striking miners

collocation in English

meaningsofstrikingandminer

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striking
adjective
uk
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/
very unusual or easily noticed, and therefore attracting a lot ...
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miner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
a person who works in ...
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(Definition ofstrikingandminerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Astrikingminerwho returns to his job and later becomes redundant is still disqualified when the redundancy takes effect until such time as the dispute ends.
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But it is in the interests of the industry that everystrikingminershould recognise that he will serve his industry best by returning immediately to work.
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The families of striking miners have also resisted nine months when 8,000 workers—brothers and sisters of mine—were arrested.
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There has been a tremendous community back-up for the striking miners, without which the strike would not have succeeded.
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Many striking miners sense that the regulations were rushed in to hit them.
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They wanted to carry on with their business, and the striking miners effectively prevented business from being conducted.
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If striking miners have a case against them in law, they should come before the courts in the proper way.
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The striking miners can end their plight by going back to work tomorrow if they so choose.
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He was sacked because he refused to sign a cheque for students' union funds to go to the fighting fund for the striking miners.
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The deemed payment rising from £15 to £16 cannot be seen as anything more than a callous attack on the wives and children of striking miners.
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This country has three times as many building workers unemployed as there were striking miners in the coalfields.
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The increased number of appeals from striking miners is being met by arranging extra tribunal sittings where necessary.
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Already, £23·3 million has been expended on supplementary benefit payments to striking miners' families.
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They made that decision after they had been approached by striking miners who went to their homes to discuss the matter.
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Again, striking miners who have been out of work for 20 weeks could be asked to meet that cost.
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The sequestrators should be looking not for only £200,000, but for millions of pounds to cover the supplementary benefits paid to striking miners.
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In addition, we have heard references tonight to striking miners.
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People are sending food parcels to the striking miners.
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The poverty of most striking miners is self-imposed.
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The council does not have £11,000, but it has £250,000 to give to striking miners' families.
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