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Miners strikes / 1926 strike British industry stopped on 4th May, 1926 when between 3 and 4 million workers obeyed their Trade Unions and stopped work when a General Strike was declared in sympathy with the miners. Mine owners wanted the colliers to work longer hours for less pay. The miners themselves wanted a national basic wage, seven hours work per day and the pits to be re-nationalised, as they had been during World War I. It lasted for seven months and the miners returned to district wage settlements, and an increase in working hours. Click the image or highlighted words to see a larger version of the photograph and its description. It may take a while to download. |
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