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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).
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[edit] Chronological list of strikes
[edit] Seventeenth century
- Strike of Polish craftsmen in Jamestown (1619, British colonies)
- Maine indentured Servants' and Fisherman's Mutiny (1636, Maine, British colonies)
- Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot (1661, Virginia, British colonies)
- Maryland Indentured Servants' Strike (1663, Maryland, British colonies)
- Boston ship Carpenter's Protest (1675, Massachusetts, British colonies)
- Bacon's Rebellion (1676, Virginia, British colonies)
- New York City Carters' Strike (1677, New York, British colonies)
- New York City Carters' Strike (1684, New York, British colonies)
[edit] Eighteenth century
- New York City Bakers' Strike (1741, New York, British colonies)
- Florida Indentured Servants' Revolt (1768, Florida, British colonies)
- New York City Tailors' Strike (1768, New York, British colonies)
- Hibernia, New Jersey, Ironworks Strike (1774, New Jersey, British colonies)
- Philadelphia Carpenters - First Strike in the U.S. building trades (1791, U.S.)
- Philadelphia River Pilots' Strike (1792, U.S.)
[edit] Nineteenth century
- Philadelphia shoemakers' strike (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 Massachusetts, Mill Women's Strike (1834, U.S.)
- Manayunk Pennsylvania, Textile Protest (1834, U.S.)
- Paterson New Jersey, Textile Strike (1835, U.S.)
- Lowell Massachusetts, Mill Women's Strike (1836, U.S.)
- New York City Tailors' Strike (1836, U.S.)
- Philadelphia Bookbinders' Strike (1836, U.S.)
- 1842 General Strike (1842, England)
- Khewra Salt Mines#Miners Resistance to the British Strikes (1849 - 1872, India)
- Kashmiri Silk Workers protests on 6th July 1847
- New York City Tailors' Strike (1850, U.S.)
- New England Shoemakers' Strike (1860, U.S.)
- Molders' Lockout (1866, U.S.)
- Kashmiri Silk Workers 2nd protests and Strike
- 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.)
- Coal miners strikes of 1875
- Great Railroad Strike (1877, U.S.)
- Cigarmakers' Strike (1877, U.S.)
- Sundsvall strike (1879, Sweden)
- Cohoes New York, Cotton Mill Strike (1882, U.S.)
- Cowboy Strike (1883, U.S.)
- Lynchburg Virginia, Tobacco 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 Affair (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.)
- 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 Railway Strike (1894, U.S.)
- Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894 (U.S.)
- Haverhill Massachusetts Shoe Strike (1895, U.S.)
- Brooklyn, New York Trolley Workers' Strike (1895, U.S.)
- Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike (1896)
- Penrhyn Quarry strike (1896) (Wales, U.K.)
- Lattimer Massacre Strike (1897, Pennsylvania)
- Marlboro Massachusetts, Shoe Workers' Strike (1888, U.S.)
- Welsh coal strike of 1898 (1898, Wales)
- 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.)
- Newsboys Strike of 1899 (New York City, U.S.)
[edit] 20th century
[edit] 1900s
- Anthracite Coal Strike (1900, U.S.)
- Machinists' Strike (1900, U.S.)
- Penrhyn Quarry strike (1900) (1900-1903, Wales, U.K.)
- U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 (U.S.)
- Machinists' Strike (1901, U.S.)
- San Francisco Restaurant Workers' Strike (1901, U.S.)
- 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.)
- Utah Coal Strike (1903, U.S.)
- New York City Interborough Rapid Transit Strike 991904, U.S.)
- Packinghouse Workers' Strike (1904, U.S.)
- Santa Fe Railroad Shopmen's Strike (1904, U.S.)
- Cananea Strike (1905, Sonora, Mexico)
- Goldfield Nevada, Miners' Strike (1907 U.S.)
- Río Blanco Strike (1907 Mexico)
- Pensacola streetcar operators' strike (1908, Pensacola, Florida, 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.)
- 1909 Swedish General Strike
[edit] 1910s
- New York Cloakmakers Strike, also known as "The Great Revolt" (1910, U.S.)
- Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910-1911 (U.S.)
- Chicago Garment Workers' Strike of 1910-1911 (U.S.)
- 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike (UK)
- Lawrence textile strike, often known as the Bread and Roses strike (1912, U.S.)
- Waihi miners' strike (1912, Waihi, New Zealand)
- Louisiana Timber Workers' Strike (1912, U.S.)
- West Virginia Mine War of 1912-1913 (U.S.)
- Dublin Strike and Lockout (1913, Ireland)
- Ludlow Massacre Strike (1913, U.S.)
- Paterson silk strike (1913, U.S.)
- 1913 Great Strike (1913, New Zealand)
- Indianapolis Street Car Strike of 1913 (U.S.)
- Burston Strike School (1914-1939, UK)
- BLE Strike in New York City (1918, U.S.)
- Vancouver general strike (1918, Canada)
- Police officers' strike, (1918-19, UK)
- Centralia Massacre (Washington) (1919, U.S.)
- Boston Police Strike (1919, U.S.)
- 1919 Battle of George Square (UK)
- Seattle General Strike of 1919 (U.S.)
- Steel strike of 1919 (U.S.)
- Winnipeg General Strike (1919, Canada)
[edit] 1920s
- Battle of Matewan (1920, U.S.)
- Alabama Miners' Strike (1920, U.S.)
- Clothing Workers' Lockout (1920, U.S.)
- Italian, Anti-Fascist General Strike (1920, Feb., Italy)
- West Virginia Coal Wars (1920-21, U.S.)
- Kronstadt Rebellion (1921, U.S.S.R.)
- Battle of Blair Mountain (1921, U.S.)
- Seamen's Strike (1921, U.S.)
- Black Friday (1921) (UK)
- Great Railroad Strike of 1922 (U.S.)
- Herrin massacre (1922, U.S.)
- Anthracite Coal Strike (1922, U.S.)
- Bituminous Coal Strike (1922, U.S.)
- Railroad Shopmen's Strike (1922, U.S.)
- Portland Waterfront Strikes (1922, U.S.)
- 1923 Victorian Police strike (Australia)
- Kashmiri Silk Workers 3rd Strike 1924
- Ammanford Anthracite Strike (1925, UK)
- Anthracite Coal Strike (1925, U.S.)
- Stripa Labour Conflict (Sweden, 1925)
- Passaic New Jersey, Textile Strike (1926, U.S.)
- Bituminous Coal Strike (1927, U.S.)
- Columbine Mine Massacre Strike (1927, U.S.)
- New Bedford Massachusetts, Textile Strike (1928, U.S.)
- Banana massacre (1928, Colombia)
- 1929 Timber Workers strike (Australia)
- Lupeni Strike of 1929 (Romania)
- Rothbury Riot (1929, Australia)
- Loray Mill Strike (Gastonia, North Carolina, Textile Strike) (1929, U.S.)
[edit] 1930s
- Imperial Valley California, Farmworkers' Strike (1929, U.S.)
- Tampa Florida, Cigar Workers' Strike (1931, U.S.)
- Ådalen shootings (1931, Sweden)
- Battle of Evarts, Harlan County Mining Strike (1931, U.S.)
- Invergordon Mutiny (1931, UK)
- 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.)
- Kohler Strike, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (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.)
- Palestinian general strike (1936, Palestine)
- Atlanta Georgia, Auto Workers' Sit-Down Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Berkshire Knitting Mills Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Flint Sit-Down Strike (1936, U.S.)
- RCA Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Seafarer's 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.)
[edit] 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.)
- 1945 Swedish Metal Workers' Strike
- African Mine Workers' Strike (1946, S.A.)
- 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.)
- Longshore Strike (1948, U.S.)
- 1948 Queensland Railway strike (Australia)
- Asbestos Strike (1949) Quebec, Canada
- 1949 Australian coal strike (1949)
- Hawaiian Dock Strike (1949, U.S.)
[edit] 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.)
- UNITE Strike (1955, 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.)
[edit] 1960s
- General Electric Strike (1960, U.S.)
- Seamen's Strike (1960, U.S.)
- 1960 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
- 1962 New York City newspaper strike (1962, U.S.)
- East Coast Longshoreman's Strike (1962, U.S.)
- Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 (Canada)
- 1964 Mount Isa Mines Strike (1964-5, Australia)
- Delano grape strike (1965-1970, U.S.)
- 1966 New York City transit strike (U.S.)
- Gurindji strike (1966, Australia)
- New York City Transportation Strike (1966, U.S.)
- St. John's University strike of 1966-1967 (U.S.)
- Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots
- Railroad machinists' strike of 1967 (U.S.)
- Copper Strike (1967, U.S.)
- May 1968 in France
- Chrysler wildcat strike (1968, U.S.)
- New York City Teacher's Strike of 1968 (U.S.)
- Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 (U.S.)
- Charleston, South Carolina, Hospital Workers' Strike (1969, U.S.)
- Montreal Police Strike (1969, Canada) see also Murray-Hill riot
- The President National Strike (1969, US)
[edit] 1970s
- Colour Strike (1970-1971, UK)
- Salad Bowl strike (1970-1971, U.S.)
- 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.)
- Longshore Strike (1971, U.S.)
- 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike (1971, UK)
- 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.)
- UK miners' strike (1972) (UK)
- Baltimore police strike (1974, U.S.)
- 1974 UPR strike
- Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 (U.S.)
- Ulster Workers' Council Strike (1974, UK)
- UK miners' strike (1974) (UK)
- Washington Post Pressmen's Strike (1975, U.S.)
- Japan National Railway Workers Union seven-days strike (1975, Japan)
- Grunwick Dispute (1976-1977) London
- Atlanta Sanitation Workers' Strike (1977, U.S.)[1]
- 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, Newspaper Strike (1978, U.S.)
- Sudbury Strike of 1978 (Canada)
- Winter of Discontent (1978-1979, UK)
- Independent Truckers' Strike (1979, U.S.)
- Art Strike 1977–1980
[edit] 1980s
- 1980 Swedish labour conflict
- 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/Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (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.)
- Mudginberri dispute (1985, Northern Territory, Australia)
- Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
- Chicago Tribune Strike (1986, U.S.)
- Dollar Sweets dispute (1986, Australia)
- Trans World Airlines Flight Attendants' Strike (1986, U.S.)
- United States Steel Lockout (1986, U.S.)
- Major Indoor Soccer League Lockout two-week lockout (1986, U.S.)
- Wapping dispute (1986, UK)
- The Great Workers' Struggle (1987, South Korea)
- International Paper strike (1987, U.S.)
- Professional Football Players' Strike (1987, U.S.)
- 1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike
- 1988 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
- 1989 Australian pilots' strike
- Eastern Airline Workers' Strike (1989, U.S.)
- Bell Atlantic Strike (August, 1989)
- Nynex Strike (August, 1989) Lasted 4 months.
- Pittston Coal Strike (1989-90, U.S.)
[edit] 1990s
- Art Strike 1990–1993
- Mandal Commission protests of 1990 (India, 1990)
- 1992 NHL players' strike (U.S., Canada)
- Timex strike (1993)
- 1994 Major League Baseball strike (U.S., Canada)
- Alcan Aluminum Strike (Canada 1995)
- Detroit Newspaper Strike (13 July 1995—14 February 1997)
- Liverpool Dockers' Strike (1995-1998)
- 1995 strikes in France
- 1996-1997 strikes in South Korea
- 1997 Safeway Strike Canada
- 1997 UPS Strike (U.S.)
- 1998 Australian waterfront dispute
- 1999 Vieques Strikes
- 1999 UNAM strike
[edit] 21st century
- Verizon Strike (August, 2000)
- Jeffboat wildcat strike (2001, U.S.)
- National Gallery of Canada employees 9-week strike (2001, Canada)
- Actors Strike 2001
- UK Firefighter strike 2002
- Alberta Teachers strike 2002[2]
- University of California strikes (2003, U.S.)
- Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike (2003)
- 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike (US)
- Southern California Supermarket strike of 2003-2004 (U.S)
- 2004 CN Rail workers strike (Canada)
- 2004 Japanese Professional Baseball Workers Union strike
- 2004–05 NHL lockout (U.S. and Canada)
- Bolivian Gas War (2005)
- 2005 Lakeside Packers Strike (Canada)
- 2005 New York City transit strike
- 2005 UPR strike
- Dhaka strikes (2006, Bangladesh)
- 2006 USW Strike (U.S. and Canada)
- 2006 AK Steel Strike (U.S.)
- 2006 labor protests in France
- 2006 Oaxaca protests (Mexico)
- 2006 Progressive Enterprises dispute (New Zealand)
- South Korean railroad strike of 2006
- 2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike (Canada)
- University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike (U.S.)
- 2006-2007 Palace Casino Strike (Canada)
- 2007 Freightliner wildcat strike (U.S.)
- 2007 South African public servants' strike
- 2007 Orange County transit strike (U.S.)
- Hayward teachers strike (2007, U.S.)
- 2007 General Motors strike (U.S.)
- 2007 Chrysler Autoworkers strike (U.S.)
- 2007 UK postal strikes
- 2007 St. Petersburg Ford Motors Strike (Russia)
- 2007 United Space Alliance strike (U.S.)[3]
- 2007 Broadway Stagehand Strike (U.S)
- SEMCO Energy Gas Company Strike (2007, U.S.)
- Port of Napier Strike (2007, New Zealand)
- November 2007 strikes in France
- German national rail strike of 2007
- 2007 South Africa miners' strike
- 2007-2008 Cork players strike
- 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
- 2008 Puerto Rico Teacher's Federation strike
- 2008 Egyptian general strike
- 2008 British teacher's strike
- 2008 Scottish Borders Council strike
- 2008 University of California strike (U.S.)
- 2008 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. strike (U.S.)
- 2008 Sundance Kabuki Cinema Sex in the City strike (U.S.)
- 2008 Berlitz Teachers' Union strike (Japan)[4]
- United Kingdom council workers' strike (2008, U.K.)
- 2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike (Canada)
- 2008 Spanish truckers strike[5]
- 2008 First Group bus strike (U.K.)
- 2008 Sri Lankan train strike (Sri Lanka)
- 2008 Indian communication workers' strike (India)
- VIVA bus operators strike (Canada)
- 2008 Bollywood strike[6]
- 2008 Timmins Ont. "Met" Site strike (October)
- Boeing Machinists Strike of 2008[7]
- 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes
- 2008–09 York University Strike (Canada)
- 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike (Canada) [8]
- VIA Rail strike (Canada)
- Art Strike Biennial, Alytus, August 2009
- 2009 Leeds refuse workers strike
- 2009 UK postal strikes
- 2009 McMaster University Strike (Canada)
[edit] Chronological list of general strikes
- 1820 Rising, Scotland
- Saint Louis General Strike, (1877, U.S.)
- New Orleans General Strike (1892, U.S.)
- Philadelphia General Strike (1910, U.S.)
- 1912 Brisbane General Strike, Queensland, Australia
- Seattle General Strike of 1919
- Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
- UK general strike of 1926
- French general strike of 1933
- San Francisco general strike of 1934
- Palestinian general strike (1936, Palestine)
- Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
- Yleislakko 1956
- French general strike of May 1968
- Uruguay general strike of 1973
- Ulster Workers' Council Strike, 1974
- Spanish general strike of 1988
- April 1992 general strike in Nepal
- 1998 Puerto Rican General Strike
- Venezuelan general strike of 2002-2003
- 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
- 2007 Guinea general strike
[edit] See also
[edit] 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)
- ^ "A Disgrace Before God: Striking Black Sanitation Workers vs. Black Officialdom in 1977 Atlanta", New Beginnings: A Journal of Independent Labor (accessed 6 November 2007).
- ^ CBC News
- ^ "Several hundred United Space Alliance workers vote to strike". 2007-10-31. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5119.
- ^ Japan Times article
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/12/oil.spain
- ^ "Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific". 2008-10-11. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/oct2008/labo-o11.shtml.
- ^ Simmering Boeing strike scorching both sides
- ^ http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/654695
