After 37 days, the government intervened and ended the strike by passing the Coal Mines Act, extending minimum wage provisions to the mining industry and certain other industries with many manual jobs.

[1] The dispute centred upon an attempt by the Miners Federation of Great Britain, the main trade union representing coal miners, to secure a minimum wage for miners in their district and replace the complicated wage structure then in place which often made it difficult for a miner to earn a fair day's wage.

The strike began at the end of February in Alfreton, Derbyshire and spread nationwide.

[2] The strike caused considerable disruption to train and shipping schedules.This article related to the history of the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a stub.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article related to a strike action or other labor dispute is a stub.