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Encyclopedia > List of strikes
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The following is a list of deliberate absence from work related to specific working conditions (strikes) or due to general unhappiness with the political order (general strikes). The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws governing labor relations. ... Child labour or labor is the phenomenon of children in employment. ... The 8-hour day movement or 40-hour week movement (a. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... Labor history (or labour history) is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the labor movement and the working class. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Labor rights are laws created in order to always have fairness and keep peace between employees and employers. ... The proletariat (from Latin proles, offspring) is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class is proletarian. ... A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of ideologies and movements which aim to improve society through collective and egalitarian action; and to a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community. ... Syndicalism refers to a set of ideas, movements, and tendencies which share the avowed aim of transforming capitalist society through action by the working class on the industrial front. ... Social Movement Unionism is a trend of theory and practice in contemporary trade unionism. ... This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country. ... Timeline of organized labor history 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1797 (United States) Profit sharing originated at Albert Gallatins glass works in New Geneva, Pennsylvania. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ...

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Chronological list of strikes

Seventeenth Century

  • Maine indentured Servants' and Fisherman's Mutiny (1636, British Colonies)
  • Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot (1661, British Colonies)
  • Maryland Indentured Servants' Strike (1663, British Colonies)
  • Boston ship Carpenter's Protest (1675 British Colonies)
  • Bacon's Rebellion (1676, Virginia, British Colonies)
  • New York City Carters' Strike (1677, British Colonies)
  • New York City Carters' Strike (1684, British Colonies)

A sizable indentured servants plot occurred in Virginia in 1661 over the issue of food. ... Bacons Rebellion or the Virginia Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. ...

Eighteenth Century

  • New York City Bakers' Strike (1741, British Colonies)
  • Florida Indentured Servants' Revolt (1768, British Colonies)
  • New York City Tailors' Strike (1768, British Colonies)
  • Hibernia, New Jersey, Ironworks Strike (1774, British Colonies)
  • Shay's Rebellion (1786, Massachusetts, U.S.)
  • Philadelphia Carpenters - First Strike in the U.S. Building Trades (1791, U.S.)
  • Philadelphia River Pilots' Strike (1792, U.S.)

Shays Rebellion (also Shayss or Shays) was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts that lasted from 1786 to 1787. ...

Nineteenth century

  • Philadelphia shoemakers guilty of criminal conspiracy after striking for higher wages (1806, U.S.)
  • Pawtucket Rhode Island, Textile Strike (1824, U.S.)
  • Boston House Carpenters' Strike (1825, U.S.)
  • Philadelphia Carpenters' Strike (1827, U.S.)
  • Paterson New Jersey, Textile Strike (1828, U.S.)
  • Lynn Massachusetts, Shoebinders' Protest (1831, U.S.)
  • Boston Ship Carpenters' Ten-hour Strike (1832, U.S.)
  • Lynn Massachusetts, Shoebinders' Protest (1833, U.S.)
  • Manayunk Pennsylvania, Textile Protest (1833, U.S.)
  • New York City Carpenters' Strike (1833, U.S.)
  • Lowell Massechusetts, Mill Women's Strike (1834, U.S.)
  • Manayunk Pennsylvania, Textile Protest (1834, U.S.)
  • Paterson New Jersey, Textile Strike (1835, U.S.)
  • Lowell Massechusetts, Mill Women's Strike (1836, U.S.)
  • New York City Tailors' Strike (1836, U.S.)
  • Philadelphia Bookbinders' Strike (1836, U.S.)
  • New York City Tailors' Strike (1850, U.S.)
  • New England Shoemakers' Strike (1860, U.S.)
  • Molders' Lockout (1866, U.S.)
  • Sheffield Outrages (1860s, UK)
  • Anthracite Coal Strike (1868, U.S.)
  • Troy New York, Collar Launderesses' Strike (1869, U.S.)
  • Lynn Massachusetts, Shoe Workers' Strike (1872, U.S.)
  • Tompkins Square Riot (1874, New York, U.S.]]
  • Anthracite Coal Strike (1875, U.S.)
  • Great Railroad Strike (1877, U.S.)
  • Cigarmakers' Strike (1877, U.S.]]
  • Cohoes New York, Cotton Mill Strike (1882, U.S.)
  • Cowboy Strike (1883, U.S.)
  • Lynchburg Virginia, Tobbacco Workers' Strike (1883, U.S.)
  • Molders' Lockout (1883, U.S.)
  • Fall River Massachusetts, Textile Strike (1884, U.S.)
  • Union Pacific Railroad Strike (1884, U.S.)
  • Cloakmakers' General Strike (1885, U.S.)
  • McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Strike (1885, U.S.)
  • Southwest Railroad Strike (1885, U.S.)
  • Yonkers New York, Carpet Weavers' Strike (1885, U.S.)
  • Augusta Georgia, Textile Strike (1886, U.S.)
  • Cowboy Strike (1886, U.S.)
  • Eight-Hour Strikes (1886, U.S.)
  • McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Strike (1886, U.S.)
  • Southwest Railroad Strike (1886, U.S.)
  • Troy New York, Collar Launderesses' Strike (1886, U.S.)
  • Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 (U.S.)
  • Haymarket Riot (1886, U.S.)
  • Bay View Tragedy (1886, U.S.)
  • Port of New York, Longshoremens' Strike (1887, U.S.)
  • Burlington Railroad Strike (1888, U.S.)
  • Cincinnati Shoemakers' Lockout (1888, U.S.)
  • Matchgirls Strike (1888, London)
  • London Dock Strike of 1889
  • Baseball Players' Revolt (1889, U.S.)
  • Fall River Massachusetts, Textile Strike (1889, U.S.)
  • 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute
  • Southampton Dock Strike of 1890 (UK)
  • Carpenters' Strike for the Eight-Hour Day (1890, U.S.)
  • 1891 Australian shearers' strike
  • Savanna Georgia, Black Laborers' Strike (1891, U.S.)
  • Tennessee Miners' Strike (1891, U.S.)
  • Homestead Strike (1892, U.S.) gains national attention
  • Buffalo switchmen's strike (1892, U.S.)
  • Coeur d'Alene Miners' Strike (1892, U.S.)
  • Coxey's Army marches on Washington D.C. (1894, U.S.)
  • Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (U.S.)
  • Pullman Strike (1894, U.S.)
  • Great Northern Railroad Strike (1894, U.S.)
  • Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike (1894) Birmingham, Alabama
  • Haverhill Massachusetts Shoe Strike (1895, U.S.)
  • Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike (1896))
  • Lattimer Massacre Strike (1897) (Pennsylvania)
  • Marlboro Massachusetts, Shoe Workers' Strike (1888, U.S.)
  • Buffalo New York, Grain Shovellers' Strike (1899, U.S.)
  • Cleveland Ohio, Street Railway Workers' Strike (1899, U.S.)
  • Coeur d'Alene Miners' Strike (1899, U.S.)
  • The Newsboys Strike (1899, New York City, U.S.)

Sheffields early success in steel production had involved long working hours, in desperately unpleasant conditions which offered little or no safety protection. ... Political cartoon from the Cleveland Dealer The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, which officially began on June 2, was a strike action of anthracite coal miners in the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. ... Several riots have occurred in New York Citys Tompkins Square, including: Tompkins Square Riot (1874) Tompkins Square Park Police Riot (1988) Category: ... Political cartoon from the Cleveland Dealer The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, which officially began on June 2, was a strike action of anthracite coal miners in the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. ... Since the building of railroads they were the advance agents of industrialism, opening a national market for the first time and themselves providing a market for iron, steel, coal, and the products of related industries. ... The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more than 200,000 workers. ... The Haymarket Riot on May 4, 1886 in Chicago is generally considered to have been an important influence on the origin of international May Day observances for workers. ... Wisconsin Historical Marker The Bay View Tragedy (often referred to locally, and by labor rights activists, as the Bay View Massacre) was the culmination of events that began on Saturday May 1, 1886 when 7,000 building-trades workers joined with 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. ... The London matchgirls strike of 1888 was a strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory in Bow, London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The London Dock Strike was an industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London. ... The 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute, commonly known as the 1890 Maritime Strike, was on a scale unprecedented in the Australasian colonies to that point in time, causing political and social turmoil across all Australian colonies and in New Zealand, including the collapse of colonial governments in the colonies of Victoria... The 1890 Southampton Dock Strike took place in Southampton, England, September, 1890. ... The 1891 Shearers Strike is one of Australias oldest and most important industrial disputes. ... The Homestead Strike was a labor lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, with a battle between the strikers and private security agents erupting on July 6, 1892. ... The Buffalo switchmens strike was a two-week strike in August 1892 by railroad workers employed by three railroads in Buffalo, New York. ... Marchers leaving their camp Coxeys Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by the populist Jacob Coxey. ... View of Cripple Creek, circa 1900 Cripple Creek miners strike of 1894 was a successful five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado. ... Pullman Strike began on May 11, 1894. ... The Bituminous Coal Miners Strike was an unsuccessful national eight-week strike by miners of hard coal in the United States, which began on April 21, 1894. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Government  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area  - City  151. ... The Lattimer massacre was an incident in which a sheriffs posse killed nineteen unarmed immigrant miners and wounded scores more. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... On July 18, 1899, the tensions between newspaper and their distributers aka newsboys over a ten cent price hike which had started late the previous year came to a head with a mob attacking a delivery wagon in Queens. ...

1900s

  • Anthracite Coal Strike (1900, U.S.)
  • Machinists' Strike (1900, U.S.)
  • Penrhyn Quarry lock-out (1900-1903, Wales)
  • U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 (U.S.)
  • Machinists' Strike (1901, U.S.)
  • San Francisco Restaurant Workers' Strike (1901, U.S.)
  • The Anthracite Coal Strike (1902, U.S.)
  • [Chicago Teamsters' Strike]] (1902, U.S.)
  • Cripple Creek Colorado, Miners' Strike (1902, U.S.)
  • Colorado Labor Wars, Western Federation of Miners (1903-1904, U.S.)
  • Oxnard Strike of 1903 (U.S.) Suigar Beets
  • Utah Coal Strike (1903, U.S.)
  • New York City Inbterborough Rapid Transit Strike 991904, U.S.)
  • Packinghouse Workers' Strike (1904, U.S.)
  • Santa Fe Railroad Shopmen's Strike (1904, U.S.)
  • Goldfield Nevada, Miners' Strike (1907 U.S.)
  • New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 "Uprising of the 20,000" (1909, U.S.)
  • Georgia Railroad Strike (1909, U.S.)
  • McKees Rocks Pennsylvania, Steel Strike (1909, U.S.)
  • Watertown Connecticut, Arsenal Strike (1909, U.S.)

Political cartoon from the Cleveland Dealer The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, which officially began on June 2, was a strike action of anthracite coal miners in the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. ... The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales. ... The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 was an attempt by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (the AA) to reverse its declining fortunes and organize large numbers of new members. ... Political cartoon from the Cleveland Dealer The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, which officially began on June 2, was a strike action of anthracite coal miners in the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. ... Colorados most significant battles between labor and capital occurred primarily between miners and mine operators. ... The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909, also known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was a labor strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York shirtwaist factories. ...

1910s

  • Bethlehem Steel Strike (1910, U.S.)
  • Cloakmakers' Strike (1910, U.S.)
  • Chicago Clothing Workers' Strike (1910, U.S.)
  • Los Angeles Strike Wave (1910, U.S.)
  • Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910-1911 (U.S.)
  • 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike (UK)
  • Illinois Central and Harriman Lines Rail Strike (1911, U.S.)
  • Southern Lumber Operators' Strike (1911, U.S.)
  • Lawrence textile strike, often known as the Bread and Roses strike (1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts)
  • Waihi miners' strike (1912, Waihi, New Zealand)
  • Chicago Newspaper Strike (1912, U.S.)
  • Fur Workers' Strike (1912, U.S.)
  • Lawrence Massachusetts, Textile Strike (1912, U.S.)
  • Lousisiana Timber Workers' Strike (1912, U.S.)
  • New York City Hotel Strike (1912, U.S.)
  • West Virginia Mine War of 1912-1913 (U.S.)
  • Dublin Strike and Lockout (1913, Ireland)
  • Ludlow Massacre Strike (1913, Colorado)
  • Paterson silk strike (1913, Paterson, New Jersey)
  • Machinists' Strike and Boycott (1913 U.S.)
  • Michigan Copper Strike (1913, U.S.)
  • Paterson New Jersey, Textile Strike (1913, U.S.)
  • Rubber Workers' Strike (1913, U.S.)
  • Studebaker Motors Auto Workers' Strike (1913, U.S.)
  • Wheatland California Hop Riot 1913, U.S.)
  • Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill Strike 1914, U.S.)
  • Burston Strike School (1914-1939, UK)
  • Standard Oil Strike (1915, U.S.)
  • Youngstown Ohio, Steel Strike (1915, U.S.)
  • Arizona Copper Strike (1916, U.S.)
  • Minnesota Iron Range Strike (1916, U.S.)
  • New York City, Transit Strike (1916, U.S.)
  • New York City, Cloakmakers' Strike (1916, U.S.)
  • Standard Oil Strike (1916, U.S.)
  • Bisbee Arizona, Miners' Strike (1917, U.S.)
  • Butte Montana, Miners' Strike (1917, U.S.)
  • East Saint Louis Riot (1917, U.S.)
  • Pacific Northwest Lumber Strike (1917, U.S.)

Wave of postwar strikes sweeps U.S. The Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. ... The 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike involved dockers, railway workers and sailors, as well people from other trades. ... Massachusetts militiamen with fixed bayonets surround a parade of peaceful strikers Flyer distributed in Lawrence, September 1912 The Lawrence textile strike was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World. ... The slogan Bread and Roses originated in the strike of women textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912. ...   Settled: 1655 â€“ Incorporated: 1847 Zip Code(s): 01840 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... The Waihi miners strike was a major strike action in 1912 by gold miners in the New Zealand town of Waihi. ... Waihi is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. ... The West Virginia Mine War of 1912-1913 was a confrontation between striking coal miners and coal operators in Southern West Virginia centered around the area enclosed by two streams Paint Creek and Cabin Creek. ... The Dublin Lockout (Irish: ) was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers which took place in Irelands capital city of Dublin. ... Ludlow massacre monument The Ludlow massacre was the death of about 20 people during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families, at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20, 1914. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... The Paterson silk strike of 1913 was a strike of the silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey. ... View of Paterson New Jersey 1880. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... The Burston Strike School was at the centre of the longest running strike in British history, between 1914 and 1939. ...

The Malbone Street Wreck, also known as the Brighton Beach Line Accident of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), was a rapid transit railroad accident that occurred November 1, 1918, beneath the intersection of Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue, and Malbone Street, in the community of Flatbush, Borough of Brooklyn, New... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Centralia Massacre was a violent and bloody incident that occurred in the town of Centralia, Washington, on November 11, 1919, during a parade celebrating the first anniversary of Armistice Day. ... Current BPD Uniform Patch The Boston Police Department (BPD) has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. ... For other uses, see Bloody Friday. ... The Seattle General Strike of February 6 to February 11, 1919, was a general stoppage of work by over 65,000 individuals in the city of Seattle. ... The Steel Strike of 1919 was an attempt by the weakened Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers (the AA) to organize the American steel industry in the wake of World War I. The strike was a failure. ... Crowd gathered outside old City Hall during the Winnipeg General Strike, June 21, 1919 The Winnipeg General Strike was Canadas most influential labour protest. ...

1920s

The Battle of Matewan was the stand-off that resulted from the attempt of coal miners to unionize in Matewan, West Virginia on May 19, 1920. ... The West Virginia Coal Wars (1920-21), also known as the Mine Wars, arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners. ... The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest organized armed uprising in American labor history and led almost directly to the labor laws currently in effect in the United States of America. ... Black Friday, in British labour history, refers to 15 April 1921, when the leaders of transport and rail unions announced a decision not to call for strike action in support of the miners. ... The Great Railroad Strike of 1922, a nationwide railroad shop workers strike in the United States which began on July 1, caused a national outcry. ... The Herrin Massacre occured when a local coal mine went on strike. ... Political cartoon from the Cleveland Dealer The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, which officially began on June 2, was a strike action of anthracite coal miners in the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. ... On the eve of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival in November 1923, half the police force in Melbourne went on strike over the operation of a supervisory system using spooks. Riots and looting followed as crowds poured forth from Flinders Street Station on the Friday and Saturday nights and made... Ammanford (Welsh: Rhydaman) is the fourth largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales with a population 5,299 according to the 2001 census. ... Political cartoon from the Cleveland Dealer The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, which officially began on June 2, was a strike action of anthracite coal miners in the Coal Region of northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. ... The Columbine Mine Massacre occurred in 1927 when striking coal miners in Colorado were attacked with machine guns. ... The Banana massacre, in Spanish, Matanza de las bananeras[1] or Masacre de las bananeras was a massacre of workers for the United Fruit Company that occurred on December 6, 1928 in the town of Ciénaga near Santa Marta, Colombia. ... The 1929 Timber Workers strike was a labour dispute in Australia caused by Judge Lukin of the Arbitration Court handing down an industrial award decision on December 23, 1928 to reduce the wages and increase the hours for 20,000 timber workers from a 44 hour week to 48 hour... The Lupeni Strike of 1929 took place between August 5 and 6, 1929 in the mining town of Lupeni, in the Jiu Valley of Transylvania, Romania. ... On December 16, 1929 police drew their revolvers and shot into a crowd of locked-out miners in the New South Wales town of Rothbury in Australia, killing a 26 year old miner, Norman Brown, and injuring approximately forty five other miners. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

1930s

  • Imperial Valley California, Farmworkers' Strike (1929, U.S.)
  • Harlan County Kentucky, Miners' Strike (1931, U.S.)
  • Tampa Florida, Cigar Workers' Strike(1931, U.S.)
  • Ådalen shootings (1931, Sweden)
  • Battle of Evarts (1931, U.S.)
  • Invergordon Mutiny (1931, UK)
  • Bonus Army March on Washington D.C. (1932, U.S.)
  • California Pea Pickers' Strike (1932, U.S.)
  • Century Airlines Pilots' Strike (1932, U.S.)
  • Davidson-Wiler Tennessee, Coal Strike (1932, U.S.)
  • Ford Hunger March Detroit Michigan (1932, U.S.)
  • Vacaville California, Tree Pruners' Strike (1932, U.S.)
  • Griviţa Strike of 1933 (Romania)
  • Briggs Manufacturing Strike (1933, U.S.)
  • California Farmworkers' Strike (1933, U.S.)
  • Detroit Michigan Tool and Die Strike (1933, U.S.)
  • New Mexico Miners' Strike (1933, U.S.)
  • Harlem New York, Jobs-for-Negroes-Boycott (1934, U.S.)
  • Imperial Valley California, Farmworkers' Strike (1934, U.S.)
  • Auto-Lite Strike (1934, Toledo Ohio, U.S.)
  • Textile Workers' Strike (1934, U.S.)
  • Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 (U.S.)
  • Rubber Workers' Strike (1934, U.S.)
  • Textile workers Strike (1934) (U.S.)
  • 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike (U.S.)
  • NewarkStar-Ledger Strike (1934, U.S.)
  • Battle of Ballantyne Pier (1935, Canada)
  • Copperbelt strike (1935) (Zambia)
  • Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Metal workers' strike (1935, U.S.)
  • Pacific Northwest Lumber Strike (1935, U.S.)
  • On-to-Ottawa Trek (1935)
  • Southern Sharecroppers' and Farm Laborers' Strike (1935, U.S.)
  • Atlanta Georgia, Auto Workers' Sit-Down Strike (1936, U.S.)
  • Berkshire Knitting Mills Strike (1936, U.S.)
  • General Motors Sit-Down Strike (1936, U.S.)
  • RCA Strike (1936, U.S.)
  • Seamens' Strike (1936, U.S.)
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer Newspaper Strike (1936, U.S.)
  • Rubber Workers' Strike (1936, U.S.)
  • S.S. California strike (1936, U.S.)
  • Remington Rand strike of 1936-1937 (U.S.)
  • Flint Sit-Down Strike General Motors (1936-1937, U.S.)
  • Hershey Pennsylvania, Chocolate Workers' Strike (1937, U.S.)
  • Memorial Day massacre of 1937 "Little Steel Strike" (U.S.)
  • Chicago Newspaper Strike (1938, U.S.)
  • Maytag Strike (1938, U.S.)
  • Hilo Hawaii Massacre (1938, U.S.)
  • Chrysler Auto Strike (1939, U.S.)
  • General Motors Tool and Diemakers' Strike (1939, U.S.)

The Ådalen shootings, also known as the Ådalen riots (in Swedish: Skotten i Ådalen) was a series of events in and around the Swedish town of Ådalen, in Kramfors Municipality, in May 1931. ... The Battle of Evarts is the name given to a mining strike and ensuing violence that occurred in Harlan County, Kentucky in 1931. ... The Invergordon Mutiny was an industrial action by around a thousand sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet, that took place 15-16 September 1931. ... Shacks, put up by the Bonus Army on the Anacostia flats, Washington, D.C., burning after the battle with the military, 1932. ... The Griviţa Strike of 1933 was a railway strike which started at the Griviţa Workshops, Bucharest, Romania, on February 16, 1933 by workers of Căile Ferate Române (Romanian Railways). ... The Toledo Auto-Lite strike was a strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) against the Electric Auto-Lite company of Toledo, Ohio, from April 12 to June 3, 1934. ... The Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, a major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. ... The textile workers strike of 1934 was the largest strike in United States history at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and all over the southeastern United States and lasted twenty-two days. ... The 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike lasted eighty-three days, triggered a strike by sailors and a four-day general strike in San Francisco, and led to the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of the United States. ... The Battle of Ballantyne Pier refers to a clash between city, provincial, and federal police and Communist-led protesters on June 18, 1935 in the East End of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The Copperbelt strike in May 1935 was a great strike action which was performed by African mineworkers in the Copperbelt (then in Northern Rhodesia, today called Zambia) to protest against unfair taxes imposed by the British colonial authorities. ... The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a 1935 social movement of unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada. ... The strike was a strike aboard the ocean liner from March 1 to March 4, 1936 as the ship lay docked in San Pedro, California. ... The Remington Rand strike of 1936-1937 was a strike by a federal union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) against the Remington Rand company. ... Sit-down strikers at Fisher Body Plant (1937) The Flint Sit-Down Strike changed the United Automobile Workers from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major union and led to the unionization of the United States automobile industry. ... Ten demonstrators were killed by police bullets during the Little Steel Strike of 1937. ...

1940s

  • Ford Motor Strike (1940, U.S.)
  • Disney animators' strike (1941, U.S.)
  • Allis-Chalmers Strike (1941, U.S.)
  • Captive Coal Miners' Strike (1941, U.S.)
  • Detroit Michigan, Hate Strike against Black Workers (1941, U.S.)
  • February Strike (1941, Netherlands)
  • International Harvester Strike (1941, U.S.)
  • New York City Bus Strike (1941, U.S.)
  • North American Aviation Strike (1941, U.S.)
  • 1942 Luxembourg General Strike (1942, Luxembourg)
  • 1942-43 musicians' strike (U.S.)
  • Bituminous Coal Strike (1943, U.S.)
  • Detroit Michigan, Hate Strike against Black Workers (1943, U.S.)
  • Detroit Michigan Race Riot (1943, U.S.)
  • Hollywood Black Friday (U.S.)
  • Philadelphia Transit Strike (1944, U.S.)
  • Port Chicago mutiny (1944, U.S.)
  • Kelsey-Hayes Strike (1945, U.S.)
  • New York City Longshoreman's Strike (1945, U.S.)
  • Montgomery Ward Strike (1945, U.S.)
  • Oil Workers' Strike (1945, U.S.)
  • Bituminous Coal Strike (1946, U.S.)
  • Electrical Manufacturing Strike (1946, U.S.)
  • General Motors' Strike (1946, U.S.)
  • Pittsburgh Power Strike (1946, U.S.)
  • Railroad Strike (1946, U.S.)
  • Steel Strike (1946, U.S.)
  • 1946 Pilbara strike, (Western Australia)
  • R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Strike (1947, U.S.)
  • Telephone Strike (1947, U.S.)
  • 1948 Queensland Railway strike (Australia)
  • Asbestos Strike (1949) Quebec, Canada
  • 1949 Australian coal strike (1949)
  • Hawaiian Dock Strike (1949, U.S.)

The bitter animators strike of 1941 at Walt Disney Studios was a psychological turning point within the company. ... The 1941 February strike, also known as The Strike of February 1941, was a general strike organized during World War II in The Netherlands against the anti-Jewish measures made by the Nazis. ... The Luxembourgian general strike of 1942 was a pacific resistance movement organised within a short time period to protest against a directive that incorporated the Luxembourg youth into the Wehrmacht. ... On August 1, 1942, the American Federation of Musicians organized a strike against the major recording companies because of disagreements over royalty payments. ... Black Friday, October 5, 1945 Hollywood Black Friday is the name given, in the history of organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. ... Damage at the Port Chicago Pier after the July 17, 1944 explosion The Port Chicago disaster occurred on July 17, 1944, when the cargo hold of the exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California. ... The 1946 Pilbara strike was a landmark strike by Indigenous Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for human rights recognition and payment of fair wages and working conditions. ... The 1948 Queensland Railway strike was a strike which lasted nine weeks, from February to April, 1948, over issues of the wages of the Railway Workshops and locomotive depots workers in Queensland. ... The Asbestos Strike of 1949, based in and around Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the asbestos miners. ... , Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Duchesne - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area  Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² (595... The 1949 Australian coal strike is notable as being the first time that Australian military forces were used during peacetime to break a Trade union strike. ...

1950s

  • Atlanta transit strike of 1950 (U.S.)
  • "Salt of the Earth" Strike of New Mexico Miners (1950, U.S.)
  • New Zealand waterfront strike (1951)
  • 1952 steel strike (1952, U.S.)
  • Louisiana Sugarcane Workers' Strike (1953, U.S.)
  • Kohler Strike (1954, U.S.)
  • Southern Telephone Strike (1955, U.S.)
  • East Coast Longshoreman's Strike (1956, U.S.)
  • Steel Strike (1956, U.S.)
  • Hock Lee bus riots (1955, Singapore)
  • Steel strike of 1959 (U.S.)

Atlanta transit strike of 1950 was the longest yet in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute is the largest and most widespread industrial dispute in New Zealand history. ... The 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America against U.S. Steel and nine other steelmakers. ... Rioters throwing stones at police The Hock Lee bus riots occurred on May 12, 1955, in Singapore. ... The steel strike of 1959 was a 1959 labor union strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) against major steel-making companies in the United States. ...

1960s

Detail of monument to the incident The Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 was one of the defining labour conflicts in Canadian history, resulting in the shooting of 11 union members. ... The 1964 Mt Isa Mines Strike was an eight month industrial dispute between miners and management at Mt Isa Mines, Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia. ... The Delano grape strike began on September 8, 1965, and lasted more than five years. ... The 1966 New York City transit strike was an illegal strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). ... The Hong Kong 1967 riots began in May 1967. ... Shows location of Gurindji (blue, near top left) in the Northern Territory The Gurindji (or Wave Hill) Strike refers to the walk-off by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families in August 1966 at Wave Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. ... The Florida statewide teachers strike of 1968 was a strike action in the state of Florida in February and March 1968 by teachers and other education workers belonging to the Florida Education Association (FEA). ... The Murray-Hill riot was the culmination of 16 hours of unrest in Montréal, Québec during a Montréal police strike. ...

1970s

  • Colour Strike (1970-1971, UK)
  • 1970 UPR Strike
  • U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970 first U.S. nationwide strike of public employees
  • General Motors Strike (1970, U.S.)
  • New York City Police Strike (1971, U.S.)
  • Farrah Clothing Workers' Strike and Boycott (1972, U.S.)
  • Lordstown Ohio, Auto Workers' Strike (1972, U.S.)
  • Philadelphia Teachers' Strike (1972, U.S.)
  • 1972 Major League Baseball strike (U.S.)
  • Coal miners' strike of 1973 (UK)
  • Baltimore police strike (1974, U.S.)
  • 1974 UPR strike
  • Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 (U.S.)
  • Ulster Workers' Council Strike (1974, UK)
  • Washington Post Pressmen's Strike (1975, U.S.)
  • Grunwick Dispute (1976-1977) London
  • Coors Beer Strike and Boycott (1977, U.S.)
  • J.P. Stevens Boycott (1977, U.S.)
  • Willmar Minnesota, Bank Workers' Strike (1977, U.S.)
  • Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978 (U.S.)
  • Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, Newspapaer Strike (1978, U.S.)
  • Winter of Discontent (1978-1979, UK)
  • Independent Truckers' Strike (1979, U.S.)

Coronation Street in 1971. ... The U.S. postal strike of 1970 was an illegal two-week strike by federal postal workers in March 1970. ... The 1972 baseball strike was the first players strike in Major League Baseball history. ... The Baltimore Police strike was an incident where the founder of GoDaddy. ... The Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 was a 28-day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO. It is generally considered a successful strike by the union. ... The Ulster Workers Council (UWC) Strike was a general strike which took place between Wednesday 15 May 1974 and Tuesday 28 May 1974 in Northern Ireland. ... The Grunwick dispute over trade union recognition at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in North London was a controversial period in the late 1970s. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978 was a 110-day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO. It is generally considered a successful union strike, although the contract was not beneficial to union members. ... The Winter of Discontent is a nickname given to the British winter of 1978–79, during which there were widespread strikes by Trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members. ...

1980s

  • 1980 New York City transit strike (April 1980, U.S.)
  • 1980 AFTRA/Screen Actors Guild strike (summer 1980, U.S.)
  • Gdańsk Shipyard Strike (August 1980, Poland)
  • Air traffic controllers' strike (1981, U.S.)
  • Bydgoszcz events (March 1981, Poland)
  • 1981 UPR strike
  • 1981 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
  • 1981 Major League Baseball strike (U.S.)
  • Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 (1983, U.S.)
  • Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1984, U.S.)
  • Battle of Orgreave (1984, UK)
  • UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)
  • Hormel Meatpackers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
  • Los Angeles County Sanitary Workers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
  • Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
  • Trans World Ailrlines Flight Attendants' Strike (1986, U.S.)
  • United States Steel Lockout (1986, U.S.)
  • Major Indoor Soccer League I Lockout two-week lockout (1986 U.S.)
  • Wapping dispute (1986, UK)
  • International Paper strike (1987, U.S.)
  • Professional Football Players' Strike (1987, U.S.)
  • 1988 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
  • 1989 Australian pilots' strike
  • Eastern Airline Workers' Strike (1984, U.S.)
  • Pittstown Coal Company, Mine Workers' Strike (1989, U.S.)

The 1980 New York City transit strike in New York City (often referred to as the Subway strike) was the first work stoppage at the New York City Transit Authority (a subsidiary of the New York MTA) since 1966. ... Lech Wałęsa (IPA: ; born September 29, 1943, Popowo, Poland) is a Polish politician, a former trade union and human rights activist, and also a former electrician. ... The Air traffic controllers strike of 1981 began on August 3, 1981. ... March 20-21, 1981, issue of Wieczór Wrocławia (The Wrocław Evening). ... The 1981 baseball strike was the fifth work stoppage since 1972. ... The Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 began as a bargaining dispute between the Phelps Dodge Corporation and a group of union copper miners. ... The Battle of Orgreave is the name given to a confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, in 1984, during the UK miners strike. ... The miners strike of 1984-5 was a major piece of industrial action affecting the British coal industry. ... The Wapping dispute started on 24 January 1986 when some 6,000 newspaper workers went on strike after months of protracted negotiation with their employers, News International (parent of Times Newspapers and News Group Newspapers, chaired by Rupert Murdoch). ... The International Paper strike was a strike in 1987 by paper mill workers at a number of plants in the United States owned by the International Paper (IP) company. ... The 1989 Australian pilots strike was one of the most expensive and dramatic industrial disputes in Australias history. ...

1990s

Image of Mandal Commission protest from September 1, 1990 newspaper Image of Mandal Commission protest from September 1, 1990 newspaper Image of Mandal Commission protest from September 1, 1990 newspaper see main article Mandal Commission of India Mandal Commission protests of 1990 closed roads, highways, transportation services, government services, schools... The Timex Strike was a dispute in Dundee, Scotland in 1993. ... The 1994 baseball strike resulted in the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years. ... The Liverpool Dockers Strike lasted from 1995 to 1998. ... 1995 saw a series of general strikes in Frances public sector, which received great popular support and paralyzed the countrys transportation infrastructure. ... In December 1996 and January 1997, South Korea experienced the largest organized strike in its history, when workers in the automotive and shipbuilding industries refused to work in protest against a law which was to make firing employees easier for employers and curtail labor organizing rights. ... The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 was a severe and protracted industrial relations dispute mainly between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Patrick Corporation, a stevedoring and transportation company led by chief executive officer Chris Corrigan that had the support of the Australian federal Howard government, particularly the then...

2000s

In late 2002, the UK firefighters union, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), voted to take strike action in an attempt to secure a better wage. ... In 2003, nursery nurses employed by local authorities in Scotland began a rolling programme of strike action in response to councils refusals to countenance their demands for pay increases. ... The 2004 CN Rail workers strike was a legal strike by 5,500 CN employees who were members of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Bolivian Gas War was a social conflict in Bolivia centering around the exploitation of the countrys vast natural gas reserves. ... A closed entrance to 45th Street station on the R Line in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. ... The 2006 labor protests in France occurred throughout France during February, March, and April 2006 as a result of opposition to a measure set to deregulate labor. ... The Mexican state of Oaxaca is currently embroiled in a conflict that has lasted more than seven months and has resulted in at least 17 deaths and in the occupation of the capital city of Oaxaca by police. ... Locked out workers at an Auckland picket. ... The South Korean railroad strike of 2006 was a four-day walkout by members of the Korea Railway Workers Union employed by the Korean National Railroad. ... The 2006 TTC wildcat strike was an illegal strike action initiated by unionized workers of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) on May 29th, 2006. ... The University of Miami 2006 custodial workers strike featured striking custodial workers at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, in the United States. ... The 2007 South African public servants strike is an ongoing general strike of workers in the public sector of South Africa. ... OCTA logo. ...

Chronological list of general strikes

A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ... The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom which had become prominent in the early years of the French Revolution, but had then been repressed during the long Napoleonic... This article is about the country. ... The first American general strike, the St. ... New Orleans general strike in 1892: The first general strike sponsored by an American Federation of Labor central labor union--the organization of all A.F. of L. locals in a city--took place in 1892 in New Orleans. ... Illustration from the Brisbane Worker newspaper condemning the brutality of the Queensland Police on Black Friday The 1912 Brisbane General Strike in Queensland, Australia, began when members of the Australian Tramway Employees Association were dismissed when they wore union badges to work on 18 January 1912. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of November 2006)  - Population  4,164,590 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... The Seattle General Strike of February 6 to February 11, 1919, was a general stoppage of work by over 65,000 individuals in the city of Seattle. ... Crowd gathered outside old City Hall during the Winnipeg General Strike, June 21, 1919 The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history. ... The UK General Strike of 1926 lasted nine days, from 3 May to 12 May 1926, and was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions for coal miners. ... The 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike lasted eighty-three days, triggered a strike by sailors and a four-day general strike in San Francisco, and led to the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of the United States. ... Protesters marching through the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany took place in June and July 1953. ... A May 1968 poster: Be young and shut up, with stereotypical silhouette of General de Gaulle. ... In 1973 a Coup was declaired in Uruguay by the president, Juan_Mar%EDa_Bordaberry, who closed parliment and implimented direct rule from a junta of military generals. ... The Sunningdale Agreement on December 9, 1973, was an attempt to end the Northern Ireland troubles by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists. ... Spains 1988 general strike took place on December 14, and therefore in Spain it is simply called 14-D (shortened form of 14 Diciembre; Cf. ... In 1992, in a situation of economic crisis and chaos in Nepal, with spiralling prices as a result of implementation of changes in policy of the new Congress government, far-left groups stepped up their political agitation. ... This article needs translation. ... Protestors take to the streets The 2006 democracy movement in Nepal (Nepali: Loktantra Andolan) is a name given to the ongoing political agitations against the rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. ... The 2007 Guinean general strike began on January 10, 2007. ...

See also

 Organized Labour Portal

Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Labor History Timeline for 1806-1986 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 1800s 1806 The 1806 Commonwealth vs. ...

Sources

Labor conflict in the United States, An encyclopedia. edited by Ronald Filippelli, assisted by Carol Reilly - Garland Publishing New York & London 1990 (ISBN: 082407968X)


External links

  • Chronology of general strikes
  • List of labor events in U.S. history
  • List of recent strikes
  • Recent strikes and other labour news

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A sympathy strike is, in a way, a small scale version of a general strike in which one group of workers refuses to cross a picket line established by another as a means of supporting the striking workers.
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