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1926 General Strike (Samuel Commission (Royal commission, Pit head baths…
1926 General Strike
Samuel Commission
Royal commission
Pit head baths and decent housing
National wage agreement
Against lengthening day
Nationalise mining industries
10% pay cut
Causes
Growth of trade unions and industrial action
Influence after WW1
Refusal of dockers to load munitions to help the opponents of Russian Communism in 1920
Red Clydeside demanded 40 hour weeks and opposed cuts
1919 Railway Strike made the government abandon proposals of wage reduction
1920 Coal Strike was supported by railway unions and secured wage rises from the government who still controlled mines
Not politically radical and union solidarity proved limited
Authorities banned unions to the police force
Low employment gave workers leverage
Strikes threatened to reduce production
High demand of products
Mining industry
Government nationalised during the war but handed back in 1921
Mine owners wanted to cut wages
Miners were abandoned on Black Friday by Triple Alliance
Problems of the Coal Industry
Shortage of coal in the mining industry
Bad conditions
1922-24 3,603 dead and 567,193 injured
Role of government
Return of gold standard
Threatened wage cuts
31/07/1925
Grant a subsidy to coal to maintain wages and hours for nine months
Announced Samuel Commission
Actions of miners
Unhappy about suggested cuts
Support from the National Union leaders
Refused to cooperate with MacMillan
Pay cuts between 13% and 48% but owners were to retain national rate of profit
Short term causes
Deadlock over Samuel report
Not a penny off the pay, not a minute on the day
Baldwin refused to impose a settlement