# Winter of Discontent

> winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom with union strikes demanding pay rises greater than the Labour government allowed, exacerbated by severe storms

**Wikidata**: [Q1247283](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1247283)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/winter-of-discontent


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. BBC Things