The same nationalism explains why Arthur Scargill, alongside his industrial militancy, supports a not-at-all-militant programme of import controls, withdrawal from the EEC, and siege economy. T he council chamber at the Barnsley HQ of the National Union of Mineworkers is a jaw-dropping sight: a huge, oak-panelled room, draped with banners that were once kept at collieries across. The strike ended on 3 March 1985 following an NUM vote to return to work. He claimed that the government had a long-term strategy to destroy the industry by closing unprofitable pits, and that it listed pits it wanted to close each year. In his diary he documents the battle at Orgreave on Monday 18th of June, 1984; Ive never seen so many of our lads altogether, it brought tears to my eyes[16]. Here you can choose which regional hub you wish to view, providing you with the most relevant information we have for your specific region. This was to begin the argument of whether the actions of Thatcher and the state during the strike led to its failure. Routledge, 1997. Year of publication: 1980. Person/Body (Historic): A. Taylor & Sons Ltd. . : Univ. Arrow, 1994. The strike became a symbolic struggle, as the NUM was one of the strongest unions in the country, viewed by many, including Conservatives in power, as having brought down the Heath government in the union's 1974 strike. [37] The prosecution brought by the Certification Officer was rejected in July 1991 on the grounds that it would be inappropriate to use the material provided in confidence to Lightman's enquiry. Margaret Thatcher: From Grocers Daughter to Iron Lady. In fact, other factors such as the governments intense preparations came into play. Articles like the above, years later are actually a compliment to Arthur. Soup kitchens were set up to save miners and their families from starvation in nearly every small village[18]. RewriteRule . Margaret Thatcher. Accessed October 10, 2018. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3815426/. Downing Street Years. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty[28]. In stories told since the strike, the president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Arthur Scargill, is strangely absent. Scargill, Arthur (1938- ) English trade union leader. [41], In 1993, Scargill tried to use Thatcher's flagship Right to Buy scheme to buy a flat on the Barbican estate in central London. An example of this is the NACODs strike whereby Ian McGregor ordered colliery overmen to cross violent picket lines if they were to get paid. London: Vintage, 2008. It turned into a confrontation with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher in which the miners' union was defeated. That is what we need to remember these days when we think of Scargill. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d Accessed October 10, 2018. https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/37592/How the Miners Strike could have won. jQuery(function() { Shirley Letwin takes the mainstream media view that Arthur Scargills incompetence as a leader caused the miners strike to fail. [37] Scargill reached an agreement to repay money to the NUM shortly after this. This sparked an individual ballot of members, in the autumn of 1984, whereby the ballot obtained an 80% plus vote for strike action, a decision which, if implemented, would have been sufficient to save pits and jobs, and win the dispute which had been brought by the National Coal Board[35]. Page 70. His application was refused because the flat in the Barbican Estate's Shakespeare Tower was not Scargill's primary residence. Please click on a checkbox next to an item and try again. After looking at the evidence, I believe that the Marxist view is more valid than the Mainstream media view in the fact that it is clear that Thatcher and her government went above and beyond in order to bring down Scargill and the miners. Some historians have provided interpretations and explanations of the defeat. Arthur Scargill, with his odd and sometimes monomaniacal-seeming habit of referring to himself in the third person, was in some ways a throwback to turn-of-the-century radicalism, a syndicalist . Page 343-344. This website uses cookies, you can find out more and set your preferences here. [9][11], A few months later, the president of the Yorkshire NUM died unexpectedly, and Scargill won the election for his replacement; the two posts were then combined and he held them until 1981. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f These preparations included the Ridley Plan, stockpiling coal, the appointment of Ian McGregor as head of NCB, the involvement of MI5 and MI6 and the introduction of the new trade union laws. The End of an Era Diaries 1980-90. The most notable of these being the Women Against Pit Closures (WAPC) mainly made up of miners wives or women that grew up in mining communities. On platforms that enforce case-sensitivity PNG and png are not the same locations. However, we have to be careful when using Thatcher as a source as she may be trying to give more credit to her successes and deflecting her failures onto other people such as Ian McGregor. The movement faced a huge confrontation from the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher, and the union was eventually defeated. Therefore, Thatcher and her governments actions could have caused the failure of the strike but to what extent these actions can be justified is still widely argued. The Truth of Nacods Shameful Sell-out. The Guardian. [39], During the media controversy, the antiperspirant Mitchum used Scargill's image, without his consent, under the slogan "Mitchum, for when you're really sweating! [34] Wakefield, Arthur, and Brian Elliot. Les avis ne sont pas valids, mais Google recherche et supprime les faux contenus lorsqu'ils sont identifis, Industrial Democracy in Italy: Workers' Co-ops and the Self-management Debate. No plagiarism, guaranteed! [9] This performance strengthened his popularity with the Yorkshire miners. London: Routledge, 2019. Arrow, 1994. The Anatomy of Thatcherism. Page 316, [3] Harris, Robert. [40] Tony Benn. Wikipedia. The easiest way to edit a .htaccess file for most people is through the File Manager in cPanel. [32] Benn, Tony. London: Corgi Books, 1993. All work is written to order. His policy alienated most of the Nottinghamshire miners, undermined his position with the leaders of the trade union movement, hurt the union's reputation in British public opinion, and led to violence along the picket line. The strike gained momentum quickly and calling a ballot may have broken down this early support. Change the settings back to the previous configuration (before you selected Default). His major innovation was organising "flying pickets" involving hundreds or thousands of committed strikers who could be bussed to critical strike points to shut down a target. (1978), CONTESTING THE MARKET: PAY EQUITY AND THE POLITICS OF ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING, Eigart, Deborah M., Scargill subsequently decided to move to Sheffield, and said that he had spoken to each member of staff to ask them to move to Sheffield. Another important factor in the failure of the miners strike is the amount of support that it had. [5] In 1957 he was elected NUM Yorkshire Area Youth Delegate, and attended the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow as a representative of the Yorkshire miners. The Myth of Workers' Control Arthur Scargill Snippet view - 1980. Page 39. The 84/5 miners strike brought great hardship, but achieved nothing. The End of an Era Diaries 1980-90. A dialogue box may appear asking you about encoding. Right click on the X and choose Properties. However, the people that argue this are clear Thatcherites such as Shirley Letwin, John Campbell and even Thatcher herself who blamed Scargill for the violence at the picket line mass pickets led by Arthur Scargill forced the closure of the Saltley Coke Depot in Birmingham[44] contradicting this, Seumas Milne who takes a clear Marxist view that the standard fairy tale, still routinely recycled by media and politicians alike, has it that Scargill called the action in spring in a classic example of his poor generalship and tactical sense[45]. Vast majority of people work retail or asBarristersselling fancycoffee to people on the way to work in offices, most of them on single hour contracts working in retail parks or business parks built on the ground of old mine, steelworks and potteries that used to employ tens of thousands of men and now employ the best part of 100. However, it can be argued that the government limited its role in upholding law and order in a dispute between the NUM and the NCB. For more information, see The National Review (June 15, 1984 and April 5 . Page 317. "Scargill" redirects here. Page 341. [36] In September 1990, the Certification Officer brought criminal charges against Scargill and Heathfield for wilfully neglecting to perform the union's duty to keep proper accounting records. This confirms the fact that Thatcher and Ian McGregor often didnt see eye-to-eye, an example of this is the issue with the NACODs strike. The Anatomy of Thatcherism. // Scargill has so burnt his bridges with the NUM and the broad left of the labour movement that his name is never mentioned at Durham miners' gala or at other miners' strike commemorations. [44] Thatcher, Margaret. [58][59] Scargill's appearance on the picket line was alluded to by Prime Minister Boris Johnson the next day at Prime Minister's Questions, accusing the Labour Party of "literally holding hands with Arthur Scargill". [43] Marr, Andrew. Therefore, when considering both sources, Letwins Thatcherite view isnt very convincing as the argument that the failure of the miners strike was due to Scargills bad leadership is based on factors out of his control like the timing of the strike and accusations that havent been proven. ", Old Labour party constiturion, Clause 4 part IV, Yorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, "Arthur Scargill joins Battle of Saltley Gate 40th anniversary celebration", "The Nottinghamshire Miners, The Union of Democratic Mineworkers and the 198485 Miners' Strike: Scabs or Scapegoats? (1980), Scargill, Arthur, Accessed October 11, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/jan/07/guardianletters4. However, Thatcher, herself, has discredited this view saying He (Arthur Scargill) was making wild claims that the CEGB had only eight weeks of coal stocks. As for the EEC/EU, his anti- stance was in keeping with Labour Party Policy. Robert Taylor depicts Scargill as an 'industrial Napoleon' who called a strike 'at the wrong time' on the 'wrong issue', and adopted strategies and tactics that were 'impossibilist', with 'an inflexible list of extravagant non-negotiable demands' that amounted to 'reckless adventurism' that was 'a dangerous, self-defeating delusion'. Tony Benn. Wikipedia. I suggest to this Conference that we have coal mines with us but they did something about this problem: they closed them down. The View from No. Accessed October 12, 2018. [21] Ridley, Nicholas. "[28] This was in the Prime Minister's rejection of Labour calls for an apology for government actions during the 19841985 miners' strike. [22] Milne, Seumas. Marching to the Fault Line: The 1984 Miners Strike and the Battle for Industrial Britain. London: Pan Books, an Imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2017. National Archives: Margaret Thatcher Wanted to Crush Power of Trade Unions. The Guardian. Margaret Thatcher began a media campaign in order to win over the public and demonise the miners. Travis, Alan. Copyright 2003 - 2023 - UKEssays is a trading name of Business Bliss Consultants FZE, a company registered in United Arab Emirates. ARTHUR SCARGILL AND PEGGY KAHN - "THE MYTH OF WORKERS' CONTROL" - 1st . Aucun commentaire n'a t trouv aux emplacements habituels. you only have to look at the current state of our country after Cov19torealise that we have noindustry left! However, In , He was right. Arguably, one of the most important factors in the failure of the Miner's Strike in 1984 was the leadership of the head of NUM, Arthur Scargill. After a Labour Party conference speech on energy policy by Richard Marsh in July 1967, Scargill said: I can honestly say that I never heard flannel like we got from the Minister he said that we have nuclear power stations with us, whether we like it or not. [53] Following Margaret Thatcher's death in April 2013, ITN made Scargill several offers for a five-minute interview, with the final offer reaching 16,000, but Scargill refused all the offers and did not speak to any media organisation. Seumas Milne, who takes the Marxist view, supports Thatchers argument that government preparations werent sufficient enough to cause the failure of the strike. Arthur Scargill. But Rule 43 said that a national strike can only be called if there was a ballot. [33] Milne, Seumas. Yet he still gives credit to Thatcher and her government for their actions during the strike which legitimises his view. The media characterised the strike as "Scargill's strike" and his critics accused him of looking for an excuse for industrial action since becoming union president. Regardless, we have to be careful when using Arthur Wakefield as a source as his diary entries will reflect his heightened emotions after a day of striking that may not truly reflect the real situation. The Miners Strike Day by Day: The Illustrated 1984-85 Diary of Yorkshire Miner Arthur Wakefield. Accessed January 06, 2019. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3503545.stm. After the miners' strike, Scargill was elected to lifetime presidency of the NUM by an overwhelming national majority, in a controversial election in which some[who?] March 07, 2009. The myth of workers' control by Arthur Scargill 0 Ratings 0 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Overview View 2 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1980 Publisher University of Leeds, University of Nottingham Language English Pages 22 This edition doesn't have a description yet. One of the main planks of his platform was to give more power to union conferences than to executive meetings, on the grounds that the former were more democratic. Scargill admitted there was 'bad blood' between him and the NUM general secretary Chris Kitchen, who said, "I honestly do believe that Arthur, in his own world, believes that the NUM is here to afford him the lifestyle that he's become accustomed to. London: Pan Books, an Imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2017. "Goodbye to all that? This included Norman Tebbits radical reforms[39] as put by Tony Benn, who was newly elected to the mining seat and a clear supporter of the 1984-85 Miners strike[40]. Scargill recalled how after becoming a miner, the poor working conditions and "people who should never have been working, having to work to live on that first day I promised myself I would try one day to get things changed". Tony Benn opposes Evans view by saying the extent of the support in the NUM as a whole was evidenced by the overwhelming majority of miners who remained on strike until it ended in 1985[14]. Arthur Scargill emerged from semi-retirement from politics to speak at a meeting of the Communist Party of Britains wretched little pro-Brexit front organisation Leave Fight Transform (LeFT) in Brighton on 11 September, alongside Eddie Dempsey (the man who said Tommy Robinson supporters were right to hate the liberal left) and other assorted xenophobes, nationalists and social conservatives. Here you can choose which regional hub you wish to view, providing you with the most relevant information we have for your specific region. My Style of Government: The Thatcher Years. Margaret Thatcher even described McGregor as lacking in guile as he was used to dealing with financial difficulties and hard bargaining and had no experience with dealing with trade union leaders[25]. Arthur Scargill is a British trade unionist who was the president of the National Union of Mineworkers. Accessed January 06, 2019. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3503545.stm. The Institute for Workers' Control was formed in 1968, building on a series of conferences over several years, to act as a research and educational body, to encourage discussion and communication between workers' control groups and trade unions, and to publish important materials on industrial democracy and workers' control. Are you using WordPress? 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