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Saturday 20 August 2016

Wire workers on Strike

189 On April 23. 1866, the London wire-workers went on strike, demanding a 10 per cent wage increase. The same day the strike committee sent out letters to the wire-workers of England, Scotland and Ireland urging them to refuse to be recruited for work in London during the strike. With the help of the General Council similar letters were sent to France and Germany
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/iwma/documents/minutes/index.htm

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