General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national ...

An article by Tom Brown on the 1926 general strike, which originally appeared in War Commentary Nov-Dec 1942. Republished as a pamphlet by… Published in 1977 by Aberdeen People's Press, this book ...

Gawain Little, general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), co-ordinating the project, said: “The 100th anniversary of the 1926 strike is a critical celebration of the power of ...

For eight days in May 1926 thousands of workers went on strike in support of the miners, who were being asked by the private mine owners to accept a 13% pay cut and lengthier shifts. In response ...

It was during the General Strike of 1926 that women first took to the streets to defend men's right to a decent wage. Miners' wives attacked the blacklegs - the workers who weren't striking - as ...

The 1926 General Strike sees some 1.7 million UK industrial workers strike for nine days over wages and working conditions. Many newspapers stop printing during this time, leaving limited ways for ...

The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to download the Adobe Flash player. A strike over ...