Coal miners strike

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Coal miners strike

The conference of the miners federation of Birmingham meeting to discuss the coal miners strike. The names, reading from left to right, are: Sitting--Mr. H. Duff, Mr. T. H. Cann, Mr. M. C. Kerrell. Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P. (chairman), Mr. Thomas Ashton (general secretary), Mr. W. Abrahams, M.P. Mr. J Haslam, M.P. Mr. W. Carter, Mr. Seth Blackledge, and Mr. W. Straker; standing--Mr. Lovatt, Mr. Adamson, M.P. Mr. S. Galbraith Dann, and Mr. C. B. Stanton. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage. After 37 days, the government intervened and ended the strike by passing the Coal Mines Act, establishing a minimum wage for the first time. Second image showing an Edwardian coal miner at work. Third image showing how an Edwardian coal miner lives outside the mine. Date: 1912

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