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The 1926 general strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. [1] It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners.
1 May – Coal miners' strike begins in Britain over planned pay reductions. 3 May – A general strike begins in support of the miners' strike at midnight 3–4 May. 4 May – The BBC broadcasts five news bulletins a day as no newspapers are published due to the general strike. 9 May – Martial law in Britain because of the general strike.
The Gazette ran to only eight editions before the strike collapsed; the last edition, on 13 May 1926, had the headline "General Strike Off". [1] On 7 July 1926, at the end of a debate in Parliament on whether to grant the money to pay for the British Gazette, Churchill responded to Labour MP A. A. Purcell's speculation about what would happen ...
The British Worker was a newspaper produced by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress for the duration of the 1926 United Kingdom general strike.The first of eleven issues was printed on 5 May and publication stopped on 17 May after the official cessation of the strike.
Astbury ruled that the strike was not protected by the Trade Disputes Act 1906 and that the strike in the plaintiff union had been called in contravention of its own rules. [17] The ruling came as a heavy blow to the Unions' cause. [18] The airship Norge departed Ny-Ålesund en route to the North Pole. Roald Amundsen led the 16-man crew.
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
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May 3 - UK General Strike commences, continuing to affect railways until May 12. May 8 - Asa Randolph organizes the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, considered a major labor as well as civil rights milestone. May 20 - The United States Railway Labor Act becomes law.