The General Strike - food convoys leaving docks
The last food convoy to leave the Royal Albert Docks before the termination of the General Strike. 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
Picture No
10223067
Media ID
45996622
Size
3216px x 4017px
(2.2MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Sphere, 15th May 1926
Date
May 1926
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