23 Jun	1955: Queen Elizabeth sails on schedule
23 May	1966: Emergency laws over seamen's strike
24 Jun	1968: Rail go-slow begins
16 Jul	1970: State of emergency called over dock strike
01 Mar	1971: Workers down tools over union rights
08 Mar	1971: Post strike ends with pay deal
09 Jan	1972: Miners strike against government
25 Feb	1972: Miners call off crippling coal strike
14 Jun	1972: Pilots threaten worldwide strike
28 Jul	1972: National dock strike begins
01 May	1973: Thousands strike over pay and prices
28 May	1974: Strikes topple NI power-sharing body
13 Feb	1975: Miners set for 35 per cent pay rises
14 Nov	1977: Firefighters strike over pay claim
21 Dec	1977: Firemen jeer TUC's pay snub
10 Jan	1979: 'No chaos here' declares Callaghan
22 Jan	1979: Public sector strike paralyses country
02 Jan	1980: Steel workers strike over pay
18 Feb	1981: Thatcher gives in to miners
16 Jun	1982: Welsh miners back health workers
28 Mar	1983: Macgregor named as coal boss
12 Mar	1984: Miners strike over threatened pit closures
29 May	1984: Miners and police clash at Orgreave
21 Sep	1984: Maltby picket sparks violence
28 Sep	1984: Pit dispute 'illegal' says judge
14 Dec	1984: Court fines Scargill for obstruction
03 Mar	1985: Miners call off year-long strike
16 May	1985: Miners jailed for pit strike murder
15 Feb	1986: Printers and police clash in Wapping
03 Feb	1988: Nurses protest for better pay
04 Feb	1988: Defiant seamen strike on
26 Mar	1999: Record compensation for miners
11 Dec	2001: 30,000 postal jobs 'to be cut'