On 19 May 1945 technical and manual workers in Lagos, Nigeria, gathered at the Glover Memorial Hall to discuss a claim for higher wages. On March 22, technical workers had submitted a claim for a higher minimum wage of 2 shillings and sixpence, and a 50% increase in the cost of living allowance due to rising prices. The British colonial authorities refused, and so workers gathered to consider their response. The meeting resolved to pursue direct action to achieve their goals if authorities did not agree to their demands, declaring that: "not later than Thursday, June 21, 1945, the workers of Nigeria shall proceed to seek their own remedy with due regard to law and order on the one hand and starvation on the other". The British eventually offered a cost of living increase of three pence in Lagos and 20% in the provinces, which workers refused. So, workers gathered again on June 21, resolved to launch a general strike at midnight
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