THE 1926 GENERAL STRIKE
This was the nine day struggle that shook British Society.
One million miners were locked out by the mine employers because
they would not accept wage cuts and working long hours. The slogan
of the miners was :
" Not a penny off the pay; not a second on the day"
The miners were supported by the British trade union movement
and for nine days three million workers struck work.
This was the first page of a broadsheet published
by the National Union of Mineworkers to commemorate the 50th Anniversary
of the Strike.
HERITAGE PROJECT
In 2001 Edinburgh TUC obtained funding
from the Heritage Lottery Fund to publish a multimedia CD on the
1926 General Strike. The research for this CD has now been competed
and we are in the middle of the design work.
The CD is due to be finished by the end of this year (2003).
Edinburgh TUC is committed, by the
terms of the grant, to distribute one free CD to every school
and college in Scotland. Thereafter copies will made available
to the public and the labour movement at cost price.
* More will be added to this site
about the CD and the resources collected.
If you have any queries get in
touch.