Reasons why the General Strike 1926 Failed
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- Created on: 30-11-19 18:15
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- Reasons the 1926 General Strike Failed
- TUC problems
- TUC leaders never wanted a GS (moderate men who hoped SB would back down like on Red Friday 1925)
- TUC overtaken by Daily Mail Printers strike. Still tired to negotiate
- TUC NO DETAILED PLAN FOR GS (only on eve of strike hurried by TGWU) did they start planning
- Took first opportunity to end strike- Samuel Memorandum
- TUC only have £4mil
- Gov spent approx £435 million
- Other Unions
- Not a proper General Strike, only selected unions took part (eg transport and railway workers, printers, workers in heavy industries)
- Lack of cohesion and organisation, some areas simply ignored the call and carried on working
- Government
- Red Friday July 1925, allowed Gov 1 year to prepare for Strike
- Government used EMERGENCY POWERS ACT of 1920 , allowed for the ORGANISATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF SUPPLIES (OMS) national network of voluntary workers to maintain vital services
- Gov spent approx £435 million
- Public Support
- Sympathy from ordinary people, little active support or funding
- Volunteers tended to support the GOV eg Ex-Servicemen enrolled as special constables + uni students volunteered as bus/train drivers
- BBC neutral, said nothing critical of GOV/ supportive of workers
- Limited aims of Strikers
- Very few strikers radical. Wanted peaceful and responsible dispute
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- TUC problems
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