Steelworkers in Struggle: An Oral History of the 1980 National Steel Strike (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526123206)

Using oral histories gathered from trade unionists, this book explores the national steelworkers strike of 1980 and asserts its significance as a key turning point in modern British history. The strike was nominally a response to a 2% pay offer made by British Steel Corporation (BSC), at a time when inflation was 17%, but was generated by the widespread works closures that characterised the British steel industry at this time. The outcome of the strike was a much higher pay increase but no change to the deindustrialisation strategy of BSC and the government. The book explores the strike from the perspective of those who fought it and reveals the short and longer-term consequences it had on the industry, the unions and the workers themselves.

Author: Charlie McGuire
ISBN-10: 1526123207
ISBN-13: 9781526123206
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2025
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover