UKs Winter of Discontent

Published: Oct. 10, 2022, 9 a.m.

In 1979, British public sector workers went on strike over pay. Among those taking industrial action were gravediggers.

But the media, politicians and even their own families turned against them at the thought of bodies being left unburied.

Claire Bowes spoke to the gravediggers\u2019 convener Ian Lowes in 2011.

(Photo: Protestors during the 'Winter of Discontent'. Credit: Getty Images)