B ; trade unions ; ext inc inf '15-'19 ; 40-hr strike '19 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 15-05-18 20:09 when was a glasgow local general strike organisd for 40-hr week? jan '19 1 of 30 by who? Joint Strike Committee 2 of 30 with war over what happened to the millions of men conscripted demobilised and looking for work 3 of 30 JSC of glasgow calculated solution of labour surplus was? reduce hours employees worked to 40 a week (like any logical person would) 4 of 30 in early '19 shipbuilders / engineers on clyde + belfast ahd requested reduction in working hrs from 53 to? 47 5 of 30 what happened here? agreed to 6 of 30 which pushed trade unions to? move for even shorter weeks 7 of 30 several wacky glasgy TUs wanted try get how long weeks? 30hr 8 of 30 most intense strike action hwere? belfast 9 of 30 so why does the course bum off the clyde? more dramatic 10 of 30 in glasgy authorities flipped a **** and thought what was happening? revlotuion 11 of 30 in panic dispatched what all over the city? tanks and troops 12 of 30 what was the 'battle of george square' riot broke out there bc police tried to disperse protesters 13 of 30 this general strike marked change in attitude from? non-political wartime strikes 14 of 30 why? trade unions realised strength of militant protest to influence gov policy 15 of 30 what thing struck socialist revolution fears? red flag being raised 16 of 30 unrest spread to london and who went on strike? underground workers 17 of 30 between which months did it seem britain was on verge of revolution? feb - march '19 18 of 30 RED CLYDESIDE DFGD 19 of 30 through fears socialist agitation whathappened to trade union infleunce? increased 20 of 30 what did churchill remark about them in '19? they were effective device for preventing discontent of post-war unemp + reduced wages 21 of 30 unions benefitted from fear of revolution as gov hoped what? trade unionists would ctrl industrial unrest 22 of 30 revolutions required military suppression but trade unions could be appeased by? negotiation 23 of 30 why is this different from glasgow '19? they overreacted and thought it was a rev so prematurely sent in troops 24 of 30 glasgow never really area of socialist revolution but from '19-'22 did become centre of? labour support 25 of 30 in dec '18 how many out o 15 glasgy seats did labour win? 1 26 of 30 and in '22? 10 27 of 30 group glaswegian mps included which 2 boiss? shinwell + maxton 28 of 30 they formed a united political grp @ parliament determined to do what? improve working class conditions 29 of 30 core of scottish labour mps had 1sthand esperience of what? how org ind militancy could secure political reform 30 of 30
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