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Why did the General Strike of 1926 fail? There are many reasons why the General Strike of 1926 failed, but these can be separated into the power of the Government and the failings of the miners and the TUC. On May 3rd 1926 the General Strike was called. The Daily Mail compositors had refused to include an article that attacked the General Strike idea, in his response Stanley Baldwin called off all negotiations between the TUC and the Government declaring that the General Strike had in fact "already begun". It was this sudden start that gave the Government an advantage over the miners. The Emergency Powers Act also gave the Government an advantage, as they had been very well organised in preparations for the Strike. The OMS (Organisation for Maintenance of Supplies) was immediately called into action - organising the distribution of supplies and recruiting volunteers to take over in place of...

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