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General Strike - Coggle Diagram
General Strike
Strikes in British Industry had been falling since 1921
By the end of June 1925 mine owners announced wage reductions, a longer working day, and local wage agreements
Local Wage Agreements: Miners can charge whatever wages they want
Resulted from increased cost of coal
Return to Gold standard
Churchill
French withdrawal from the Ruhr
Made German coal available to global markets
Further Complications came from leadership of Miner's Union
"uncompromising president" (Murphy) - Herbert Smith and marxist secretary A J Cook
Cook had been General Secretary of the Miner's Federation of GB from 1924
Inspiring speaker
Refused all concessions in dealings with employers
TUC promised support for miners and general strike seemed certain
Trade Union Congress
Baldwin agreed with the industrialists
Industrialists wanted rationalisation
Wage cuts
31st July 1925 - Red Friday
Baldwing gave £23m subsidy to maintain miner wages while Royal commission by Sir Herbert Samuel enquired into mining industry
Nine month truce while GOV made plans to counter general strike
Unions were complacent and relied on sympathetic Samuel Report
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Breathing space to give GOV time for a showdown with miners
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Under pressure from right wing of the party to stand aside from the dispute
He did not