New #GeneralStrike100 podcast! We discuss the literature that came out of the general strike: from established writers like Virginia Woolf and DH Lawrence to the working-class authors who broke out later. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl1...
September 17, 2026 at 7:02 AM
New #GeneralStrike100 podcast! We discuss the literature that came out of the general strike: from established writers like Virginia Woolf and DH Lawrence to the working-class authors who broke out later. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/wcl1...
NEW 🚨 | Introducing our #StrikeMap #SolidarityFund pin.
During this important #GeneralStrike100 year, we have been inspired by the incredible organising of women supporting the strike and the lockout that followed. Selling miners' lamp badges to support families.
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During this important #GeneralStrike100 year, we have been inspired by the incredible organising of women supporting the strike and the lockout that followed. Selling miners' lamp badges to support families.
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September 17, 2026 at 7:24 AM
NEW 🚨 | Introducing our #StrikeMap #SolidarityFund pin.
During this important #GeneralStrike100 year, we have been inspired by the incredible organising of women supporting the strike and the lockout that followed. Selling miners' lamp badges to support families.
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During this important #GeneralStrike100 year, we have been inspired by the incredible organising of women supporting the strike and the lockout that followed. Selling miners' lamp badges to support families.
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🔥 We've built programmes tackling the challenges facing our movement head on.
💯 What we do today will shape the next 100 years.
🏡 The home of trade union education.
🎺 Register for our independent programme - https://gftuet.org.uk/education
#GFTUET #GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike
💯 What we do today will shape the next 100 years.
🏡 The home of trade union education.
🎺 Register for our independent programme - https://gftuet.org.uk/education
#GFTUET #GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike
September 14, 2026 at 8:08 AM
🔥 We've built programmes tackling the challenges facing our movement head on.
💯 What we do today will shape the next 100 years.
🏡 The home of trade union education.
🎺 Register for our independent programme - https://gftuet.org.uk/education
#GFTUET #GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike
💯 What we do today will shape the next 100 years.
🏡 The home of trade union education.
🎺 Register for our independent programme - https://gftuet.org.uk/education
#GFTUET #GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike
We are ready at #TUC2026 for the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Congress in #Brighton.
Come see us at stall 57 and claim your #OurEconomyIsntWorking goodie bag.
Join us tonight on the Pier from 8pm for our social with
Morrish.
#GFTUET #TUed #TradeUnions #GeneralStrike100
Come see us at stall 57 and claim your #OurEconomyIsntWorking goodie bag.
Join us tonight on the Pier from 8pm for our social with
Morrish.
#GFTUET #TUed #TradeUnions #GeneralStrike100
September 13, 2026 at 9:32 AM
We are ready at #TUC2026 for the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Congress in #Brighton.
Come see us at stall 57 and claim your #OurEconomyIsntWorking goodie bag.
Join us tonight on the Pier from 8pm for our social with
Morrish.
#GFTUET #TUed #TradeUnions #GeneralStrike100
Come see us at stall 57 and claim your #OurEconomyIsntWorking goodie bag.
Join us tonight on the Pier from 8pm for our social with
Morrish.
#GFTUET #TUed #TradeUnions #GeneralStrike100
📆EVENT THIS WEEK: 10 Sep 12:30-2pm Walter Citrine: The General Strike and West Indian Rights - free talk with Dr Jim Moher about the trade union leader and key organiser of the trade union movement during the General Strike in 1926. #GeneralStrike100 @tuc.org.uk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walter-cit...
Walter Citrine: The General Strike and West Indian Rights
Dive into the story of Walter Citrine’s fight for workers’ rights and West Indian justice in this lunchtime talk.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
📆EVENT THIS WEEK: 10 Sep 12:30-2pm Walter Citrine: The General Strike and West Indian Rights - free talk with Dr Jim Moher about the trade union leader and key organiser of the trade union movement during the General Strike in 1926. #GeneralStrike100 @tuc.org.uk www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walter-cit...
We are delighted to be part of the General Strike 100 anniversary national partnership of museums, libraries, archives and history groups! ✊
Explore the interactive map to find your nearest #GeneralStrike100 places of history and visit organisations taking part: generalstrike100.com
Explore the interactive map to find your nearest #GeneralStrike100 places of history and visit organisations taking part: generalstrike100.com
August 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
We are delighted to be part of the General Strike 100 anniversary national partnership of museums, libraries, archives and history groups! ✊
Explore the interactive map to find your nearest #GeneralStrike100 places of history and visit organisations taking part: generalstrike100.com
Explore the interactive map to find your nearest #GeneralStrike100 places of history and visit organisations taking part: generalstrike100.com
Stories written by strikers, compiled into a special #StrikeMap X Notes from Below edition.
Featuring strikers from the famous #BrumBinStriker.
Get yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #WorkersMakeHistory #GeneralStrike100 #GS100
Featuring strikers from the famous #BrumBinStriker.
Get yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #WorkersMakeHistory #GeneralStrike100 #GS100
August 2, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Stories written by strikers, compiled into a special #StrikeMap X Notes from Below edition.
Featuring strikers from the famous #BrumBinStriker.
Get yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #WorkersMakeHistory #GeneralStrike100 #GS100
Featuring strikers from the famous #BrumBinStriker.
Get yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #WorkersMakeHistory #GeneralStrike100 #GS100
This thing is beautiful. A privilege to work with Notes From Below.
A publication of all the amazing #StrikeStories written by those taking action over the last 6 years.
Workers Make History in 1926 and 2026.
Buy yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GeneralStrike100
A publication of all the amazing #StrikeStories written by those taking action over the last 6 years.
Workers Make History in 1926 and 2026.
Buy yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GeneralStrike100
NEW | We've published our #StrikeStories we have been collecting from those taking strike action over the last 6 years.
Buy your special edition #StrikeMap X Notes from Below pamphlet here: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #Workers #Campaigns #Organising #Strikes
Buy your special edition #StrikeMap X Notes from Below pamphlet here: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #Workers #Campaigns #Organising #Strikes
July 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
This thing is beautiful. A privilege to work with Notes From Below.
A publication of all the amazing #StrikeStories written by those taking action over the last 6 years.
Workers Make History in 1926 and 2026.
Buy yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GeneralStrike100
A publication of all the amazing #StrikeStories written by those taking action over the last 6 years.
Workers Make History in 1926 and 2026.
Buy yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GeneralStrike100
Our partners, @strikemap.org, have published all their collected #StrikeStories in collab with Notes From Below.
Support workers writing in this important General Strike anniversary year.
Purchase yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GFTU #GeneralStrike100
Support workers writing in this important General Strike anniversary year.
Purchase yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GFTU #GeneralStrike100
NEW | We've published our #StrikeStories we have been collecting from those taking strike action over the last 6 years.
Buy your special edition #StrikeMap X Notes from Below pamphlet here: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #Workers #Campaigns #Organising #Strikes
Buy your special edition #StrikeMap X Notes from Below pamphlet here: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #Workers #Campaigns #Organising #Strikes
July 21, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Our partners, @strikemap.org, have published all their collected #StrikeStories in collab with Notes From Below.
Support workers writing in this important General Strike anniversary year.
Purchase yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GFTU #GeneralStrike100
Support workers writing in this important General Strike anniversary year.
Purchase yours: bit.ly/SMxNFBspecial
#StrikeMap #GFTU #GeneralStrike100
April 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
⛱️ Marking the #GeneralStrike100 at #SummerSchool 2026.
Fran Heathcote, Callum Cant, @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social & @gawainlittle.bsky.social | Rebuilding Labour Power: The Role of the General Strike in the 21st Century
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU
Fran Heathcote, Callum Cant, @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social & @gawainlittle.bsky.social | Rebuilding Labour Power: The Role of the General Strike in the 21st Century
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU
April 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
⛱️ Marking the #GeneralStrike100 at #SummerSchool 2026.
Fran Heathcote, Callum Cant, @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social & @gawainlittle.bsky.social | Rebuilding Labour Power: The Role of the General Strike in the 21st Century
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU
Fran Heathcote, Callum Cant, @sarahwoolley1.bsky.social & @gawainlittle.bsky.social | Rebuilding Labour Power: The Role of the General Strike in the 21st Century
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/gftu-summer-school
#GFTUET #GFTU
🔁Share our fifth session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026.
General Strike 1926 with CallumCant and Matthew Lee: bit.ly/GS100GFTU
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
#TUed #GeneralStrike100
General Strike 1926 with CallumCant and Matthew Lee: bit.ly/GS100GFTU
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
#TUed #GeneralStrike100
General Strike 1926 with Callum Cant and Matthew Lee
📺Catch up and share our fifth session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026, featuring Callum Cant and Matthew Lee. This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library and the Working Class Movement Library. #TUed #TradeUnionEducation #GeneralStrike #GeneralStrike100
bit.ly
April 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
🔁Share our fifth session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026.
General Strike 1926 with CallumCant and Matthew Lee: bit.ly/GS100GFTU
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
#TUed #GeneralStrike100
General Strike 1926 with CallumCant and Matthew Lee: bit.ly/GS100GFTU
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
#TUed #GeneralStrike100
As we're commemorating #GeneralStrike100, it only makes sense for our next Trade Union & Working Class History session to be 🥁
🚩 The General Strike in its Aftermath
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
@wcmlibrary.bsky.social & Marx Memorial Library
#GFTUET
🚩 The General Strike in its Aftermath
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
@wcmlibrary.bsky.social & Marx Memorial Library
#GFTUET
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM
As we're commemorating #GeneralStrike100, it only makes sense for our next Trade Union & Working Class History session to be 🥁
🚩 The General Strike in its Aftermath
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
@wcmlibrary.bsky.social & Marx Memorial Library
#GFTUET
🚩 The General Strike in its Aftermath
👉 https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
@wcmlibrary.bsky.social & Marx Memorial Library
#GFTUET
Had an interesting week discussing the legacy of the 1926 General Strike. My take away is the urgent need to write down the part trades councils played in it. Trades councils are largely ignored by labour historians and so we're going to have to write these histories ourselves. #GeneralStrike100 💪
May 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Had an interesting week discussing the legacy of the 1926 General Strike. My take away is the urgent need to write down the part trades councils played in it. Trades councils are largely ignored by labour historians and so we're going to have to write these histories ourselves. #GeneralStrike100 💪
Excited to be heading to the Archives on Friday to look at a few more peices of 1926 General Strike documentation to enhance the talk I am giving. Haven't been rooting through the archives for a while! My talk is on 27 May at 2.30pm, John Clare Theatre, Peterborough. 💪#GeneralStrike100
March 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Excited to be heading to the Archives on Friday to look at a few more peices of 1926 General Strike documentation to enhance the talk I am giving. Haven't been rooting through the archives for a while! My talk is on 27 May at 2.30pm, John Clare Theatre, Peterborough. 💪#GeneralStrike100
#OnThisDay 1926, during the #GeneralStrike, a train crashed in #Edinburgh & the 'Flying Scotsman' service was derailed in #Cramlington, #Northumberland.
#GeneralStrike100
How did the Strike affect railway worker safety? Did it?
Read more here:
#GeneralStrike100
How did the Strike affect railway worker safety? Did it?
Read more here:
The General Strike and railway safety - Railway Work, Life & Death
How did the 1926 UK General Strike affect railway safety? Did it actually lead to fewer worker accidents?
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
May 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#OnThisDay 1926, during the #GeneralStrike, a train crashed in #Edinburgh & the 'Flying Scotsman' service was derailed in #Cramlington, #Northumberland.
#GeneralStrike100
How did the Strike affect railway worker safety? Did it?
Read more here:
#GeneralStrike100
How did the Strike affect railway worker safety? Did it?
Read more here:
Full credit to the excellent #GeneralStrike100 resources from @mrcwarwick.bsky.social & @tuc.org.uk.
Thanks to @threadinburgh.scot on the 10 May 1926 Edinburgh railway crash, & on the Cramlington derailment @sslh.bsky.social & the team behind the 'Cramlington Train Wreckers' production.
Thanks to @threadinburgh.scot on the 10 May 1926 Edinburgh railway crash, & on the Cramlington derailment @sslh.bsky.social & the team behind the 'Cramlington Train Wreckers' production.
May 8, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Full credit to the excellent #GeneralStrike100 resources from @mrcwarwick.bsky.social & @tuc.org.uk.
Thanks to @threadinburgh.scot on the 10 May 1926 Edinburgh railway crash, & on the Cramlington derailment @sslh.bsky.social & the team behind the 'Cramlington Train Wreckers' production.
Thanks to @threadinburgh.scot on the 10 May 1926 Edinburgh railway crash, & on the Cramlington derailment @sslh.bsky.social & the team behind the 'Cramlington Train Wreckers' production.
NEW BLOG POST!
How did the 1926 UK General Strike affect railway safety?
#GeneralStrike100
Did it reduce worker accidents - with much less traffic moving?
And what happened to Charles Morris, at #Southampton Docks, on 4 May 1926?
Read more:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-general-...
How did the 1926 UK General Strike affect railway safety?
#GeneralStrike100
Did it reduce worker accidents - with much less traffic moving?
And what happened to Charles Morris, at #Southampton Docks, on 4 May 1926?
Read more:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-general-...
The General Strike and railway safety - Railway Work, Life & Death
How did the 1926 UK General Strike affect railway safety? Did it actually lead to fewer worker accidents?
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
May 8, 2026 at 10:34 AM
NEW BLOG POST!
How did the 1926 UK General Strike affect railway safety?
#GeneralStrike100
Did it reduce worker accidents - with much less traffic moving?
And what happened to Charles Morris, at #Southampton Docks, on 4 May 1926?
Read more:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-general-...
How did the 1926 UK General Strike affect railway safety?
#GeneralStrike100
Did it reduce worker accidents - with much less traffic moving?
And what happened to Charles Morris, at #Southampton Docks, on 4 May 1926?
Read more:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/the-general-...
Today marks 100 years since the start of Britain's only General Strike - a hugely important moment for the labour movement & for workers.
It had massive repercussions - down to the present.
Check @tuc.org.uk #GeneralStrike100 resources:
www.tuc.org.uk/GeneralStrik...
It had massive repercussions - down to the present.
Check @tuc.org.uk #GeneralStrike100 resources:
www.tuc.org.uk/GeneralStrik...
Remembering the 1926 General Strike - 100 years on
www.tuc.org.uk
May 3, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Today marks 100 years since the start of Britain's only General Strike - a hugely important moment for the labour movement & for workers.
It had massive repercussions - down to the present.
Check @tuc.org.uk #GeneralStrike100 resources:
www.tuc.org.uk/GeneralStrik...
It had massive repercussions - down to the present.
Check @tuc.org.uk #GeneralStrike100 resources:
www.tuc.org.uk/GeneralStrik...
On now!
'9 Days in May: Remembering the 1926 General Strike'
An exhibition at @mrcwarwick.bsky.social, until 5 June - well worth going to see just some of the riches the MRC cares for!
@tuc.org.uk @rmtunion.bsky.social #GeneralStrike100
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
'9 Days in May: Remembering the 1926 General Strike'
An exhibition at @mrcwarwick.bsky.social, until 5 June - well worth going to see just some of the riches the MRC cares for!
@tuc.org.uk @rmtunion.bsky.social #GeneralStrike100
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick (@mrcwarwick.bsky.social)
New exhibition incoming... #GeneralStrike100
bsky.app
April 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
On now!
'9 Days in May: Remembering the 1926 General Strike'
An exhibition at @mrcwarwick.bsky.social, until 5 June - well worth going to see just some of the riches the MRC cares for!
@tuc.org.uk @rmtunion.bsky.social #GeneralStrike100
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
'9 Days in May: Remembering the 1926 General Strike'
An exhibition at @mrcwarwick.bsky.social, until 5 June - well worth going to see just some of the riches the MRC cares for!
@tuc.org.uk @rmtunion.bsky.social #GeneralStrike100
warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
The @gftu.bsky.social is launching the #GeneralStrike100 project, bringing museums, archives, libraries & history groups together to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the strike!
The project aims to make the history of the strike more accessible than ever before.
The project aims to make the history of the strike more accessible than ever before.
History is all around us – celebrating the 100 anniversary of the General Strike
In partnership with the trade union movement, national museums, libraries, archives, and history groups are collaborating together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the General Strike of 1926.
labouroutlook.org
April 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The @gftu.bsky.social is launching the #GeneralStrike100 project, bringing museums, archives, libraries & history groups together to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the strike!
The project aims to make the history of the strike more accessible than ever before.
The project aims to make the history of the strike more accessible than ever before.
in British labour history, shaping trade union strategy and political action for generations. 5/5 #GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike1926 #NotAPennyOffThePay #WorkingClassHistory
May 3, 2026 at 5:11 AM
in British labour history, shaping trade union strategy and political action for generations. 5/5 #GeneralStrike100 #GeneralStrike1926 #NotAPennyOffThePay #WorkingClassHistory
Today marks one year since our first #Megapicket in #Birmingham — and exactly 100 years ago today, the #GeneralStrike entered its sixth day.
Workers struggles connected through time.
Workers Make History. UP THE WORKERS.
#GeneralStrike100 #StrikeMap #BirminghamBinStrike
Workers struggles connected through time.
Workers Make History. UP THE WORKERS.
#GeneralStrike100 #StrikeMap #BirminghamBinStrike
May 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Today marks one year since our first #Megapicket in #Birmingham — and exactly 100 years ago today, the #GeneralStrike entered its sixth day.
Workers struggles connected through time.
Workers Make History. UP THE WORKERS.
#GeneralStrike100 #StrikeMap #BirminghamBinStrike
Workers struggles connected through time.
Workers Make History. UP THE WORKERS.
#GeneralStrike100 #StrikeMap #BirminghamBinStrike