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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.
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.
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.
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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UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions, although miners remain on strike. May 12–14 – May Coup: Józef Piłsudski takes over in Poland. May 18 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears, while visiting a Venice, California beach.