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General strike chronology
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- 1Jan 1919?-Strikes in Clydeside Glasgow - 90k
-Broken up by force using police + tanks - 21920 Act?-Emergency powers Act
-Extended government power in case of crisis such as general strike - 31921?-Increasing confrontation between gov + industry - withdraw government funding of mines + reject sankey commission
-Triple alliance announce general strike in April to support miners - 4Black Friday?-21st April
-Government divides triple alliance by sending in troops to areas of strike - causes railway + transport workers to pull out - 5Why did Baldwin initiate a 9 month subsidy in 1925?-Mine owners announced wage cuts + increased hours to make coal more competitive
-Miners threaten embargo on transport of coal
-Subsidy announced to avoid conflict
-Sammuel commission set up to investigate long term problems - 6March 1926?-Commission recommends ending subsidy + temporary wage cuts as coal industry is reorganised
- 7Response of mine owners to Samuel commission?-Reject it
-Announce unilateral wage reduction beginning April - 8Reaction of miners to lockout?-Appeal to TUC for support
- 9TUC reaction to miners call?-Negotiate with gov on behalf of miners with threat of general strike
-Negotiations break down 2-3 of May
-Call general strike - 10Why did the TUC get involved in 1925?-The conflict was symbolic of the crisis within British industry
-If the miners lost out it would have a big impact on other industries too - 11What preparations did the government make under the 9 month subsidy?-Set up the Organisation for maintenance of supplies
-Coordinated 100k volunteers to help the army to manage essential supplies - 12What did the TUC set up in 1921?-General council to coordinate a general strike if necessary
- 13What was the TUC's position on calling a general strike?-Knew it would potentially negatively affect workers from many other industries
-Used as more of a threat
-Unprepared for the full scale of the conflict - 14Why did the TUC call off the strike?-Had no means of forcing the gov to negotiate on the dispute
-Had no option once it became clear that Baldwin wouldn't budge
-Also fear that the strike would be taken over by extremists - 15Failures of the TUC in creating an effective strike?-Didn't take time to prepare under the subsidy
-Underestimated the government - partial war vs. total war
-Caution lead to indecisive leadership - sailors told to strike a day before called off
-Running out of funds - used 4 mil/12mil in 9 days
-Got rid of pro-strike press by calling printers strike
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