A general strike took place in the United Kingdom from 4 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to
Tyldesley miners outside the Miners' Hall during the strike
The Subsidised Mineowner—Poor Beggar! from Trade Union Unity Magazine (1925)
Special Committee of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress at Downing Street, ready to discuss the mining crisis with Baldwin
Foraging for coal during the strike
Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine, was one of the leading British and international trade unionists of the twentieth century and a notable public figure. Yet, apart from his renowned guide to
Citrine, photographed c. 1939
My Finnish Diary Citrine's favourable account of his visit to Finland during its Winter War against the Soviet Union.