Posted on May 15, 2019May 19, 2019 by Erik Chipchase dieselfutures: British Army during 1926 General Strike During the war, the coal industry, like the rail industry, had been nationalized. On 1 April 1921, the mines were privatized again. The mine owners might have reacted to the crisis in their industry by investing in their mines with new equipment to raise productivity, but instead sought to protect their profits by immediately threatening to lower their workers’ wages. The miners’ trade union, the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) turned to their trade union colleagues for help.
Posted on May 15, 2019February 1, 2021 by Erik Chipchase dieselfutures: British Army during 1926 General Strike During the war, the coal industry, like the rail industry, had been nationalized. On 1 April 1921, the mines were privatized again. The mine owners might have reacted to the crisis in their industry by investing in their mines with new equipment to raise productivity, but instead sought to protect their profits by immediately threatening to lower their workers’ wages. The miners’ trade union, the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) turned to their trade union colleagues for help.