Consequences
Manny Shinwell, William Gallacher and David Kirkwood were jailed for several months. A 47-hour week was eventually agreed with the trade unions involved.
In the General Election of 1922, Scotland elected 29 Labour MPs, including the 40 Hour Strike organisers and Independent Labour Party members Manny Shinwell and David Kirkwood. The 1923 General Election eventually saw the first Labour government come to power under Ramsay MacDonald. The region's socialist sympathies earned it the epithet of Red Clydeside.
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