The British Worker, No. 1, 5 May 1926 (TUC official strike news bulletin)

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THE BRITISH WORKER
OFFICIAL STRIKE NEWS BULLETIN
Published by The General Council of the Trades Union Congress
No. 1. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1926. PRICE ONE PENNY.

IN LONDON AND THE SOUTH
Splendid Loyalty of Transport Workers
EVERY DOCKER OUT
" London dock workers are absolutely splendid," said an official of the Transport and General Workers' Union.
" So far as they are concerned, it is a 100 per cent. strike. There is no trouble and everything is going smoothly."
POLICE HELP REFUSED
[body not transcribed]
The General Council suggests that in all districts where large numbers of workers are idle sports should be organised and entertainments arranged.
This will both keep a number of workers busy and provide amusement for many more.

WONDERFUL RESPONSE TO THE CALL
General Council's Message: Stand Firm and Keep Order
The workers' response has exceeded all expectations. The first day of the great General Strike is over. They have manifested their determination and unity to the whole world. The Council's message is that the attempt of the mineowners to starve three million men, women and children into submission shall not succeed.
All the essential industries and all the transport services have been brought to a standstill. The only exception is that the distribution of milk and food has been permitted to continue. The Trades Union General Council is not making war on the people. It is anxious that the ordinary members of the public shall not be penalised for the unpatriotic conduct of the mineowners and the Government.
Never have the workers responded with greater enthusiasm to the call of their leaders. [...]
WORKERS' QUIET DIGNITY
The conduct of the trade unionists, too, constitutes a credit to the whole movement. [...] In the present fight there are two sides only - the workers on the one hand and those who are against them on the other.
[...] the greatest battle ever fought by the workers of the country in the defence of the right to live by work.

MESSAGE TO ALL WORKERS.
The General Council of the Trades Union Congress wishes to emphasise the fact that this is an industrial dispute. It expects every member taking part to be exemplary in his conduct and not to give any opportunity for police interference. The outbreak of any disturbances would be very damaging to the prospects of a successful termination to the dispute.
The Council asks pickets especially to avoid obstruction and to confine themselves strictly to their legitimate duties.

SOUTH WALES IS SOLID!
Not a Wheel Turning in Allied Industries
'MEN ARE SPLENDID!'
[district reports (Monmouthshire, Aberdare Valley, Neath, Amman Valley, Glamorganshire, Abertridwr, Port Talbot) not transcribed]

NOT ENOUGH!
From 2 1/2 to 3 million workers have ceased work. The Government announced by yesterday's wireless that 30,000 volunteers had registered, expressing willingness to take the strikers' places. It doesn't seem enough!

Published for the General Council of the Trades Union Congress by Victoria House Printing Company, 7, Carmelite-street, London, E.C.4.

Masthead, headlines and the Council's boxed messages read from the 960px image; some lines are partly obscured by a fold or fading and are elided with [...]. Read by Claude from the image, not checked against a published transcription.