1926 United Kingdom general strike

When

4 May 1926 – 13 May 1926

Kind

Strike

Coordinates

55.00° N, 3.00° W

Description

May 1926 UK labour dispute

Placed at the island its title names, United Kingdom.

Sympathy strike to support miners' negotiations

A general strike took place in the United Kingdom from 4 to 12 May 1926. 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. Some 1.7 million workers went out, especially in transport and heavy industry.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The United Kingdom general strike begins at midnight, in support of a strike by coal miners”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bergwerksbesitzer wollen Lohnkürzungen und Arbeitszeitverlängerungen durchsetzen und betreiben Aussperrung; der Gewerkschaftsbund (Trades Union Congress) ruft…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Tiene lugar la Huelga general en Reino Unido de 1926”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page