Trade Union Revival

Question 1

What was the state of GB’s economy in 1920?

Answer 1

• uncompetitive due to higher wages and shorter working hours
• to increases business owners sought to reverse this

Question 2

How strong was the Triple Alliance in 1919?

Answer 2

Mixed - Thomas negotiated with govt to ensure that railway wages would not be severely reduced and wartime bonus wages continued into peacetime. Govt refused. Thomas called Strike