British Workers Launch General Strike
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Strikes, Boycotts, Lockouts
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
- Date: May 3-May 12, 1926
Article abstract: British workers launch a general strike conducted over nine days in support of striking miners and resulting in a dramatic and traumatic defeat for organized labor.
Summary of Event
The General Strike of May, 1926, was, in reality, a sympathy strike called for by the Trade Union Council (TUC) in support of British miners. For nine days, more than two million workers joined a million striking miners in an effort to exert pressure to prevent a salary rollback for miners. “Not a penny off the pay, not a minute off the day,” became the...
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