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The 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. [1] It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out ...
The General Strike, the only one to take place in Britain, was called on 3rd May 1926 and lasted nine days; an historic walkout by British workers representing the dissatisfaction of millions and ushering in the need for change across the country.
19 de jun. de 2011 · The strike was called by the TUC for one minute to midnight on 3 May, 1926. For the previous two days, some one million coal miners had been locked out of their mines after a dispute with the...
As a general strike, it lasted only 10 days, from May 3 to May 12. The miners themselves held out for nearly eight months and were finally starved into returning as winter began, at lower wages…
The General Strike - 1926. John Reith's first government challenge. Broadcasting was still in its infancy when the values laid down by young John Reith, the founding...
21 de dic. de 2020 · Learn about the most significant British labour dispute of the twentieth century, when 1.7 million workers went on strike in support of the miners' union. Explore the Library's collections of documents, pamphlets, periodicals and personal accounts of the General Strike and its aftermath.
23 de abr. de 2021 · On May 3rd, 1926, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin stood before a packed House of Commons Chamber to inform his fellow Parliamentarians that the nation was now under the siege of a General Strike.
