General Strike: London
TitleGeneral Strike: London
ReferenceEVT/GENSTRIKE/2/1
Date
1926
Production date 1926 - 1926
Scope and ContentMetropolitan Railway circular from RH Selbie General Manager, urging return to work, Baker St. station
Great Western Railway notice regarding re-instatement of staff at end of strike, Paddington
London and North Eastern Railways
- Message to the LNER staff from Ralph Wedgwood, Chief General Manager taking stock of the strike as to 9 May 1926
- Note headed Execs. of 3 unions. Thursday May 13 regarding the end of the strike and return to work
- Copy of a notice issued by Chief General Manager Ralph Wedgwood regarding rumours of wage reductions
Two letters from RA Mann, chair strike committee, regarding painters working but carpenters striking
Notes regarding East India Dock return to work; the supposed closure of the the Outpatient Department at London Hospital
Electrical Trades Union letters regarding a call for mass picket to stop return to work at Electric Dynamo, London SE 15
General Strike Committees in London: list of secretaries, TU committees, offices
Intelligence Department notes on food supply arrangements and picketing in Bow Road
Poplar Trades Council of Action correspondence and circulars
Transport and General Workers Union area no.1
- letter to TUC regarding activities of the area
- handwritten note regarding transportation of soldiers and food
Central Strike Committee (Camberwell) Representative accreditation form
Circular entitled A Westminster Frame Up: Provocateur Gets Busy published by the Workers' Defence Corps
Bethnal Green Trades Council and Borough Labour Party letter to the TUC regarding strike action in the area
Extracts from London Broadcast 6 May 1926 giving updates on the strike
The General Strike of 1926, essay by H Noble
Note regarding the provenance of a typewriter used by the Hackney Strike Committee
National Union of Vehicle Builders note regarding the return to work
St. Pancras Piano Workers (Central Strike Committee)
- Note re: strike committee and funding
- various circulars
- information on Herrburger Brooks compiled by the Labour Research Department
Action Factories subsidary agreement
Handwritten notes
Lewisham Council of Action reports to the TUC on the progress of the strike
Great Western Railway notice regarding re-instatement of staff at end of strike, Paddington
London and North Eastern Railways
- Message to the LNER staff from Ralph Wedgwood, Chief General Manager taking stock of the strike as to 9 May 1926
- Note headed Execs. of 3 unions. Thursday May 13 regarding the end of the strike and return to work
- Copy of a notice issued by Chief General Manager Ralph Wedgwood regarding rumours of wage reductions
Two letters from RA Mann, chair strike committee, regarding painters working but carpenters striking
Notes regarding East India Dock return to work; the supposed closure of the the Outpatient Department at London Hospital
Electrical Trades Union letters regarding a call for mass picket to stop return to work at Electric Dynamo, London SE 15
General Strike Committees in London: list of secretaries, TU committees, offices
Intelligence Department notes on food supply arrangements and picketing in Bow Road
Poplar Trades Council of Action correspondence and circulars
Transport and General Workers Union area no.1
- letter to TUC regarding activities of the area
- handwritten note regarding transportation of soldiers and food
Central Strike Committee (Camberwell) Representative accreditation form
Circular entitled A Westminster Frame Up: Provocateur Gets Busy published by the Workers' Defence Corps
Bethnal Green Trades Council and Borough Labour Party letter to the TUC regarding strike action in the area
Extracts from London Broadcast 6 May 1926 giving updates on the strike
The General Strike of 1926, essay by H Noble
Note regarding the provenance of a typewriter used by the Hackney Strike Committee
National Union of Vehicle Builders note regarding the return to work
St. Pancras Piano Workers (Central Strike Committee)
- Note re: strike committee and funding
- various circulars
- information on Herrburger Brooks compiled by the Labour Research Department
Action Factories subsidary agreement
Handwritten notes
Lewisham Council of Action reports to the TUC on the progress of the strike
Extent1 folder
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordMetropolitan Railway, Great Western Railway, London and North Eastern Railway, Electrical Trades Union, National Union of Vehicle Builders
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationAG General Strike Box 4 (Room 36)