# General Strike (1926)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1926-general-strike
Categories: main-event

The Trades Union Congress called a nationwide strike in support of miners. Within the broader Early 20th Century & World Wars period, mass democracy, the two world wars, Irish partition, economic crisis and the rise of Labour remade the political and social order. This event is placed at May 1926 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The nine-day stoppage was the most dramatic industrial confrontation in modern British history.

## Why it matters
The nine-day stoppage was the most dramatic industrial confrontation in modern British history.

Ruler at the time: [George V](https://english-history.com/rulers/george-v)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — General Strike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=General+Strike&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — General Strike](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=General+Strike)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — twentieth-century resources](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/)