PLEASE help on history question about 1919 strikes!?

Question: PLEASE help on history question about 1919 strikes!!?

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The Police Strikes of 1918 and 1919 resulted in the British government putting before Parliament its proposals for a Police Act, which established the Police Federation of England and Wales as the representative body for the police!. The Act also barred police from belonging to a trade union or affiliating with any other trade union body!. This Act, drafted and passed into law, was as a direct response to the emergence of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers (NUPPO)!. A successful police strike in 1918 and another strike in June 1919 led to the suppression of the union by the government!. On 1 August 1919, the Police Act of 1919 passed into law!. Only token opposition from a minority of Labour Members of Parliament was voiced in Parliament!.

In 1870, it is recorded that police in Newcastle upon Tyne were 'in dispute' with their local Watch Committee over conditions of work and low pay, though there was no withdrawal from duty!. Two years later in 1872, 179 men of the Metropolitan Police refused to report for duty!. Their refusal was over the poor conditions of their service and low pay the same as those in Newcastle upon Tyne!. The police that refused duty were back on the beat in a matter of hours!. Of the 179 men that refused duty sixty-nine were dismissed from the force!. The rest were, after apologising for their conduct, allowed back on duty!. The end result was an improvement in pay and conditions!. This action was significant for establishing a precedent for collective action by police as a means of improving conditions!.

However successful this stoppage was in 1872, it did not result in the formation of police union!. Indeed, most of the police involved in this stoppage would not have considered forming a union, reflecting the quasi-military nature of the police institution!. Despite dismissals resulting from the 1872 strike, members of the Metropolitan Force took part in a further stoppage in July 1890, this time over police pensions!. The government argued that it could not be held hostage over the demands of police workers, but nevertheless passed the Police Pensions Bill (1890), which was drafted and rushed through Parliament in a matter of weeks!.

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