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Title(s):
Emergency bulletin : lunch edition. No. 3, Thursday, May 6th.
Published/Created:
[London] : Printed and published by Chandler and Company, 28 Broad Street, [1926]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 26 x 19 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Eph Po 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11679361
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printed in red ink.
The bulletin was issued during a general strike, called by the general council of the Trades Union Congress, that lasted from 4 May 1926 to 13 May 1926. Roughly 1.7 million workers participated, especially in transport and heavy industry, with the goal of preventing wage reduction and worsening conditions for 800,000 locked-out coal miners.
Comprises four items, captioned: Latest strike news; Traffic announcements; Yesterday's racing at Chester; Stop press news, no settlement in sight.
Subject Terms:
General Strike, Great Britain, 1926.
Labor unions -- Great Britain.
Politics -- Great Britain.
Railroad travel -- Great Britain.
Strikes and lockouts -- Great Britain.
Trade Union Congress.
Form/Genre:
Periodicals
Ephemera.
Contributors:
Chandler & Co. (London, England), publisher.
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