History A-Level
Industrial action and solidarity
What Industrial action and solidarity means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Industrial action and solidarity
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New model unions negotiated rather than struck, while the Triple Alliance coordinated miners, railwaymen and transport workers.
Topics that use Industrial action and solidarity
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Changing patterns of adult work and working conditions (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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