2018 ist „Schicht im Schacht“. Dann schließen in Bottrop und Ibbenbüren die letzten deutschen Steinkohlenbergwerke. Damit endet eine Epoche, in der die Kohle die Geschichte Europas maßgeblich bestimmt hat. Diesen Abschied nehmen das Essener Ruhr Museum und das Deutsche Bergbau-Museum...

On the 7 September troops confronted a crowd at Ackton Hall Colliery at Featherstone, near Pontefract, in the West Riding of Yorkshire during a prolonged attempt to resist a lock-out designed to enforce a cut in wages. At about 9.15 p.m. the magistrate, Bernard Hartley, ordered the troops to...

Union Choices Affect Wages -- Strikes and wages -- Strikes and wages -- Empty victories, harmless defeats -- Is what you ask for what you get? -- The state versus managers -- Militancy and accommodation -- Schism and steering -- The limits of militancy -- Making strikes pay.