Britain - What were the causes and the consequences of the General Strike of 1926?

In 1919 the government set up the Sankey Commission to decide what should be done with the coal mines. It was recommended by the Commission that the coal mines should be nationalisation, keeping the mines under the control of the government. The problem at this point was that the government was dominated by Conservatives and in 1921 they decided to give the mines back to their previous owners. The price of coal had gone down dramatically by …

…general strike could never be held again. The Trade Union Act stated that in the future all trade unions could only collect money from their members to support the Labour Party if the members agreed individually. The numbers of people that contributed to the Labour Party fell by 35% and the Trade Union Membership fell by 30%. Many of the strikers, particularly railway workers, were victimised by their employers; they had lost their jobs or were demoted.