Nurses march during the health workers strike in September 1982Nurses march during the health workers strike in September 1982
Nurses march during the health workers strike in September 1982

Sheffield strikes: 16 photos looking back at industrial action in the city over the years

As strikes are taking place or being threatened nationally, here we take a look back at 16 photos of strikes in Sheffield in the past.
By Jane Salt
Published 13th Nov 2022, 04:45 BST

These images from our archives show workers on the picket line across the decades.

Pickets at the Tinsley Marshalling Yards during the rail strike in the 1980s

1. Rail workers

Pickets at the Tinsley Marshalling Yards during the rail strike in the 1980s Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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NHS workers on strike in April 1982

2. NHS

NHS workers on strike in April 1982 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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The NUM delegates meeting at the City Memorial Hall, Sheffield, is lobbied by striking miners in April 1984

3. Miners

The NUM delegates meeting at the City Memorial Hall, Sheffield, is lobbied by striking miners in April 1984 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers

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Members of staff at Bilton's Bakery, Leigh Street, Attercliffe who are baking bread continually to stock up ready for the bakers strike. Left to right Jeffrey Bailey, Neil Bilton, Denise Tomlinson, Philip Bilton, November 1978

4. Bakers

Members of staff at Bilton's Bakery, Leigh Street, Attercliffe who are baking bread continually to stock up ready for the bakers strike. Left to right Jeffrey Bailey, Neil Bilton, Denise Tomlinson, Philip Bilton, November 1978 Photo: Sheffield Newspaperrs

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