On this day, 19 February 1972, the UK’s miners, who had been on strike for seven weeks, accepted an improved pay offer above the government’s 8% pay cap. The strike had caused rationing of electricity and had forced factories with 1.2 million workers to temporarily close.
This is a detailed account of the dispute: https://libcom.org/history/1972-miners-strike-popular-agency-industrial-politics-britain https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1353655761486237/?type=3