Speaker 1: On this Day and Working Class History. The first of
Speaker 1: January and on the first of January nineteen seventy four,
Speaker 1: the UK Conservative government implemented the three day week to
Speaker 1: save electricity, the generation of which had been severely restricted
Speaker 1: by industrial action by coal miners. An overtime band by
Speaker 1: miners seeking a thirty five percent pay increase had slashed production,
Speaker 1: and they launched an all out strike in February. All
Speaker 1: non essential businesses were limited to three consecutive days consumption,
Speaker 1: and television had stopped broadcasting at ten thirty pm. The
Speaker 1: miners ended up bringing down the government and winning their
Speaker 1: pay increase. Learn more about this landmark dispute in episode
Speaker 1: eighty one of the Working Class History podcast. Listen wherever
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