[1] It appeared to signal a significant step towards greater unity and syndicalist ideology within British trade unionism.
In his 1936 book, The Strange Death of Liberal England, George Dangerfield argued that if war had not broken out, there would have been a devastating general strike, coordinated by the Triple Alliance, in October 1914.
The industries represented by the Triple Alliance (mining, the railways and other transport systems) were temporarily brought under state control during the war.
The Triple Alliance was significant in securing government subsidies for miners' wages on Red Friday in July 1925 by threatening a general strike.
The Triple Alliance agreed to back the miners in their dispute against mine owners who had announced future wage cuts and had increased work hours a month previously.