1923 United Kingdom dock strike

When

1923

Kind

Strike

Coordinates

55.00° N, 3.00° W

Placed at the island its title names, United Kingdom.

The 1923 United Kingdom dock strike commenced in June 1923 when over 50,000 dockers were unhappy with a proposed pay reduction from 8s to 5s 6d for a four-hour minimum employment period. Ernest Bevin, the general secretary of the recently founded Transport and General Workers' Union had signed an agreement accepting this new rate of pay.

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