Type | Daily newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Trades Union Congress General Council |
Editor | Hamilton Fyfe |
Founded | 5 May 1926 |
Ceased publication | 17 May 1926 |
Circulation | 320,000 to 700,000 |
The British Worker was a newspaper produced by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress for the duration of the 1926 United Kingdom General Strike. The first of eleven issues was printed on 5 May and publication stopped on 17 May after the official cessation of the strike. The principal objective of the newspaper was to circulate information and maintain the strikers' morale throughout the stoppage.