General Strike of 1926 (UK)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/General_Strike_of_1926_(UK)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:affectedIndustry	coal mining docks railways transport iron and steel printing building trades gas and electricity
gptkbp:cause	dispute over coal miners' wages and working conditions
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:duration	9 days
gptkbp:endDate	1926-05-12
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Trade_Disputes_and_Trade_Unions_Act_1927
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	General Strike of 1926 (UK)
gptkbp:legacy	influenced future labor relations in the UK
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Trade_Disputes_and_Trade_Unions_Act_1927
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:British_Gazette gptkb:British_Worker
gptkbp:notableEvent	emergency powers invoked by government food convoys protected by police and army limited violence and arrests publication of the British Gazette volunteers kept essential services running
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Winston_Churchill gptkb:A._J._Cook gptkb:Stanley_Baldwin gptkb:Arthur_Pugh gptkb:J._H._Thomas Ernest Bevin
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK) gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Winston_Churchill police
gptkbp:organizer	gptkb:Trades_Union_Congress
gptkbp:participants	over 1.5 million workers
gptkbp:precededBy	coal industry wage reductions
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:British_labor_movement interwar period Miners' Strike of 1926
gptkbp:result	strike ended without miners' demands being met
gptkbp:significance	largest industrial dispute in British history
gptkbp:startDate	1926-05-03
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Trades_Union_Congress coal miners
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Labor_History
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7