The World : British Miners Back Strike
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Mineworkers’ union delegates from all over Britain decided to continue their 50-week old coal strike, rejecting a government plan to close unprofitable pits and cut jobs. Delegates meeting in London backed a refusal by leaders of the National Union of Mineworkers to accept a “final compromise plan” put forward by the National Coal Board. The board remained adamant that the union has to accept the closure of uneconomic pits as a precondition for talks to end the strike.
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