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Revision as of 00:42, 18 April 2024
The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign on a broader national or international level).
Chronological list of strikes
Part of a series on |
Organized labour |
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Twelfth century BCE
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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c. 1170 BCE | Tomb workers' strikes (possibly earliest recorded strike action in history) | Deir el-Medina | New Kingdom of Egypt |
Fourteenth century
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1353 | 1353 Walsham Manor strike [1] | Walsham le Willows | England |
Sixteenth century
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1538 | 1538 Cobblers' Strike[2] | Wisbech | England |
Seventeenth century
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1619 | Polish craftsmen's strike | Jamestown | Thirteen Colonies |
1661 | Indentured Servants' Plot | Virginia colony | Thirteen Colonies |
Eighteenth century
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1766 | Silver miners' strike | Mineral del Monte | Mexico |
1787 | Weavers' strike | Calton, Glasgow | Scotland |
Nineteenth century
1800–1849
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1828 | New Hampshire Mill Women's Strike | New Hampshire | United States |
1833 | Four pennies riot | Anzin | France |
1834 | Lowell Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike | Lowell, Massachusetts | United States |
1835 | Textile strike | Paterson, New Jersey | United States |
1835 | 1835 Washington Navy Yard labor strike | Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. | United States |
1835 | New England Mill Strike | New England | United States |
1835 | Philadelphia General Strike | Philadelphia | United States |
1836 | Lowell Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike | Lowell, Massachusetts | United States |
1850–1899
Twentieth century
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1950 | 1950 Venezuelan oil strike | nationwide | Venezuela |
1950 | Atlanta transit strike of 1950 | Atlanta | United States |
1951 | New Zealand waterfront strike | nationwide | New Zealand |
1951 | Barcelona tram strike | Barcelona, Catalonia | Spain |
1951 | 1951 Aliquippa steelworkers strike[15] | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania | United States |
1951 | 1951 Caterpillar strike[15] | East Peoria, Illinois | United States |
1952 | 1952 steel strike | nationwide | United States |
1953 | 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike | Milwaukee | United States |
1953 | The Hartal of 1953 | nationwide | Sri Lanka |
1955 | Hock Lee bus riots | Singapore | Republic of Singapore |
1956 | Poznań protests of 1956 | Cegielski Factories | Polish People's Republic |
1957 | Murdochville strike | Murdochville, Quebec | Canada |
1957 | 1957 Long Island strike[16] | Long Island, New York | United States |
1957 | 1957 Western Electric strike[16] | nationwide | United States |
1958–59 | 1958–59 Mexican railroad strike[17] | nationwide | Mexico |
1959 | Steel strike of 1959 | nationwide | United States |
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
Twenty-first century
2000s
2010s
2020s
Chronological list of general strikes
See also
- List of US labor strikes by size
- List of miners' strikes
- List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes
- Streetcar strikes in the United States
- Strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Timeline of labor unions in the United States
- List of protests in the 21st century
References
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- ^ "The Story of a Strike". Birmingham Daily Post. 27 December 1893. p. 2.
- ^ Loomis, Erik (2020). A History of America in Ten Strikes. The New Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-1620976272.
- ^ Ryan, Patrick Spaulding (2022). "Saving Face Without Words: A Confucian Perspective on The Strike of 1867".
- ^ "The great railroad strike, 1877 – Howard Zinn". libcom.org.
- ^ Koepnick, Brian (1996). "Tampa's Historic Cigar Factories: Making a Case for Preservation" (PDF).
- ^ Taylor, Boswell, ed. (1984). Mastermind (1984 ed.). Treasure Press. pp. 58, 136. ISBN 0-907812-64-3.
- ^ "History Early Struggles". ilgwu.ilr.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ Valenzuela, Ricardo R. Gonzales; Tampa Historical Team. "1910 Workers' Strike - The issue of "selectors" creates another strike in Tampa". Tampa Historical. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ "July 7: The Great Revolt". Jewish Currents. July 6, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
- ^ Defending Rights: Law, Labor Politics, and the State in California, 1890–1925. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. 2002. p. 182. ISBN 0814330436 – via Google Books.
- ^ White, Jonathan (January 24, 2013). "Milwaukee sales clerks strike for wage increases, 1934". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ a b c United States Department of Labor (1949). Work Stoppages Caused by Labor-Management Disputes in 1948 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Florida Roundup: MIAMI STRIKE ENDS". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 9, 1948. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ a b United States Department of Labor (1952). Analysis of Work Stoppages During 1951 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States.
- ^ a b United States Department of Labor (1958). Analysis of Work Stoppages: 1957 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Mexican railroad workers strike for wages and union rights, 1958-1959 | Global Nonviolent Action Database". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ a b c d e United States Department of Labor (1969). ANALYSIS OF WORK STOPPAGES 1967 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office.
- ^ Douglas, David John (1994). Pit Sense versus the State: A history of militant miners in the Doncaster area. London: Phoenic Press. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-948984-26-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g United States Department of Labor (1975). Analysis of Work Stoppages, 1973 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Welcome to Frontline : Vol. 29 :: No. 03". Hinduonnet.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ^ "INDIA: Strangulating Strike". Time. 1974-05-20. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
- ^ [1] Archived September 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stephen Sherlock (October 14, 1989). "Railway Workers and Their Unions: Origins of 1974 Indian Railways Strike". Economic and Political Weekly. 24 (41). Published by: Economic and Political Weekly: 2311–2315+2317–2319+2321–2322. JSTOR 4395459.
- ^ "Latrobe Valley's 1977 power strike – Solidarity Online". 8 September 2017.
- ^ Bao, Xiaolan (2001). Holding Up More Than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948–92. University of Illinois Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780252026317.
- ^ "Canada's national strike in 1991". CBC.
- ^ "Congress Hotel Strike Ends, 10-Year Strike Was Longest In The World". Huffington Post. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "The Japan Times – News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More". The Japan Times.
- ^ "Simmering Boeing strike scorching both sides". The Seattle Times.
- ^ Lu, Vanessa; Vincent, Donovan (22 June 2009). "Keep your trash, citizens told". The Star. Toronto. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ Alicea, Julio (June 10, 2011). "Chinese autoworkers strike to demand higher wages from Honda, 2010". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Alicea, Julio (November 28, 2010). "Cambodian garment workers organize an industry strike for higher monthly wages, 2010". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ Bunting, Ashleigh (December 22, 2013). "Colombian miners go on 53-day strike for better wages and working conditions, 2013". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to The Oil Strike Newsletter". United Steelworkers. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
- ^ "Kohler workers reject offer, OK first union strike at company since 1983". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. November 15, 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ 40,000 Verizon Workers Go On Strike url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/verizon-strike_us_570df081e4b03d8b7b9ed710
- ^ McNary, Dave (2016-10-24). "More Than 100 SAG-AFTRA Videogame Strike Supporters Rally at Electronic Arts". Variety. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ^ Philip, Drew (October 26, 2018). "'One job should be enough': Marriott hotel workers' strike hits eight US cities". The Guardian. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
- ^ Schwartz, Karen (October 31, 2018). "What You Need to Know About the Strike Against Marriott Hotels". The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
- ^ Levin, Annie (June 2, 2021). "How NYU's Grad Student Union Went on Strike—and Won". The Progressive. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "NYU GRADUATE WORKERS ANNOUNCE STRIKE VOTE". GSOC-UAW Local 2110. March 19, 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ "Cook County Nurses Go On Strike Over Staffing Issues". WBBM-TV. June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Cook County Nurses Strike for 1 Day Over Staffing Issues". WMAQ-TV. June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ Fowler, Lilly (September 16, 2021). "Thousands of carpenters in Washington state on strike". KNKX. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ Leon, Luis (September 15, 2021). "After Voting Down Four Tentative Agreements, Washington Carpenters Strike". Labor Notes. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ "UPDATE 1-Strike at UPM's Finnish mills extended to April" (Digital). Reuters. February 24, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ Mount, Guy Emerson (28 December 2015). "When Slaves Go on Strike: W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction 80 Years Later". Black Perspectives. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Valenzuela, Ricardo R. Gonzales; Tampa Historical Team. "1901 Workers' Strike - Tampa's First General Strike". Tampa Historical. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ Lakey, George; Ensign, Olivia. "Cubans general strike to overthrow president, 1933". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ Miller-Walfish, Summer (December 22, 2010). "Ecuadorians general strike against President Mera, 1933". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "1972: The Quebec general strike". Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "The largest labour protest in Canadian history". Canadian Labour Congress. 14 October 2018.
- ^ Léger, Raymond. "October 14, 1976 – the Saint John General Strike". Frank & Ella Hatheway Labour Exhibit Centre. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Derby, Mark (11 March 2010). "Strikes and labour disputes - The decline of the arbitration system". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
- ^ "Factories go out but offices and shops go on". The Press. 21 September 1979. p. 1.
- ^ "1984: Uruguay General Strike | libcom.org". libcom.org. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Moroccans general strike for higher wages, 1990". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ Slusher, Margaret (March 21, 2013). "Danish workers conduct general strike for gains in wages, jobs, and vacation days, 1998". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ Grevatt, Martha (14 January 2019). "All-India General Strike is largest in world history". Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Konstantinidis, Alkis (June 10, 2021). "Thousands of Greeks protest 'monstrous' labour reform bill". Reuters. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ Wintour, Patrick (December 6, 2022). "Iran: Mass strike starts as shopkeepers and lorry drivers across 40 cities participate in mass walkout". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
Further reading
- Labor conflict in the United States, An encyclopedia. edited by Ronald Filippelli, assisted by Carol Reilly – Garland Publishing New York & London 1990 (ISBN 0-8240-7968-X)