By late June, almost all the miners had returned to work.
After six months the strike was defeated and the miners returned to work, accepting the twenty percent cut in pay.
The miner left the house gloomily but returned in half an hour with the fingers working.
The miners returned to work on 5 March 1985.
Three weeks later, the strike collapsed completely and the miners returned to work.
The miners had been out on strike, and returned a fortnight or so before Christmas.
The Waite agreement became operative the same day, and the miners returned to work.
Some miners who had already escaped returned to the mine to aid their coworkers.
Within a few days, the strike had largely been broken and most miners returned to work.
But as delegates from around the world gathered in Rio, miners were already returning.