorkshire areas of the NUM make strike official12 MarchHalf the country’s miners are on strike – this rises to over 80 percent over the course of the strike15 MarchDavid Jones, miner aged 23, killed while picketing in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire29 MarchTransport unions ban the movement of coal19 AprilNUM special conference ratifies strike action
In January chancellor Alistair Darling, discussing the economic crisis, claimed that, "Nobody is talking about printing money".
"There’s a rumour going around that states cannot go bankrupt," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said recently at a private bank event in Frankfurt. "This rumour is not true."
Enrique Morones is the founder of Border Angels, a group of activists helping migrants who make the hazardous journey across the border from Mexico to the US. He is taking crosses to the rows of "John Does" graves.
Immigrant Latinos in the US are facing a tough and worrying future.
Women around the world will be celebrating the gains that they have fought for and won on International Women’s Day this Sunday 8 March.
How do trade union leaders react when workers lose their jobs or see their wages and conditions come under attack? Typically, they are "disappointed". Sometimes they are "angry". On rare occasions they can encourage resistance to attacks on workers.
For many people the concept of "leadership" is a dirty word. This is hardly surprising when you consider the state of world leaders and what a destructive and unequal society they preside over.
New Labour’s chancellor Alistair Darling said last August economic times were "the worst they’ve been in 60 years". Earlier this month cabinet minister Ed Balls said the recession is "the most serious for over 100 years". Gordon Brown recently let slip the dreaded D-word – "depression".
The global recession has had a huge impact on working class people in China. Since the earthquake in Sichuan province in May last year, over 600,000 migrant workers have left their jobs and returned home from other parts of the country to see their families.
The number of unemployed workers across Asia is set to soar to a staggering 97 million this year, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
