1911 Liverpool general transport strike

The 1911 Liverpool general transport strike, also known as the great transport workers' strike, involved dockers, railway workers, sailors and other tradesmen. The strike paralysed Liverpool commerce for most of the summer of 1911. It also transformed trade unionism on Merseyside. For the first time, general trade unions were able to establish themselves on a permanent footing and become genuine mass organisations of the working class.

1911 Liverpool general transport strike
Part of the Great Unrest
DateJune – August 1911
Location
Liverpool
MethodsGeneral strike
Resulted inStrike suppressed
Parties
National Sailors' and Firemen's Union
Liverpool City Police
18th Royal Hussars
Lead figures

Tom Mann

Winston Churchill

Number
85,000 workers and supporters
3,500 British Army troops
Casualties
Death(s)2 people
Injuries365 people
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