In 1921, in response to a severe depression in the coal trade, colliery owners, supported by the government, slashed labour costs.<\/p>\n
Refusing to accept this cut in wages, a million British miners, including many war veterans, were locked out of their pits.<\/p>\n
The consequences for the 6,000 Forest of Dean miners, their families and the whole community, was brutal. However, the miners fought a determined battle for an alternative which included public ownership of the mines with decent pay and conditions.<\/p>\n
In God\u2019s Beautiful Sunshine<\/i>, Ian Wright tells the story of the miners\u2019 extraordinary resilience in their struggle for a better life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 1921, in response to a severe depression in the coal trade, colliery owners, supported by the government, slashed labour costs. Refusing to accept this cut in wages, a million British miners, including many war veterans, were locked out of their pits. The consequences for the 6,000 Forest of Dean miners, their families and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[1329,294,476,901],"class_list":["post-11145","pamphlets","type-pamphlets","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workers-organisations-strikes","tag-1921-lockout","tag-forest-of-dean","tag-mining","tag-strikes","pub_range-bristol-radical-pamphleteer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n