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Picture No 10223109
Date 1926
Description An illustration depicting the General Strike.
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From 2pm to 6pm they spend sustaining some of the voluntary workers on the line. Cartoon illustration depicting a society lady volunteering to help workers during the General Strike. Men from all backgrounds are seen holding pickaxes. 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.
Source The Sketch. 12th- 19th May 1926. .
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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