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| During the General Strike of May 1926, more than 2.5 million workers from many industries went on strike. | However, after just 9 days the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called off the strike without gaining any concessions (agreements). |
| Main Causes: - Long term tensions in mining - A post-war industrial slump - Dispute between mine owners and unions over the Samuel Commission's report. | - The Government called off negotiations with the TUC after workers on the the Daily Mail refused to print an anti-strike editorial. - Unlike during the miners' strikes in 1921, other unions in the Triple Alliance agreed to strike with the miners. |
| Communism and Socialism: There was a communist revolution in Russia in 1917. | The Conservative Government and non-working classes feared British workers gaining the same power. |
| Some source clues for the exam: The British Gazette was the Government's newspaper. The British Worker was the newspaper of the TUC. | This will help you evaluate the reliability and purpose if you come across sources from these newspapers. |
| The strike failed because: TUC leaders didn't think a general strike would work - they tried to negotiate and pressured the Miners' Union to accept the Samuel Commission's report. | The strike failed because: The vast majority of TUC leaders were not communists and worried that a general strike would be seen as an attempted revolution. |
| The strike failed because: TUC leaders weren't allowed to speak on the radio and had limited space in newspapers as the government controlled newsprint. | The strike failed because: TUC leaders didn't plan the strike very well. It was more by luck than organisation that the strike was well supported. |
| The strike failed because: TUC leaders felt they were losing control of the strike in some areas and were worried about public opinion if strikers turned to violence. | The strike failed because: The Government saw the General Strike as a huge threat so were determined to end it without giving in to any of the strikers' demands. |
| The strike failed because: The Government was united in thinking the strike was an attack on the state itself and 'political' not 'economic'. | The strike failed because: The Government has almost total control of the media so the general public only heard what the government wanted them to. |
| The strike failed because: 'Red Friday' 1925: The Government subsidies delayed miners' wage cuts 9 months so the government had time to stockpile resources and set up the OMS (Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies) to train volunteers to replace striking workers. | The strike failed because: The Government used extra police and the army to keep control - their presence on the streets must have been frightening to the general public. |
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