General Strike of 1926
Time: May, 1926
Place: United Kingdom
Details: During the General Strike of 1926, Churchill edited the British Gazette, the government's anti-strike propaganda newspaper. After the strike ended, he acted as an intermediary between striking miners and their employers. He later called for the introduction of a legally binding minimum wage.
‹ Earlier in historyIncreased unemployed in the Weimar Republic1926 Later in history ›Elizabeth's II baptizedSaturday May 29, 1926
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