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| Conservative PM after Bonar Law resigned in May 1923. He became PM again after Labour's defeat in the 1924 General Election. |
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| Private companies operating mines in 1923 |
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| One of the strongest mining unions formed in 1889, which sponsored many working class MPs such as Keir Hardie. |
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| The Union of the Trade Unions of Mining, Transport and Railways. |
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| Passed 1920, allowed governments to use troops to break up strikes. |
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| In 1920, temporary 6-month pay rises agreed. |
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| Mines returned to private ownership after nationalisation in WW1 |
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| Miners, dockers and train workers negotiated pay settlement with the government. |
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| Coal exports in 1921. All major coal importers except Belgium were buying less coal in 1925 than they had pre-war. |
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| Temporary recovery as strikes in the Ruhr reduced competition |
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| Mine owners cut wages, workers refused the cuts and were subsequently locked out. |
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| The other members of the Triple Alliance withdrew support for miners on 15th April 1921. |
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| Further fall in exports and pay-cuts threatened another lock-out. The government agreed to pay subsidies. |
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| TUC agreed to support miners in Summer 1925. |
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| Churchill returned Britain to the Gold Standard |
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| Set value of the pound on the Gold Standard |
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| Approximate overvaluation of the pound |
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| A commission sent to assess the mining industry in March 1926. It recommended re-organisation for eventual nationlisation, better working conditions and wage reductions. Rejected by the TUC and mine owners. |
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| Tuesday 3rd May-Thursday 12th May |
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| duration of the General Strike. |
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| Organisation for the Maintenance of Supply, set up by the government for volunteers to reduce the impact of the strike. It was successful. |
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| Passed 1927, declared sympathetic strikes illegal and also reduced donations to Labour by introducing an opt-in rather than opt-out policy for donations for union members. |
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| Sought compromise but was pro-nationalisation. |
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| President of Miners' Union |
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| General Secretary of the TUC |
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| MP, described strikes as illegal. |
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| Militant miner and Trade Union member. |
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