The General Strike of 1926, and the Turning-Point of 1932–3

Abstract

THE General Strike of 1926 has often been regarded as a major turning-point in the history of trade unionism. Bullock sees it as such [13: ch. 13], and Pelling also treats it as a major landmark [54]. In one important sense it obviously was an important landmark: it was the first and last occasion on which massive industrial action was used in an industrial dispute in Britain.