![]() ![]() Inevitably, this caused great disruption to industry, evenįorcing some companies out of business. This included limiting electricity to homes and businesses through rota disconnections, leaving many without power for up to nine hours a day. With fuel supplies dwindling, the government declared a state of emergency on 9 February. Targeting all other major coal users including steelworks and ports to ramp up Miners picketed at coal-fired power stations, before This led to a worker walkout on 9 January, the first official On 5 January 1972, the NUM’s executive committee rejectedĪnother offer from the National Coal Board, the state-owned body running the Miners voted to take industrial action if their demands weren’t At the time, the government was offering workersħ-8% increases. ![]() ![]() This sent them headlong into a lengthy and acrimonious dispute withĪt its 1971 annual conference, the trade union proposed aĤ3% pay rise for its members. Other workers during the 1960s and by the end of the decade, earnings were roughlyģ% below the average worker in manufacturing.Īs Britain headed into the 1970s, high inflation led theĬonservative government of the day to impose wage restraint on public sector A similar 1960 study revealed miners were paid 7.4% above the average earnings of those working in factories.Ĭoal was the new gold and it was claimed miners were “enjoying historically unprecedented standards of living”. One report found the net income of a miner with a wife and two children in 1957 was roughly 22% higher than an equivalent manufacturing worker. The Background: Major Miners’ Disputesīefore World War II, coal mining languished in 84th place onĪ league table of the best-paid industrial jobs. In fact, electricity use was rationed just two years before due to fears about potential shortages of coal. While the crisis came to a head thanks to an industrial dispute with coal miners in the midst of a global oil crisis, its true origins date back years or even decades. The period of electricity rationing lasted for more than two months and played a pivotal role in unseating the British government. (which owns/runs the Ikon Pass) for each day skied by, which is what premium destinations such as Jackson and Aspen have the leverage to do.Īlso of note: The Ikon Session Pass will no longer grant access to Aspen, Jackson Hole, Alta, Snowbird or Deer Valley.The start of 1974 saw much of UK industry operate under a Three Day Week restricting their electricity use. We expect this to have a minimal impact on the total number skier days at these partner mountains that cost extra, but these resorts will earn more cash from Alterra Mountain Co. Also notable, the Ikon Base Pass only give skiers five days at Steamboat, whereas the full Ikon grants unlimited access. That extra payment brings the total due for an Ikon Base Pass to $1,149, bringing it within $110 of the $1,259 owed for a full Ikon Pass, which comes with no blackouts and seven days at each of Jackson Hole, Aspen, Alta, Deer Valley, Snowbasin, Sun Valley, and Taos. That $220 will grant riders five days at each resort (five days total across the four Aspen mountains, plus five days at Jackson Hole, Alta, Deer Valley, Sun Valley, Snowbasin and Taos).įor those planning on skiing those resorts and not skiing around big holidays-the ones listed above (Christmas/New Year's, MLK Day weekend and President's Day weekend) the Base Pass should do nicely. Ikon Base Pass skiers should remember that Jackson Hole, Aspen, Sun Valley, Deer Valley, and Snowbasin will require an additional $200 payment to use the Base Plus Pass on those mountains. No blackouts at Chamonix Mont-Blanc Valley, Dolomiti Superski, Kiztbühel, Zermatt, Valle Nevado, Mt Buller, Coronet Peak, The Remarkables, and Mt Hutt ![]()
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