History A-Level
40-hour strike, 1919
What 40-hour strike, 1919 means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of 40-hour strike, 1919
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Glasgow engineering workers demanded shorter hours to absorb returning soldiers; it led to the Battle of George Square and failed.
Topics that use 40-hour strike, 1919
- Paper 3, Option 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 - 5 Trades union militancy, 1915–27 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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