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The Causes of the General Strike 1926 On 4th May 1926 one million miners and two and a half million other workers were called out on strike by the Trade Union Congress. The strike lasted for an unprecedented eight days, until 12th May. There were three main causes to the General Strike: Britain's economic crisis during this period, the problems within the coal industry and the Government's policy towards the strike. The root cause of the General Strike, however, was the conflict within the coal industry. For a brief period immediately following the first world war, Britain faced a boom. Workers were in a strong position and business was optimistic, believing that world demand for British goods would increase and trading would return to the success it had prior to the war. However, in the spring of 1920, Britain experienced their worst economic slump in history. This was caused by a poor...

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