In December 1892, mining in Blantyre faced turmoil as collieries attempted wage cuts of 12.5%, leading to protests from miners. While Merry & Cunningham’s Auchenraith Colliery announced regular hours and Saturday work for lost wages, Dixon’s pits experienced unrest from dismissed long-serving employees, amidst ongoing economic depression concerns.
A couple of excellent photos well over a century old. Pictured around 1900 or so (but certainly before 1903) is the Wages Office building at Blantyre Works. The building was not isolated or detached at that time as it is now, but instead then was still terraced. At the time, the first suspension bridge was […]
On 13th December 1938, a report of a strike ending featured in Blantyre papers.The strike saw 850 men down tools, all to stand up for 4 colleagues whom they believed had been unfairly treated. The report states: “Settlement of a strike at Priory Colliery, Blantyre, yesterday will help a local charity. Four men whose suspension […]