Great Unrest
The Great Unrest, also known as the Great Labour Unrest, was a period of labour revolt between 1911 and 1914 in the United Kingdom. The agitation included the 1911 Liverpool general transport strike and the 1913 Dublin lockout. It was the region's most significant labour unrest since the mid-1800s Chartist movement but is not commemorated at the magnitude of the 1926 general strike or 1984 miners' strike. The epithet of "great" came from the violence from both the state and the protesters, between infantrymen opening fire, sabotage, and riots.
The 1911 strike over working conditions and union recognition cost three million workdays across a half-million rail, sea, and dock workers. The next year lost 40 million workdays, mostly from miners. The 1911–1913 period included over 3,000 strikes, which continued into the first half of 1914.
