From 1911-14 were the Trade Unions a threat to British society?

... From 1911-14 were the Trade Unions a threat to British society? The five years or so before the First World War showed a dramatic upsurge in the amount of strike action taking place and historians such as Halevy, Cole and Postgate have argued that this was brought about by a desire from the workers to follow the principles of syndicalism. In other words, they wished to take 'direct action' instead of following the constitutional system of politics, in order that they may first take control of the country's industry and then total control of the whole country. The historians who advocate this theory list various reasons for their belief. To begin with, they point to the fact that the railwaymen, transport workers and miners had amalgamated into the Triple Alliance, which could mark the start of a union for the whole of industry and henceforth increasing the chances of a general

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