Strikers Collection

1888 Matchgirl Strike
Some of the 1400 strikers at the Bryant & May match factory, the first strike by unorganised workers to gain national publicity

The Great Docks Strike of 1912 - Scene at Grays, Essex
The Great Docks (Docker s) Strike of 1912 - Scene at a Demonstration at Grays, Essex. The pre-war era witnessed massive industrial unrest as dockers, transport workers

Labour Union Poster - Great London Dock Strike
Labour Union Poster Commemorating the Great London Dock Strike of 1889. This industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London broke out on 14 August 1889

Wrecked goods train, Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales

Suffragette Prisoners Holloway
Suffragette hunger strikers wave to Christabel Pankhurst, one holding a Votes for Women sash. Date: 1909

Labour unrest in Glasgow
The strikers and police during the Glasgow strikes

Riots in Jamaica, 1938
Riots in Jamaica in 1938 over a pay dispute. Photograph shows a suspected blackleg, accused of intended strike-breaking in the docks, being man-handled by other workers. Date: 1938

Typical Lancashire miners going on strike: A group of men leaving work until further notice. Date: October 1920

Welsh miners going on strike at the Rhondda valley colliery: Men leaving the mines. Date: October 1920

Striking Miners early 1900s

Portugal Strikers on the streets in Lisbon. Men seen on top of a street tram car in protest. The strike was by the Workmen's Federation of Lisbon as a reply to the action of the Government in

Her Von Jagow, the German Police President, photographed on horseback, in hunting gear. Captioned, The "Hero" of the Recent Berlin Riots

Trico strikers 1976
Strikers barrack a car as it crosses the picket line at the Trico-Folberth windscreen wipers factory, Brentford, Middlesex, England

Discussing the situation, apparently without misgivings: Pit lasses and pit boys after ceasing work. Date: October 1920

Notts strikers and their last mornings work: The final shift at Clifton Colliery. Date: October 1920

Lancashire miners extinguishing their lamps after ceasing work: Men on strike at Audenshaw pits. Date: October 1920

Coal Strike in Stoke-on-Trent 1920
Pit boys from Stoke-on-Trent with a chalked declaration

Black country strikers: miners at the pit bank, Stoke-on-Trent, coming up in the cage for the last time. Date: October 1920

Northern Strike 1846
Strikers in Liverpool in a picket line to prevent strike- breakers. Date: 1846

Railway strike in Scotland 1891
The strikers attack Motherwell Station, Glasgow. Date: January 1891

Wrecked Scottish Express at Creamlington - General Strike
Wrecked Scottish Express at Creamlington, Northumberland - Deliberate derailment attributed to strikers during the General Strike. Date: 1926

Police escorting a cart during Dundee riots, Scotland
Policemen escorting a cart to the docks during riots in Dundee, Scotland. Strikers trying to prevent the delivery of coal fought with the police and rioted: four constables were seriously injured

General Strike 1926: Society women volunteers
In support of the General Strike ladies from society helped, photograph showing volunteers working in Hyde Park, London, in the open air peeling potatoes, Lady Quilter (with tray)

Wrecked train, Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
A troop train in Llanelli, Wales, wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed. What started out as a peaceful strike by railway workers in Llanelli turned

Strikers return: General Strike 1926
Employer: " Glad to see you back, my lad; but you ll understand that in the circumstances we can t run to a fatted calf!" May 1916

Steps of Liberty Hall, Dublin, tramways strike 1913
Tramwaymen strikers cheering outside Liberty Hall, Dublin, the headquarters of the Transport Workers Union, 1913. 1913

Strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Cutters - Manage
A strike by Belgian Glassmakers and Engravers / Cutters from the Glassworks at Manage, Hainaut, Belgium - the board notice on the building behind them demands an end to having to work throughout

National Health Insurance stamp - Forcible Feeding
Forcible Feeding - Lick! A double-meaning postcard, primarily relating to the introduction of the National Health Insurance stamp under the 1911 National Insurance Act

The unrest in Spain: stormy scenes in Madrid
Spanish infantry charge the strikers who refuse to disperse. Date: 1917

Spanish general strike
Three photographs showing respectively some soldiers charging a group of strikers; the machine gun section installed in the gardens; the infantry, backed up by cavalry

London tube strike, 1919
London takes to walking: incidents of the 1919 tube strike, as reported in The Illustrated London News. The strike began on 3rd February, with Londoners taking a philosophical attitude

Strikers Stop Train
The wives & children of strikers at the Cummings Nail Mills in Chicago stop a train as a protest. Date: 1886

General Strike 1926 - procession in Manchester
Strike scenes in Manchester - a great procession of corporation tramwaymen starting from Albert Square, led by their band. Date: 1926

Kladno 1918
Striking workers gather in the centre of Kladno, a city north west of Prague Date: 19 January 1918

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SPAIN. Gij󮮠 Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). Revolution in Asturias (1934). Strikers being arrested and watched over by the Fuerzas de Asalto (Assault Forces) in Gij󮮠

Spain (1911). Strike in Vizcaya. Pablo Iglesias between the working strikers

SPAIN. Madrid. Spain (1919). Madrid. Tramway
" SPAIN. Madrid. Spain (1919). Madrid. Tramway strike. Civil Guards charging against some strikers that were trying to stop a car

SPAIN. Madrid. Spain (1919). Tramway strike. Guards dispersing the strikers simulating to shoot them at the Magallanes station

Police and strikers during railway strike, Dublin
Police holding strikers back to allow non-union men to pass to Kingsbridge Station (now known as Heuston Station) in Dublin, Ireland. 1911

Police arriving during London Dock Strike
London policemen arriving at the scene of disturbances caused by dock strikers. 1911

Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
One of the coal-carrying trucks in Llanelli, Wales, which rioters wrecked during the railway strike. 1911

Strikers obstructing transport during London Dock Strike

Obstructive crowd of men during dock strike, London
An obstructive crowd of dockers at the Tower of London during the dock strike, preventing a loaded horse-drawn cart from passing in any direction. 1911

Father Gapon, the leader of the Red Sunday strike movement
One of the first authentic photographs of Father Gapon with General Fullon, the Governor of St Petersburg, amid the strikers

The cordon of troops at the Winter Palace on Red Sunday
Troops guarding the Winter Palace before the arrival of Russian workers, marching to hand in a protest to Czar Nicolas II

Australian Strike
Strikers meet in Flinders Park during the Labour and Shipping Strike. Date: 31 August 1890

Football match between police and strikers
A unique event of the General Strike was a football match between police and strikers on the Plymouth Argyle ground. The strikers won by 2-1

Strikers rally in London, with mounted police
A strikers rally in London during the national transport strike, with mounted police on hand to keep order

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