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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.
9 May – Martial law in Britain because of the general strike. 10 May – Talks between government and strikers begin. 12 May – The general strike ends at midnight 12–13 May without concessions to the strikers; coal miners remain on strike. [6] 15 July – Re-Election of Ministers Act (1919) Amendment Act abolishes ministerial by-elections ...
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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.
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.
On learning of his election, Trades Union Congress general secretary Fred Bramley exploded in outrage against Cook's election, claiming him to be a "raving Communist". ". Regardless, he was General Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain from 1924 until 1931, a period that included the 1926 General Strike, about which he wrote the pamphlet "The Nine D
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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.