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Radicals Push New Strike Fight Against Tories
London left wing labor leaders urge a general strike to kill anti strike legislation. Councils of Action form in East London with support from unions and the Independent Labor party to organize a mass walk out and test the government. Labor MPs concede little parliamentary help as the bill nears final passage in June. A separate note reports bricklayer William Mignes setting a brief 1121 bricks per hour record in Sheffield, though not in steady work.
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H. K. Reynolds
International News Service
London
Labor Party
Labor Movement
Independent Labor Party
Communist Party
Minority Movement
London District Council
National
Unemployed Workers’ Committee
Sunday Worker
A. J. Cook
Cook
General Council
Trade Union Congress
House of Commons
House
Trade Union Council
William Mignes
Sheffield
England
Mignes