The General Strike

The General Strike

1. Causes of the Miners Strike

   • WWI
   • Coal production at its lowest
   • Fall in coal prices
   • reintroduction of gold standard
   • mine owners
   • nationalisation
   • samuel report

2. Causes of the General Strike

   • support for miners
   • economic depression

3. results of the strike

   • miners were defeated
   • failed because...
     • government was prepared
     • middle classes were against it
     • Labour and TUC betrayed strikers

4. Consequences of the Strike

   • TUC ruined
   • Trades Dispute Act 1927
   • Labour Party won 1929 election
   • discouraged reduction of wages