1911 Liverpool general transport strike | |||
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Part of the Great Unrest | |||
Date | June – August 1911 | ||
Location | |||
Methods | General strike | ||
Resulted in | Strike suppressed | ||
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Casualties | |||
Death(s) | 2 people | ||
Injuries | 365 people |
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.