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	UK General Strike of 1926 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The UK General Strike of 1926 lasted nine days, from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926, and was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners.
		Baldwin said : " The General Strike is a challenge to the parliament and is the road to anarchy".
		On the 12 May 1926, the TUC General Council visited 10 Downing Street to announce their decision to call off the strike, provided that the proposals worked out by the Samuel Commission were adhered to and that the Government offered a guarantee that there would be no victimisation of strikers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UK_General_Strike_1926 (1615 words)

	Facts about strike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Strike is the generic name for a blunt, crushing attack made with or without a weapon.
		Striking weapons include the club, the mace and the warhammer and is probably the oldest category of weapons known to humans.
		The strike of a geological unit is the compass direction along the plane of the unit where the unit has zero dip.
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/strike.html (364 words)

	The General Strike : Radical Glasgow : Glasgow Caledonian University
		On Thursday April 29th 1926 a special conference of the Executive Councils of the 200 unions affiliated to the British TUC was called to consider the mining dispute.
		On the eve of the strike a May Day demonstration marched through Bridgeton to Glasgow Green; there was a tremendous feeling of solidarity, also a wide spread class consciousness which in some degree was due to the selfless effort of the great propagandist and political activist John MacLean, who died in November 1923.
		In Glasgow the solidarity of the strike and the spontaneous mass picketing was an indication of the strength of feeling in support of the strike.
	www.gcal.ac.uk /radicalglasgow/chapters/general_strike.html (3098 words)

	1926 general strike: nine days of hope\|6May06\|Socialist Worker
		The General Strike ended a 16-year period of intense industrial militancy on the part of the British working class, which began with the Great Unrest of 1910-14 and continued through the engineering struggles during the First World War.
		As Winston Churchill, who was chancellor of the exchequer during the strike, said later, “We decided to postpone the crisis in the hope of averting it, or if not averting it, of coping effectively with it when the time comes.” The ruling class was preparing for war.
		The enthusiastic response to the strike call took the union leadership by surprise, and the actions of workers were far from peaceful.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php?article_id=8752 (1787 words)

	Ymgyrchu! - Labour Struggles - The Miners' Next Step and the 1926 General Strike
		The workers were on strike until October 1911 when they were forced to return on the owners' terms and conditions.
		The main reason for the strike was the difference of opinion between the miners and the government over the propsals of the Samuel Commission on the coal industry.
		There was violence between those on strike and those who had returned to work, and during the last few weeks of the strike, between the miners and the police.
	www.llgc.org.uk /ymgyrchu/Llafur/1926/index-e.htm (602 words)

	General Strike
		On the 11th May, at a meeting of the Trade Union Congress General Committee, it was decided to accept the terms proposed by Herbert Samuel and to call off the General Strike.
		The purpose of the General Strike was to obtain justice for the miners.
		I was heartily in favour of the General Strike.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUgeneral.htm (2158 words)

	Red Clydeside: The General Strike on Clydeside 1926
		The decision to call a general strike was made by the council of the British Trades Union Congress in support of the miners who went on strike on 30 April against reduced wages and increased working hours imposed by the mine owners.
		The main impact of the strike in Glasgow, as elsewhere, was therefore the disruption of transport and the disappearance of the normal press, although for those directly involved in either the organisation or the breaking of the strike it was a significant political experience.
		The organisation of the strike in Glasgow was in the hands of the Trades Council which became, for the duration of the strike, the core of a Central Strike Coordinating Committee (CSCC).
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /redclyde/redclyeve20.htm (972 words)

	UK General Strike 1926: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The trades union congress (tuc) is a british organisation that represents the uks trade unions....
		The Samuel Commission published its report in March 1926: it recognised that the industry needed to be reorganised but rejected the suggestion of nationalisation nationalization quick summary:
		1926 was a common year starting on friday (link will take you to calendar)....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/uk/uk_general_strike_19261.htm (1136 words)

	Durham Miner Project - General Strike of 1926 - It's effect on miners
		The 1926 Strike, brought about through the imposition of lower wages and extended hours of work, affected the Durham miners far more than those in other parts of the country.
		After the strike 30,000 miners had not restarted work even though they had been guaranteed that there would be no victimisation.
		The improvement in wages and working conditions would have been unbelievable in 1927, which is why I wish the sufferings of the miners during the decade before the war should be recognised.
	www.durham.gov.uk /miner/projects.nsf/581cd74a9c6aa8b080256d48003758cb/5c1d1a6b48a6638680256e55004d4d4d?OpenDocument (264 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society \| Strike hits key services across UK
		Local government unions organised the strike in protest over government plans to scrap a so-called "rule of 85", which allows council staff to retire at 60 if their age and length of service add up to 85 years.
		Some organisers claimed that it was the biggest strike since the general strike in 1926; others said it was the largest industrial action since the "winter of discontent" in the 1970s, which helped bring down the Labour government.
		"Strike action is the only option left to local government workers to demonstrate the burning resentment and anger they feel over the government and employers taking away their pension rights, when those same rights have been given to every other public sector pension scheme."
	society.guardian.co.uk /publicfinances/story/0,,1741237,00.html (1017 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Pensions strike bites across UK
		The UK-wide strike is over government plans to scrap a rule allowing some people to retire at 60, without suffering a penalty for retiring early.
		Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said: "Strike action is the only option left to local government workers to demonstrate the burning resentment and anger they feel over the government and employers taking away their pension rights, when those same rights have been given to every other public sector pension scheme.
		Employers say that with increasing life expectancy in the UK, the rule means they could face a rise in pension contributions of £5bn to £6bn in the next 20 years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4848584.stm (774 words)

	1926: British general strike - libcom.org/history \| peopleshistory.co.uk
		The 1926 General Strike was the climax of increasing class struggle in Britain since World War 1.
		However, the main block on the workers was not the enemy of the state or the bosses, it was the ‘ally’ of the union leadership.
		After the strike was called off “the temper of the workers was more militant than ever...feeling was bitter – bitter against employers who were everywhere victimising the local strike stalwarts, and bitter against the TUC General Council.
	www.libcom.org /history/articles/british-general-strike (1664 words)

	Ymgyrchu! - Labour Struggles - The Miner's strikes of the 70's and 80's.
		As a result of the strike, the miners' wages were increased, becoming among the highest among the British working class.
		By 4 February 1974 the miners' situation had deteriorated and a national miners strike was called again.
		Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), called on the miners to strike, and on 12 March a strike started which was to last for nearly a year.
	www.llgc.org.uk /ymgyrchu/Llafur/1972/index-e.htm (395 words)

	Checklist of General Strike Newspapers of 1926: The British Library Newspaper Library
		The General Strike began on 3rd May and finished on 12th May. The issues of periodicals scheduled for publication between 5th and 15th May inclusive were typically affected, and these are listed if they appeared.
		The Northampton Herald, and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties.
		Published monthly, the May issue was delayed until after the General Strike had ended; with the subsequent issue, a double one for June-July, the journal ceased publication.
	www.bl.uk /collections/strike.html (10122 words)

	General Strike - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		general strike, sympathetic cessation of work by a majority of the workers in all industries of a locality or nation.
		In 1926 a general strike in Great Britain was called in sympathetic protest against the national lockout of the coal miners, but the strikers were forced to capitulate when it became clear that the government was able to keep essential services running and when only about half of the workers answered the strike call.
		In France a general strike, which failed, was called (1938) to protest against a government decree lengthening hours and penalizing strikers.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=generals (486 words)

	AcademicDB - The General Strike, 1926 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This document is part of AcademicDB, a database of over 15,000 UK university essays and coursework documents written by UK university students covering all subject areas.
		The General Strike, 1926 The Conservative Government proclaimed that by undertaking a General Strike the wide variety of essential industries that were threatening to discontinue their work were being unconstitutional.
		As a result Baldwin believed that a national strike was an unconstitutional attempt to undermine parliamentary democracy and, in...
	www.academicdb.com /general_strike__4505 (255 words)

	Permit issued by TUC allowing courier freedom of movement during General Strike, May 1926 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		During the General Strike of 1926 the General Council of the TUC assumed responsibility for the nationwide planning of the strike on behalf of the workers.
		Whilst the General Council of the TUC took overall control of national planning of the General Strike, it was bodies such as the Trades Councils and the newly formed Central Strike Coordinating Committees who organised the strike at the regional and district levels.
		The maintenance of communication was one of the main functions of the local Strike Committees and channels of communication could only be effectively maintained in strike conditions by the issuing of strike permits which allowed couriers to travel across the country with permission to pass through picket lines.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /redclyde/redclyde/rc204.htm (277 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		It is unsustainable both fiscally and in the eyes of the taxpayer for the public sector not to do the same." But at a meeting on Tuesday night, 13 unions, including Amicus, the GMB and the TGWU as well as the NUT, agreed to unite in opposition.
		Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison, said he had "never known the anger" caused by ministers' desire to impose the change by "diktat".
		Unless there was a compromise, Britain was facing "the biggest strike action since the General Strike" in 1926, he added.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/15/ntuc15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/15/ixnewstop.html (686 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Churchill warned on strike march
		It was planned amid the industrial strife which had peaked with the May 1926 General Strike.
		Although planned as a major protest, the march suffered from similar obstacles as the General Strike, with the left split over the involvement of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
		On the eve of the General Strike, opponents again played up the involvement of Communists, saying Moscow was funding the striking workers to the tune of £400,000.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/3758266.stm (691 words)

	BOOKWATCH: THE GENERAL STRIKE
		Both give a general outline of the events and explain the role of the trade unions and the failure of the left, especially the CPGB, in dealing with the historic events that were occurring.
		The strike was not defeated by the strong arm of the state or a lack of determination on the part of the strikers themselves.
		Although the General Strike did not reach the heights of a revolutionary movement, the mere shadow of revolution was enough to scare them.
	pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk /isj70/bookwatc.htm (4027 words)

	Learn more about 1926 in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		May 9 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
		May 12 - UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions ends (the strike began on May 3).
		November 15 - The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations (it was formed by Westinghouse, General Electric and RCA).
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /1/19/1926.html (929 words)

	General Strike report of the Associated Iron, Steel and Brass Dressers of Scotland, May 1926 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The effective flow of information between the TUC General Council and the different bodies organising the strike at regional, district and local levels was only made possible by the widespread use of volunteer couriers.
		The same methods were used to relay messages back to the TUC on levels of local support, strike breaking incidents and requests for advice and help in solving problems at the local level.
		Many of the problems encountered by the grass roots during the strike were as a result of ambiguities in the strike messages sent to unions, where only certain members of an individual trade union were called out and others were granted exemptions by the TUC.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /redclyde/redclyde/rc206.htm (236 words)

	BBC - History - General Strike 1926 - 27 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926.
		The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after nine days.
		The miners continued to strike but returned to work in August, accepting lower wages and longer hours.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/timelines/england/ear20_general_strike.shtml (164 words)

	Did you know?
		THE UK General Strike of 1926 lasted nine days, from May 3 to May 12, and was called by the TUC in an unsuccessful attempt to force the Government to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners.
		The Government had prepared for the strike for months and did whatever it could to keep the country moving.
		After the collapse of the General Strike, the miners maintained their resistance, but by October hardship forced many back to work.
	www.publicjobswales.co.uk /news/tm_objectid=15609066&method=full&siteid=50082-name_page.html (153 words)

	Twentieth century - a chronicle of events and literature
		First UK Labour government formed under Ramsey MacDonald (lasts nine months); Deaths of Lenin, Franz Kafka, and Joseph Conrad; Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain; E.M. Forster, A Passage to India; Nobel prize - W. Raymont (P).
		UK General Strike; first demonstration of television in UK; Fritz Lang, Metropolis; Nobel prize - G. Deledda (I).
		Neville Chamberlain UK prime minister; Destruction of Guernica; George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier; Nobel prize - Roger Martin du Gard (Fr).
	www.mantex.co.uk /ou/a319/a319-15a.htm (1041 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society \| Unions threaten 'biggest strike since 1926'
		Union leaders today warned the government that pushing through a rise in the public sector retirement age to 65 could provoke the biggest industrial action since the General Strike of 1926.
		Industrial action by eight unions protesting to the plan was only narrowly averted before the general election by the promise of talks.
		He pointed out that the successful ballots in March for industrial action would have brought out around 1.5 million public sector workers, making it the biggest stoppage since the 1926 General Strike.
	society.guardian.co.uk /publicfinances/story/0,12671,1569888,00.html (812 words)

	politics 1914-74 general bibliography
		Ainsworth,JH Accrington 1926: Comprehensive History of the General Strike as it affected Accrington and District
		Anstis,R Blood on Coal: The 1926 General Strike and Miners’ Lockout in the Forest of Dean
		Kibblewhite,L and Rigby,A Aberdeen in the General Strike
	www.le.ac.uk /history/teaching/HS2001_Ball.html (1018 words)

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