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MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 17 hours ago

Today in Labor History February 26, 1912: A coal strike began in Derbyshire, England. It developed into a nationwide General Strike on March 1. They were fighting for a minimum wage. After 37 days, the government gave them a minimum wage with the Coal Mines Act.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #generalstrike #mining #coal #minimumwage #uk #mining #coal #union #england

A sketch by Boardman Robinson (drawn in reference to the coal strikes of 1912 in the United States and United Kingdom) depicting a miner emerging out of the earth with a pick axe and head seeking the light above. By Boardman Robinson - The Masses ( Vol. 3, No. 6 ), New York: The Masses Publishing Co., 1912-06https://library.brown.edu/cds/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1360937484387398&view=pageturner&pageno=4, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75299497
A sketch by Boardman Robinson (drawn in reference to the coal strikes of 1912 in the United States and United Kingdom) depicting a miner emerging out of the earth with a pick axe and head seeking the light above. By Boardman Robinson - The Masses ( Vol. 3, No. 6 ), New York: The Masses Publishing Co., 1912-06https://library.brown.edu/cds/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1360937484387398&view=pageturner&pageno=4, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75299497
A sketch by Boardman Robinson (drawn in reference to the coal strikes of 1912 in the United States and United Kingdom) depicting a miner emerging out of the earth with a pick axe and head seeking the light above. By Boardman Robinson - The Masses ( Vol. 3, No. 6 ), New York: The Masses Publishing Co., 1912-06https://library.brown.edu/cds/repository2/repoman.php?verb=render&id=1360937484387398&view=pageturner&pageno=4, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75299497
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