#OtD 1 Mar 1912 over 1 million British coal miners went on strike for a nationwide minimum wage for coal miners.
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#OtD 1 Mar 1912 over 1 million British coal miners went on strike for a nationwide minimum wage for coal miners. 37 days into the strike the government caved and passed the Coal Mines Act, establishing a minimum wage for the first time https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8106/uk-miners-strike-for-min.-wage