National Coal Strike, March 1912: group of men & boys, most in flat caps, standing & sitting outside in field; many of them are young. The 1912 strike was the first national strike by miners and was for the introduction of a minimum wage in the mining industry. It resulted in the passing of the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912, with gave miners the protection of a minimum rate of pay

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