General Strike, day 3.

Like most cities and towns, Bath's trade unions were organised under a local committee which directed the strike locally: they initially received a "magnificent response" from their members.

A major frustration was the lack of reliable information from further afield. On 6 May, Bath Trades and Labour Council wrote to London requesting copies of the TUC paper 'British Worker' and a reply to an earlier letter: "Why no news?"

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Ireland: Fuel Protests Show the Way

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One hundred years ago today, millions of British workers walked off the job in a general strike

It’s difficult to imagine, in our age of labor quiescence, the impact of the great British general strike, which began 100 years ago today and reached every city and town in Britain

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Baldwin caved then to general strike threats, offering mines short-term subsidies. But perhaps it was naive. Unions also under-prepared to avoid ...

It was the biggest demonstration of working-class “selflessness, loyalty, creativity and resolve” that Britain has ever seen. And it all started at the Daily Mail.…#DowningStreet #CentenaryofGeneralStrike #UKLabourParty #UKpolitics #PM #KeirStarmer #HouseofCommons #Chancellor #primeMinister #Politics #GeneralStrike #Government #RachelReeves #Labour #MPs #LabourParty #Parliament
‘General strike 1926: Why it happened, failed and couldn’t happen now’ – LabourList

Today in Labor History May 4, 1926: Workers started a General Strike in the U.K. Unions called the strike to force the government to prevent wage reductions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners. The strike lasted until May 12. Over 1.7 million workers participated. However, the TUC (Trades Union Congress) limited participation to just a few unions because they feared the revolutionary potential of a full blown General Strike. In their newspaper, they wrote: “The General Strike. . . is the road to anarchy.”

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The #GeneralStrike began 100 years ago #OnThisDay

It was quickly defeated, but it would rupture and recast the landscape of #Britishpolitics. For some, the strikers’ failure was an opportunity.

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