Samuel Commission on the coal industry
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The Samuel Commission on the coal industry was a British government-appointed inquiry in the mid-1920s, chaired by Sir Herbert Samuel, that investigated the troubled coal sector and issued recommendations whose rejection and controversy helped set the stage for the 1926 General Strike.
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| instanceOf |
public inquiry
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royal commission → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Samuel Commission on the coal industry
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surface form: "Samuel Commission"
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| appointedBy |
UK government
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surface form: "British government"
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| causeOf | tensions leading to the 1926 United Kingdom general strike → |
| chairperson | Herbert Samuel → |
| country | United Kingdom → |
| describedBySource |
histories of the 1926 General Strike
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studies of British coal industry policy → |
| fieldOfWork |
economic policy
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energy policy → industrial relations → |
| followedBy | negotiations preceding the 1926 general strike → |
| genre | government report → |
| hasEffect | increased industrial unrest in the coal sector → |
| hasPart | final report on the coal industry → |
| historicalPeriod | interwar period → |
| inception | 1925 → |
| industry | coal → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| location |
Great Britain
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED → |
| madeRecommendation |
rationalisation of coal mines
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reorganisation of the coal industry → state assistance during reorganisation period → temporary wage reductions for miners → |
| namedAfter | Herbert Samuel → |
| opposedBy |
Miners' Federation of Great Britain
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Trades Union Congress → |
| partOf | interwar industrial policy in the United Kingdom → |
| publicationDate | 1926 → |
| reasonForInception | crisis in the British coal industry in the 1920s → |
| significantEvent | 1926 United Kingdom general strike → |
| significantOutcome |
political controversy over coal policy
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rejection of key recommendations by miners → |
| subjectOf | coal industry in the United Kingdom → |
| timePeriod | mid-1920s → |
| topic |
hours of work in coal mines
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labour relations in the coal industry → nationalisation versus private ownership of coal mines → profitability of coal mining → reorganisation of the coal industry → wages of coal miners → |
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this entity surface form: "Samuel Commission"
May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom
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Samuel Commission on the coal industry
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