Local events planned

For 9 days in May 1926 normal life was thrown into a crisis as trade union members rallied to the TUC call to stand with the coal miners against wage cuts.

In Hounslow, transport, engineering and building workers came out on strike. Action was coordinated through the Hounslow Central Strike Committee, and actively supported by the Labour Party and others.

Opposing the strike were Conservative politicians – not least local MPs including William Joynson-Hicks (the Home Secretary) and his supporters – and by Volunteers trying to do the work of strikers as the wider population looked on.

Hounslow Trades Council is planning to mark the anniversary of the strike in our district on Saturday 9 May. It will be a day to remember the story of what happened here, and to celebrate solidarity.

Put the date in your diaries – Saturday 9 May – more information will be posted here soon.