"The Nine Days", by A.J. Cook

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Arthur James Cook (Wookey, Somerset, 1883 - London, 1931) was the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain from 1924 until 1931. This included the period of the 1926 General Strike and the prolonged, six-month miners' lockout that followed the sell out of May events by the TUC leaders.

 

Arguably one of the greatest-ever trade union leaders, Cook stayed loyal to his members throughout his tenure as leader of the miners's union. 

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In 1927, less than a year after the General Strike, he wrote an essential, must-read document about the momentous events of May 1926.

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Called The Nine Days, Cook highlights - first hand- the connivance, backstabbing, cowardice and betrayals of the right-wing officials in the TUC, who consciously sold out the General Strike and traitorously paved the way for a carnival of reaction against the trade union movement, workers, their families and communities.​​