The General Strike, 1926

• Dispatch riders wait for instructions outside TUC headquarters
• Pickets at London docks
• Food lorry with an armoured car escort
• Rowley Regis Trades and Labour Council set up an emergency committee
• Report from Walsall Trades Council on progress of the strike
• Newspaper coverage following the end of the General Strike
• Miners faced a cut in wages and an increase in hours
• Laws introduced following the General Strike
• Many miners and their families had to rely on charity

 

The General Strike began on 3rd May 1926. Called in support of the miners, it lasted only nine days, but failed to achieve its objective. The miners were left to fight on alone for a further six months.

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• The General Strike, 1926

• The General Strike, 1926