During the nationwide Miners' Strike of 1984, women protested alongside their husbands, fathers and brothers, to oppose the closure of 28 south Wales pits. As well as protesting about the loss of jobs ...

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 ...

"In 1926, I was five years of age. The General Strike lasted only about nine days and then the other unions withdrew, they left the miners and we were out for about nine months.

LONDON, May 4, 1926 (UP) -- Fifty million people were plunged into economic chaos today as Britain's great general strike became effective. Workers believed in position to stand stoppage for two ...

BRITAIN’S one and only nationwide general strike was called by the TUC general council on Saturday May 1 1926, and began at midnight two days later. It was a response to the employers’ lockout 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 ...

This is a letter to my Grandfather authorising him to act as Strike Picket at Marylebone Railway station in the General Strike of 1926, with the badges that he would have worn. The strike lasted ...

In Winnipeg, tensions would explode. The Winnipeg General Strike culminated in the outbreak of violence. Pictured here, strikers overturn a streetcar during a protest on June 21, 1919.