Ninety-nine years ago today, on May 3, 1926 (March 22, 1926), the British workers went on a general strike. The procession passed through the streets of London. On May 3, 1926, the British trade unions launched the largest general strike in history. The original cause was the government's abolition of postwar subsidies, which reduced the wages of miners. But for more than 10 days, workers in coal mines, transportation and steel companies 4 million strike together. With the support of other unions, the miners were confident that the strike would succeed, but the public believed that the workers were forced to strike. The government's tough attitude benefited many people and voluntarily filled the vacancies. When the miners rejected the compromise proposed by the trade union committee, the trade union committee announced that it would stop the strike on the grounds that no agreement could be reached without compromise. So more than a million miners went on strike unsupported. On May 12, the general strike ended. During the British general strike, all public transportation came to a standstill. The city's hastily built barricades to protect meat markets, Hyde Park, were used as a milk storage point