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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Remy Greasley

History of the first bloody strike that brought Liverpool to a halt

Today marks the last of three days of monumental strike action this week that have brought Great Britain, and Liverpool, to a halt.

Yet, this action brought on by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is not the first that has brought Liverpool's transport network to its knees.

Over 100 years ago there was a similar dispute to the one we experienced this week, albeit far more bloody, with two lives lost and over 350 injured. The events of Sunday, August 13, 1911 and the following days have been called "Red Sunday".

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