1921 UK miners' strike

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The 1921 UK miners' strike was a major post-World War I industrial dispute in Britain, marked by widespread coal miners' action over wage reductions and working conditions and culminating in the failed "Black Friday" solidarity with other unions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
industrial dispute ⓘ
labour strike ⓘ
miners' strike ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1921 coal dispute ⓘ
1921 miners' lockout ⓘ
conflictType labour–management conflict ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs major post-World War I industrial dispute in Britain ⓘ
economicContext postwar recession in Britain ⓘ
endTime 1921-06-28 ⓘ
followedBy 1926 United Kingdom general strike ⓘ
follows 1912 national coal strike ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
hasCause dispute over working conditions in coal mines ⓘ
owners' attempt to introduce district-based wage agreements ⓘ
post-World War I economic difficulties ⓘ
return of coal industry to private ownership after wartime control ⓘ
wage reductions for coal miners ⓘ
hasEffect collapse of Triple Alliance solidarity ⓘ
defeat for British coal miners ⓘ
reduction in miners' wages ⓘ
weakening of trade union bargaining power in early 1920s ⓘ
industry mining ⓘ
location England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
notableOutcome failure of Black Friday solidarity action ⓘ
loss of confidence in Triple Alliance among miners ⓘ
opposedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

coal mine owners ⓘ
organizedBy Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ
participant Miners' Federation of Great Britain ⓘ
National Union of Railwaymen ⓘ
Transport Workers' Federation ⓘ
Triple Alliance ⓘ
coal miners in the United Kingdom ⓘ
trade unions in Britain ⓘ
partOf history of the British coal industry ⓘ
history of the labour movement in the United Kingdom ⓘ
interwar labour unrest in Britain ⓘ
sector coal industry ⓘ
significantEvent Black Friday (1921) ⓘ
startTime 1921-03-31 ⓘ
timePeriod post-World War I era ⓘ
topic coal mining ⓘ
industrial relations ⓘ
trade unionism ⓘ

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