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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.
17 March – University of Reading chartered, the only institution to be newly granted full university status in the U.K. in the interwar period. [5] 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.
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.
Collective action in the United Kingdom including the right to strike in UK labour law is the main support for collective bargaining. Although the right to strike (or "industrial action" traditionally) has attained the status, since 1906, of a fundamental human right, protected in domestic case law, statute, the European Convention on Human Rights and international law, the rules in statute ...
The UK government had to recruit civil servants from other departments and fly embassy staff home to prevent long delays at borders and airports after 80 to 90 percent of staff in the Immigration Service Union went on strike. [70] 79,000 NHS staff (about 14.5 percent of the workforce) also went on strike. [71]
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The 1926 General Strike was called to highlight the wage reductions coal miners faced. Unemployment was the dominant issue of British society during the interwar years. [1] Unemployment levels rarely dipped below 1,000,000 and reached a peak of more than 3,000,000 in 1933, a figure which represented more than 20% of the working population.
The DVSA strike continues in the North West, Yorkshire and Humber and North Wales. Unison staff at Environment Agency refuse to volunteer to attend incidents. – December 25