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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 ...
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.
May 26 – United Kingdom – During the General Strike of 1926, a London and North Eastern Railway passenger train is deliberately derailed by miners south of Cramlington, Northumberland. [ 61 ] [ 62 ]
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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.
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