| In 1920 black mineworkers staged a major stoppage following the arrest of two miners. |
| There are mineworkers hoping to become nurses, police officers, prison officers, driving instructors and yacht skippers. |
| More than 160 mineworkers at the Pasminco Rosebery mine in Tasmania went on strike for 48 hours last Sunday. |
| Thousands of Zimbabwean mineworkers from mines owned by Rio Tinto have gone on strike to demand a 150 percent salary increment. |
| Pressure last night mounted on the Government to end the shame of some former mineworkers crippled by coal dust being denied proper compensation. |
| If the closures go ahead, hundreds more coal mineworkers and their families in hard hit regions will be thrown on the industrial scrapheap. |
