1. Who was to blame for the General Strike of 1926?
... of time shortly after with revolutions abroad, the disruption of family life and inflation all adding to social pressures. The miners had been calling for nationalisation of the mines since the 1890s, nationalisation would make their work safer and would result in national wage levels. In an essay by Joyce ... Howson she comments on the miners role in society and how they were often seen as the "barometer" of industrial relations" if it ... happened to the miners, it happened to the rest of the work force soon after, so very often, the state of the mines reflected the state of Britain'...
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