The General Strike 1926

The Scene of the Fateful Trades Union Council Meeting: At the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926. The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after nine days

Certain Collapsed Cuts Farringdon Fateful Involved Lack Measures Organised Sectors Strikes Threatened Wage

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