Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokukundwa kwake, Bondfield akadzorera basa rake reNUGMW uye akasarudzwazve kuTUC Council. Muna 1926 akatsigira chisarudzo cheTUC chokuronga General Strike
, uyewo chisarudzo chokuribvisa pashure pemazuva mapfumbamwe. Kutevera kusiya basa kwaSir Patrick Hastings muna Chikumi 1926, Bondfield akagamuchirwa semumiriri weVashandi kuWallsend, uye akakunda sarudzo yakatevera nehuwandu hwevanopfuura zviuru zvipfumbamwe. Munguva iyi, akanga abvuma kugadzwa kuva nhengo yeBlanesburgh Committee, iyo hurumende yeConservative yakanga yaumba kuti ifunge nezvekugadziridzwa kwegadziriro yezvipo zvevasingashandi. Pfungwa yake yomunhu oga, yokuti kodzero yokubetserwa inofanira kuva yakabatana nemipiro, yakanga isingagoverwi zvikuru muVashandi vebato kana kuti TUC. Apo dare rakapa zvikarakadzo mumutsetse iwoyo iye akasaina mushumo, uyo wakava hwaro hweUnemployment Insurance Act 1927. Kubatanidzwa kwaBondfield nemutemo uyu kwakaramba kuchivhara ukama hwake nebato revashandi.