THE GENERAL STRIKE

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Mind Map on THE GENERAL STRIKE, created by Charlotte johnson on 04/11/2014.
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THE GENERAL STRIKE
  1. The Build up.
    1. Caused by problems in the coal mining industry
      1. Mine owners were trying to cut pay and increase working hours.
        1. Conditions in the industry had been good during WW1 when the government had nationalised the mining industry
        2. Coal was important to the economy- provided heat and power.
          1. The unions for the miners, transport workers and railwaymen formed te Triple Industrial Alliance (TIA).
            1. They agreed to support each other
            2. In 1921, the miners went on strike.
              1. The leader of the railway union (J.H. Thomas) refused to join in and the strike failed.
                1. This event was known as Black Friday.
                2. In 1925, the TIA threatened to strike again.
                  1. The Conservative government gave a 9 month subsidy to stop wage cuts
                    1. This was known as Red Friday (31 July 1925)
                  2. The government set up the Samuel Commission to investigate the problems of the mining industry.
                    1. It said the miners should take a small pay cut.
                    2. The miners were unrealistic and refused any wage cuts.
                      1. The motto of the miners was "Not a penny off the pay, not a minute off the day "
                    3. Government Tactics
                      1. The Government were well prepared for the strike.
                        1. The government gave the miners a Subsidy in 1925 to buy them time to prepare for the strike.
                          1. They divided the country into regions with a head quarters in each one.
                            1. Resources were stockpiled- such as food, emergency electricity to stop the strike having an impact.
                              1. Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies (OMS) set up to recruit and train 'volunteer labour'. They could do the jobs whilst the strike havng impact.
                                1. The media was controlled- the government decided what the public would hear about the strike. This made many reports about the strike biased.
                                  1. The government recruited special constables to help police the strike.
                                    1. Plans were made for using the army to maitain supplies and fight against strikers.
                                    2. The events of the General Strike 4 May -13 May 1926
                                      1. TUC leaders called a General Strike for 4 May 1926. The TUC had not orgaised the strike properly- but millions of workers went on strike anyway.
                                        1. The government produced a newspaper called The British Gazette to attack the strike.
                                          1. The TUC had a newspaper called British Worker which was only 4 pages long because the governmet took control of supplies of newsprint.
                                          2. The BBC refused to allow union leaders to speak on the radio.
                                            1. The BBC said it did this because the courts had ruled the General strike as being illegal.
                                            2. The strike was mainly peaceful but over 5,000 strikers were arrested.
                                              1. The strike was successful and public transport did come to a stop.
                                              2. After only 9 days the TUC called off the strike as they felt they were losing control of the strike.
                                                1. They feared there could be a revolution.
                                                2. In November 1926 the miners were forced back to work by hunger and poverty.
                                                  1. In 1927 the Conservative government made all general and 'sympathy' strikes illegal
                                                  2. The General Strike- a failure in Leadership
                                                    1. The TUC had never wanted a strike and wanted the miners to accept a pay cut. They tried to sort out the strike.
                                                      1. The TUC were against the strike because...
                                                        1. It challenged the rule of the government and was potentially revolutionary.
                                                          1. It was too big to control- public opinion could turn against unions completely if it went wrong.
                                                            1. The TUC thought the miners were unrealistic.
                                                              1. They were worried about Communism. There had been a Communist revoltion in Russia in 1917.
                                                              2. The TUC wanted a peaceful strike- not one that threatened the rule of the government.
                                                                1. But the government said the General Strike as an attack on the state- thw TUC were not in full control of the strike.
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