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| Picture No | 10223084 |
| Date | 1926 |
| Description | The General Strike: Listening to speakers in Hyde Park |
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Labour's May Day in London: Listening to the open-air speaker in Hyde Park during 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.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 8th May 1926 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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