1926 United Kingdom general strike

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1926 United Kingdom general strike
Tyldesley miners outside the Miners' Hall during the strike
Date	4–12 May 1926
Caused by	Mine owners' intention to reduce miners' wages
Goals	Higher wages and improved working conditions
Methods	General strike
Resulted in	Strike called off
Parties
Trades Union Congress Miners' Federation Sympathy strikers Government of the United Kingdom Conservative Party
Lead figures
Walter Citrine A. J. Cook Jessie Eden George V Stanley Baldwin
Number
1.5–1.75 million

The 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926.^[1] It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners. Some 1.7 million workers went out, especially in transport and heavy industry.

It was a sympathy strike, with many of those who were not miners and not directly affected striking to support the locked-out miners. The government was well prepared, and enlisted middle class volunteers to maintain essential services. There was little violence and the TUC gave up in defeat.