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Arthur Scargill
Arthur Scargill is a member of the British union. He was president of the National Coalition of Mining Workers from 1982 to 2002. Joining NUM at the age of 19 in 1957, he became one of the organization's leading activists in the late 1960s. He led an informal strike in 1969 and played a key organizer role in strikes in 1972 and 1974, which later contributed to the downfall of Edward Heath's Conservative government. A decade later, he led the union in the miners' strike of 1984-1985, a milestone in the history of the British labor movement. It turned into a fierce confrontation with the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher's, in which the coalition of miners was defeated. Once a member of the Labor Party, he is today the party leader of the Socialist Labor Party he founded in 1996
BornJanuary 11, 1938, Worsbrough Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Political partySocialist Labour Party (from 1996)
Other political affiliationsLabour Party (1962–1996)
Preceded byPosition established

About Arthur Scargill

Politician Arthur Scargill was born in England on January 11, 1938. He's 86 years old today.

Beginning in 1982, he was the leader of the National Union of Mineworkers for twenty years. He began his political career as a member of the Labour Party before founding the Socialist Labour Party in 1996.

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Arthur Scargill before becoming famous

Arthur Scargill was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1938 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He worked as a coal miner for nearly two decades before joining the Young Communist League in his hometown of Yorkshire at the age of seventeen.

Achievement of Arthur Scargill

In the mid-1980s, he was in charge of leading a critical miners' strike.

Arthur Scargill's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 2001, his marriage to Anne Harper terminated in divorce.

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He was a vocal critic of British Prime Minister World Leader Margaret Thatcher's administration.

Arthur Scargill Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Arthur Scargill updated on March 22 2023.