B ; trade unions ; strike + gov '26 ; reasons for failure 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain from 1750A2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 19-05-18 10:34 EXTENT OF GENERAL STRIKE DFGD 1 of 54 strike ran from 3rd may til? 12th may 2 of 54 how many workers came together in support of already locked out 1M miners? 1.5M-1.75M 3 of 54 when did TUC begin making arrangements for industrial action? 27th may 4 of 54 TGWU's gensec bevin believed strike to be success in terms of? support 5 of 54 failure of general strike cannot be attributed to lack of what? worker solidarity 6 of 54 they called out how many workers within a day with litte preparations? 1.5M 7 of 54 most owrkers from where? transport / power stations / printing / building / chemical industries / joining 8 of 54 on final day of strike these were joined by which two groups? shipbuilders / engineers 9 of 54 much credit belongs to bevin and which group that directed this unrest? Powers and Orders Committee 10 of 54 secured how many agreements from powerstations to cut electricity in London? 10 11 of 54 local responses to calls for action often quite competent like in bradford? bradford council o action well org and called out nearly 10,000 workers on strike 12 of 54 strike found almost what % support there? 100% 13 of 54 how many workers in leeds united on strike? 40,000 14 of 54 ad york? 7,000 15 of 54 what % all locomotive drivers / firemen went on strike? 98% 16 of 54 in quiet towns like torquay who came out? railwayment 17 of 54 what % GWR workers went on strike? 80% 18 of 54 yet despite this organisation extent was? far from perfect 19 of 54 whathappened with the power stations? many stayed in operation 20 of 54 while who only ever had symbolic ctrl over movement? Strike Organising Committee 21 of 54 many workers continued working who strikers called? 'blacklegs' 22 of 54 on merseyside out of 91 1k tonne ships in port on 4th may how many had already left by 15th may? 25 23 of 54 was strike as effective as leaders would've liked? no 24 of 54 but suppoert was? considerable 25 of 54 TUC'S CAPITULATION DGDS 26 of 54 why did strike stop on 12th may? TUC called off 27 of 54 what did arthur james cook gensec of MFGB blame for this? james thomas and TUC leaders 28 of 54 cook probably correctly believed they never fully did what? supported militancy 29 of 54 by calling off strike what did general council appear to do? betray workers it represented 30 of 54 thomas even admitted what himself in HoC? wanted to end strike before it got out of hand 31 of 54 thomas and general council eager for wha? protest not to extend past industrial dispute 32 of 54 so why did general council grow increasingly keen to cut deal? when churchill alleged revolution was unfolding 33 of 54 @ same time what brought about pessimism among TUC leaders that victory was impossible? black friday memz 34 of 54 which of governments claims were persuasive? that they had to protect nation from trade unions 35 of 54 chance to withdraw came from who that offered tosettle the dispute? herbert samuel chair of the coal commission 36 of 54 TUC believed samuel would offer for? face-saving solution 37 of 54 what did he propose? coal ind. reorganised and miners' wages cut for one year 38 of 54 what woudl be est to make sure wages fair? National Wage Board 39 of 54 who rejected this? mines 40 of 54 TUC then suggested what? wage redyctuib after reorganisation of industry 41 of 54 but who refused to consider this? MFGB 42 of 54 what was this proposal known as? 'Samuel Memorandum' 43 of 54 when was it rejected? 11th may 44 of 54 when did general council meet with baldwin to announce the end of the strike? 12th may 45 of 54 bevin tried to get what agreement made? that baldwin wouldn't victimise any strikers 46 of 54 did he get it? no 47 of 54 who sent out orders to end strike? pugh and citrine 48 of 54 workers supported strike and gov org effective response but what was TUC stance? general council never believed wages could be protected 49 of 54 desperately hoped what would be enforced? Samuel Memorandum 50 of 54 but who were being dicks about it? MFGB 51 of 54 also doubt who ekse would b able to support suggestions? baldwin 52 of 54 proposals would have involved gov committing to doing what? help sustain wages 53 of 54 and after what event could he not afford any compromise? red friday 54 of 54
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