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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 New Unionism is a term which has been used twice in the history of the labour movement both times involving moves to broaden the union agenda The proletariat (from Latin la ''proles'' "offspring" is a term used to identify a lower Social class; a member of such a class is proletarian Social Movement Unionism is a trend of theory and practice in contemporary trade unionism Syndicalism is a type of movement which aims to degrade capitalist societies through action by the Working class on the industrial front Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Timeline of Organized labor history 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s Labor rights or workers' rights are a group of Legal rights and claimed Human rights having to do with Labor relations between Workers Child labor is the employment of Children at regular and sustained labour The 8-hour day movement or 40-hour week movement (aka the Short-time movement) had its origins in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, where Occupational safety and health is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the Safety, Health and welfare of people engaged in Collective bargaining is the process whereby workers organize together to meet converse and compromise upon the work environment with their employers A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming This is a list of Trade unions and Union federations by country This is a list of federations of Trade unions. Those federations listed under each country are also known as National trade union centres and are organisations formed Unions have been compared across countries by growth and decline patterns by violence levels and by kinds of political activity Inaugural Congress The founding and first congress of the ITUC was held November 1 - 3 2006 in Vienna TemplateInfobox Union for usage -->The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU was established in the wake of the Second Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The International Workers' Association ( IWA) ( Spanish: Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. A general strike is a Strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city region or country A sympathy strike is a Strike action that is initiated by workers in one industry and supported by workers in a separate but related industry or profession A sit-down strike is a form of Civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers usually employed at a factory or other centralized location take possession of Work-to-rule is an Industrial action in which Employees do no more than the minimum required by the rules of a workplace and follow safety or other regulations to César Estrada Chávez ( March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) born in Yuma Arizona, was a Mexican-American farm worker Labor Samuel Gompers (January 27 1850 - December 13 1924 was an American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. James Riddle ("Jimmy" Hoffa ( February 14, 1913 - disappeared July 30, 1975, exact Asa Philip Randolph ( April 15 1889 &ndash May 16 1979) was a prominent twentieth century African-American civil rights leader Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro-Wiwa ( October 10, 1941 &ndash November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author television producer and "Lowell Mill Girls" was the name used for female textile workers in Lowell Massachusetts in the 19th century For his son see James Larkin Jnr, and for the English actor see James Larkin (actor. For other people named "Bob White" or "Robert White" see Bob White (disambiguation and Robert White. Labor history (or labour history) is a broad field of study concerned with the development of the Labor movement and the Working class. The field of industrial relations (also called labor relations) looks at the relationship between Management and workers particularly groups of workers represented Labour law (also known as employment or labor law is the body of Laws administrative rulings and precedents which address the legal rights of and restrictions Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. A general strike is a Strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city region or country

Contents 1 Chronological list of strikes 1.1 Seventeenth Century 1.2 Eighteenth Century 1.3 Nineteenth century 1.4 20th century 1.4.1 1900s 1.4.2 1910s 1.4.3 1920s 1.4.4 1930s 1.4.5 1940s 1.4.6 1950s 1.4.7 1960s 1.4.8 1970s 1.4.9 1980s 1.4.10 1990s 1.5 21st century 2 Chronological list of general strikes 3 See also 4 Sources 5 External links

Chronological list of strikes

Seventeenth Century

• Strike of polish craftmen 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)

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. Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. A sizable Indentured servant 's uprising occurred in Virginia in 1661 over the issue of adequate food Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. S. building trades (1791, U. S. )
• Philadelphia River Pilots' Strike (1792, U. S. )

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 Massachusetts, Mill Women's Strike (1834, U. "Lowell Mill Girls" was the name used for female textile workers in Lowell Massachusetts in the 19th century S. )
• Manayunk Pennsylvania, Textile Protest (1834, U. S. )
• Paterson New Jersey, Textile Strike (1835, U. S. )
• Lowell Massachusetts, Mill Women's Strike (1836, U. "Lowell Mill Girls" was the name used for female textile workers in Lowell Massachusetts in the 19th century 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. Sheffield 's early success in steel production had involved long working hours in desperately unpleasant conditions which offered little or no safety protection The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the Anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. 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. The Tompkins Square Park Riot occurred on January 13, 1874 when police crushed a demonstration involving thousands of unemployed in New York City S. )
• Coal miners strikes of 1875
• Great Railroad Strike (1877, U. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began on July 14 in Martinsburg West Virginia, United States and ended some 45 days later after it was put down by local 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. The Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 was a labor union strike against the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads involving more S. )
• Haymarket Affair (1886, U. S. )
• Bay View Tragedy (1886, U. 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 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. 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 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The London Dock Strike was an industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London. 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. 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 The 1890 Southampton Dock Strike took place in Southampton, England, September 1890 S. )
• 1891 Australian shearers' strike
• Savanna Georgia, Black Laborers' Strike (1891, U. The 1891 Shearers' Strike is one of Australia 's oldest and most important industrial disputes S. )
• Tennessee Miners' Strike (1891, U. S. )
• Homestead Strike (1892, U. The Homestead Strike was a labor lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents S. ) gains national attention
• Buffalo switchmen's strike (1892, U. The Buffalo switchmen's strike was a two-week strike in August 1892 by railroad workers employed by three railroads in Buffalo New York. S. )
• Coeur d'Alene Miners' Strike (1892, U. S. )
• Coxey's Army marches on Washington D. Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by the populist Jacob Coxey. C. (1894, U. S. )
• Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (U. The Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 was a five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. S. )
• Pullman Strike (1894, U. The S. )
• Great Northern Railroad Strike (1894, U. S. )
• Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike (1894) Birmingham, Alabama
• Haverhill Massachusetts Shoe Strike (1895, U. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. S. )
• Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike (1896))
• Lattimer Massacre Strike (1897, Pennsylvania)
• Marlboro Massachusetts, Shoe Workers' Strike (1888, U. Lattimer massacre was an incident in which a sheriff's posse killed nineteen unarmed immigrant miners and wounded scores more The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern 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. )
• Newsboys Strike of 1899 (New York City, U. Newsboys Strike of 1899 was a youth-led campaign to force change in the way that Joseph Pulitzer 's and William Randolph Hearst 's newspapers compensated S. )

20th century

1900s

• Anthracite Coal Strike (1900, U. The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the Anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. S. )
• Machinists' Strike (1900, U. S. )
• Penrhyn Quarry lock-out (1900-1903, Wales)
• U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 (U. The Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a Slate Quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales. The US 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 S. )
• Machinists' Strike (1901, U. S. )
• San Francisco Restaurant Workers' Strike (1901, U. S. )
• Anthracite Coal Strike (1902, U. The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the Anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. 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. Colorado 's most significant battles between labor and capital occurred primarily between miners and mine operators S. )
• Oxnard Strike of 1903 (U. In 1897 Henry, James and Robert Oxnard formed the American Beet Sugar Company. 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. The Cananea strike took place in the Mexican mining town of Cananea, Sonora, in June 1906 S. )
• Río Blanco Strike (1907 Mexico)
• New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 "Uprising of the 20,000" (1909, U. The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909, also known as the Uprising of the 20000, was a labor strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York 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

1910s

• Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910-1911 (U. The Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. S. )
• 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike (UK)
• Lawrence textile strike, often known as the Bread and Roses strike (1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts)
• Waihi miners' strike (1912, Waihi, New Zealand)
• Louisiana Timber Workers' Strike (1912, U. The 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike involved Dockers, Railway workers and Sailors, as well people from other trades 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 a poem of that name by James Oppenheim, published in American Magazine in December 1911 which attributed it to Lawrence is a city in Essex County Massachusetts, United States on the Merrimack River. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. 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 Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island On July 7 1912 a violent confrontation known as the Grabow Riot occurred between the timber industry primarily the Galloway Lumber Company and the striking Brotherhood of Timber Workers S. )
• West Virginia Mine War of 1912-1913 (U. 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 S. )
• Dublin Strike and Lockout (1913, Ireland)
• Ludlow Massacre Strike (1913, Colorado)
• Paterson silk strike (1913, Paterson, New Jersey)
• Burston Strike School (1914-1939, UK)
• BLE Strike in New York City (1918, U. The Dublin Lockout (Frithdhúnadh Mór was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20000 workers and 300 employers which took place in Ireland 's capital city of The Ludlow massacre refers to the violent deaths of 20 people 11 of them children during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a Tent colony of 1200 striking The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The Paterson silk strike of 1913 was a strike of the silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. 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 S. )
• Vancouver general strike (1918, Canada)
• Police officers' strike, (1918-19) United Kingdom
• Centralia Massacre (Washington) (1919, U. The 1918 Vancouver General Strike was the first General strike in Canadian history and was held 2 August 1918. The Police Strikes of 1918 and 1919 resulted in the British government putting before Parliament its proposals for a Police Act which established the Police The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 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 S. )
• Boston Police Strike (1919, U. The Boston Police Strike was a strike by the Boston police rank and file that began on September 9 1919 after Police Commissioner Edwin Upton Curtis refused to allow S. )
• 1919 Battle of George Square (UK)
• Seattle General Strike of 1919
• Steel strike of 1919 (U. The 1919 Battle of George Square, also known as Bloody Friday and Black Friday, was one of the worst Riots on the streets of Glasgow, The Seattle General Strike of February 6 to February 11, 1919, was a general work stoppage by over 65000 individuals in the U 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 S. )
• Winnipeg General Strike (1919, Canada)

1920s

• Battle of Matewan (1920, U. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history The Battle of Matewan (also called the Matewan Massacre) was a Shootout in the coal company town of Matewan, West Virginia on May 19 S. )
• Alabama Miners' Strike (1920, U. S. )
• Clothing Workers' Lockout (1920, U. S. )
• West Virginia Coal Wars (1920-21, U. The West Virginia Coal Wars (1920-21 also known as the Mine Wars arose out of a dispute between coal companies and miners S. )
• Battle of Blair Mountain (1921, U. 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 S. )
• Seamen's Strike (1921, U. S. )
• Black Friday (1921) (UK)
• Great Railroad Strike of 1922 (U. 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 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 S. )
• Herrin massacre (1922, U. The Herrin Massacre occurred in June of 1922 in Herrin Illinois. S. )
• Anthracite Coal Strike (1922, U. S. )
• Bituminous Coal Strike (1922, U. S. )
• Railroad Shopmen's Strike (1922, U. S. )
• 1923 Victorian Police strike (Australia)
• Ammanford Anthracite Strike (1925, UK)
• Anthracite Coal Strike (1925, U. The 1923 Victorian Police strike occurred in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Ammanford ( Rhydaman) is the third largest Town in the County of Carmarthenshire, Wales, with a population 5299 according to 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. The first Columbine Massacre, sometimes called the Columbine Mine massacre to distinguish it from the Columbine High School massacre, occurred in 1927 when striking 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 (1929, U. The Banana massacre, in Spanish Matanza de las bananeras or Masacre de las bananeras was a massacre of workers for the United Fruit Company that occurred The 1929 Timber Workers strike was a labour dispute in Australia caused by Judge Lukin of the Arbitration Court handing down an industrial award The Lupeni Strike of 1929 took place on August 5 and 6, 1929 in the mining town of Lupeni, in the Jiu Valley of Transylvania 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 The Loray Mill Strike in 1929 in Gastonia, North Carolina was one of the more influential labor strikes in the History of the United States. S. )
• Gastonia North Carolina, Textile Strike (1929, U. S. )

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. The Ådalen shootings (Skotten i Ådalen also known as the Ådalen riots, was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors The Battle of Evarts is the name given to a mining strike and ensuing violence that occurred in Harlan County Kentucky in 1931 S. )
• Invergordon Mutiny (1931, UK)
• California Pea Pickers' Strike (1932, U. The Invergordon Mutiny was an Industrial action by around a thousand Sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet, that took place on 15 September - 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. The Griviţa Strike of 1933 was a railway strike which was started at the Griviţa Workshops, Bucharest, Romania, on February 16, 1933 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. 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 S. )
• Textile Workers' Strike (1934, U. S. )
• Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 (U. 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 S. )
• Rubber Workers' Strike (1934, U. S. )
• Textile workers Strike (1934) (U. The textile workers' strike of 1934 was the largest strike in United States history at the time involving 400000 Textile workers from New England S. )
• 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike (U. The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names lasted eighty-three days triggered 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. The Battle of Ballantyne Pier was a clash between city provincial and federal police and Communist-led protesters on 18 June 1935 in the East End of Vancouver The Copperbelt strike in May 1935 was a great Strike action which was performed by African mineworkers in the Copperbelt (then in Northern Rhodesia S. )
• Pacific Northwest Lumber Strike (1935, U. S. )
• On-to-Ottawa Trek (1935)
• Southern Sharecroppers' and Farm Laborers' Strike (1935, U. 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 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. The SS California strike was a strike aboard the Ocean liner from March 1 to March 4, 1936 as the ship lay docked in S. )
• Remington Rand strike of 1936-1937 (U. The Remington Rand strike of 1936–37 was a strike by a federal union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL against the Remington Rand S. )
• Flint Sit-Down Strike General Motors (1936-1937, U. The 1936-'37 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 S. )
• Hershey Pennsylvania, Chocolate Workers' Strike (1937, U. S. )
• Memorial Day massacre of 1937 "Little Steel Strike" (U. In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, police shot and killed ten demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. 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. )

1940s

• Ford Motor Strike (1940, U. S. )
• Disney animators' strike (1941, U. The bitter animators' strike of 1941 at Walt Disney Studios was a psychological turning point within the company 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. 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 The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands 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. 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 On August 1, 1942, the American Federation of Musicians, at the instigation of union president James Petrillo, started a strike against the major American 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. Hollywood Black Friday is the name given in the history of Organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. S. )
• Philadelphia Transit Strike (1944, U. S. )
• Port Chicago mutiny (1944, U. The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly Explosion that took place on July 17 1944 at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago 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
• 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. The 1946 Pilbara strike was a landmark strike by Indigenous Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for Human 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. 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 The Asbestos Strike of 1949 based in and around Asbestos Quebec, Canada, was a four-month labour dispute by the Asbestos miners Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The 1949 Australian coal strike is the first time that Australian military forces were used during peacetime to break a Trade union strike. S. )

1950s

• Atlanta transit strike of 1950 (U. The Atlanta transit strike of 1950 was a lengthy transit strike that lasted from May 18, 1950 to November 16, 1950 in Atlanta, S. )
• "Salt of the Earth" Strike of New Mexico Miners (1950, U. S. )
• New Zealand waterfront strike (1951)
• 1952 steel strike (1952, U. The 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute is the largest and most widespread industrial dispute in New Zealand history 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America against 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. 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 S. )

1960s

• General Electric Strike (1960, U. S. )
• Seamen's Strike (1960, U. S. )
• 1960 Writers Guild of America strike (U. The 1960 Writers Guild of America strike was the second longest writers strike in history S. )
• New York City Newspaper Strike (1962, U. S. )
• East Coast Longshoreman's Strike (1962, U. S. )
• Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 (Canada)
• 1964 Mt Isa Mines Strike (1964-5, Australia)
• Delano grape strike (1965-1970, U. 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 S. )
• 1966 New York City transit strike (U. The 1966 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU and Amalgamated Transit Union S. )
• St. John's University strike of 1966-1967 (U. The St John's University strike of 1966-1967 was a strike by faculty at St S. )
• Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots
• Gurindji Strike (1966, Australia)
• New York City Transportation Strike (1966, U. The Hong Kong 1967 riots ( Traditional Chinese: 六七暴動 began in May 1967. S. )
• Copper Strike (1967, U. S. )
• Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 (U. 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 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)

1970s

• Colour Strike (1970-1971, UK)
• U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970 first U. The Murray-Hill riot was the culmination of 16 hours of unrest in Montreal, Quebec during a Montreal police strike The Colour Strike was an industrial action by technicians at all ITV companies from 13 November[[ 970]] to 8 The US postal strike of 1970 was a groundbreaking two-week strike by federal postal workers in March 1970. 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. The baseball strike was the first players' strike in Major League Baseball history S. )
• Coal miners' strike of 1973 (UK)
• Baltimore police strike (1974, U. The Baltimore police strike was a labor action taken by the police department of Baltimore, Maryland in July 1974. S. )
• 1974 UPR strike
• Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 (U. 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 S. )
• Ulster Workers' Council Strike (1974, UK)
• Washington Post Pressmen's Strike (1975, U. The Ulster Workers Council (UWC Strike was a General strike that took place between Wednesday 15 May 1974 and Tuesday 28 May 1974 S. )
• Japan National Railway Workers Union seven-days strike (1975, Japan)
• Grunwick Dispute (1976-1977) London
• Atlanta Sanitation Workers' Strike (1977, U. The Grunwick dispute over Trade union recognition at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in North London was controversial in the late 1970s London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. 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. The "Winter of Discontent" is a term used to describe the British Winter of 1978 &ndash 1979, during which there were widespread S. )

1980s

• 1980 Swedish labour conflict
• 1980 New York City transit strike (April 1980, U. 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 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. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization or PATCO was S. )
• Bydgoszcz events (March 1981, Poland)
• 1981 UPR strike
• 1981 Writers Guild of America strike (U. Bydgoszcz events (wypadki bydgoskie refers to a turning point in the early history of the Solidarity movement S. )
• 1981 Major League Baseball strike (U. The 1981 Major League Baseball strike was the fifth work stoppage in Major League Baseball since the 1972 Major League Baseball strike S. )
• Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 (1983, U. The Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 began as a bargaining dispute between the Phelps Dodge Corporation and a group of union copper miners. S. )
• Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1984, U. S. )
• Battle of Orgreave (1984, UK)
• UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)
• Hormel Meatpackers' Strike (1985, U. The Battle of Orgreave is the name given to a confrontation between Police and Picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant The miners' strike of 1984 – 1985 was a major Industrial action affecting the British coal industry. Hormel Foods Corporation ( is a food company based in southeastern Minnesota ( Mower County) perhaps best known as the producer of SPAM luncheon meat S. )
• Los Angeles County Sanitary Workers' Strike (1985, U. S. )
• Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1985, U. S. )
• Chicago Tribune Strike (1986, U. S. )
• 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. This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. S. )
• Wapping dispute (1986, UK)
• International Paper strike (1987, U. The Wapping dispute was along with the miners' strike of 1984-5, a significant turning point in the history of the Trade union movement and of UK industrial relations 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 S. )
• Professional Football Players' Strike (1987, U. S. )
• 1988 Writers Guild of America strike (U. The 1988 Writers Guild of America strike was a Strike action taken by members of both the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE and the Writers Guild of America S. )
• 1989 Australian pilots' strike
• Eastern Airline Workers' Strike (1989, U. The 1989 Australian pilots' dispute was one of the most expensive and dramatic industrial disputes in Australia's history S. )
• Pittston Coal Strike (1989-90, U. S. )

1990s

• Mandal Commission protests of 1990 (India, 1990)
• Timex strike (1993)
• 1994 Major League Baseball strike (U. see main article Mandal Commission of India Mandal Commission protests of 1990 closed roads highways transportation services The Timex Strike was a dispute in Dundee, Scotland in 1993 In early January 1993 there were proposed layoffs at the factory The 1994 Major League baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in Baseball history as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage S. )
• 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 UPS Strike (U. The Liverpool Dockers' Strike lasted from 1995 to 1998. Although referred to as a strike it was strictly a dispute because the employers The 1995 strikes in France were a series of General strikes in France, mostly in the Public sector in late 1995 In December 1996 and January 1997, South Korea experienced the largest organized strike in its history when workers in the automotive S. )
• 1998 Australian waterfront dispute
• 1999 Vieques Strikes
• 1999 UNAM strike

21st century

• National Gallery of Canada employees 9-week strike (2001, Canada)
• Actors Strike 2001
• UK Firefighter strike 2002
• AFSCME, CUE, UPTE - one day Strikes against University of California (2003, U. The Australian waterfront dispute of 1998 was a severe and protracted Industrial relations dispute primarily between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA and The 1999 strike at the UNAM ( National Autonomous University of Mexico, the largest university in Latin America) had its origins in the January 1999 announcement The 2002-2003 UK firefighter dispute began when the UK Firefighters union, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU voted to take Strike action S. )
• Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike (2003)
• Southern California Supermarket strike of 2003-2004 (U. 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 The Southern California Supermarket Strike of 2003-2004 was a strike among supermarket workers in Southern California S)
• 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike (US)
• 2004 CN Rail workers strike (Canada)
• 2004 Japanese Professional Baseball Workers Union two-days strike
• 2004-05 NHL lockout (U. The 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike by Broadway musician union members took place from Friday March 7 2003 to early Tuesday morning March 11 2003 in protest over producers' The 2004 CN Rail workers strike was a Legal strike by 5500 CN employees who were members of the Canadian Auto Workers union. The 2004–05 NHL lockout resulted in the cancellation of what would have been the 88th season of the National Hockey League (NHL S. and Canada)
• Bolivian Gas War (2005)
• 2005 New York City transit strike
• 2005 UPR strike
• 2006 USW Strike (U. The Bolivian gas conflict was a social confrontation in Bolivia centering on the exploitation of the country's vast Natural gas reserves The 2005 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU 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 TTC wildcat strike
• University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike (U. The 2006 youth protests in France occurred throughout France during February, March, and April 2006 as a result of opposition to a measure The Mexican state of Oaxaca was embroiled in a conflict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least eighteen deaths and the occupation of the The 2006 Progressive Enterprises Dispute was an industrial dispute between New Zealand supermarket company Progressive Enterprises and employees represented by 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 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike was an illegal strike in Toronto, Canada, on May 29, 2006. The University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike featured striking custodial workers at the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida, in the S. )
• 2007 UAW Local 3520 Wildcat strike, Freightliner, Cleveland NC
• 2007 South African public servants' strike
• 2007 Orange County transit strike (U. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International The 2007 South African public servants' strike is an ongoing General strike of workers in the public sector of South Africa The Orange County Transportation S. )
• Hayward teachers strike (2007, U. The Hayward teachers strike took place in April 2007 when teachers of the Hayward Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike S. )
• 2007 General Motors strike (U. The 2007 General Motors strike was a strike from September 24 to 26 2007 by the United Auto Workers against General Motors. S. )
• 2007 Chrysler Autoworkers strike (U. S. )
• 2007 UK postal strikes
• 2007 St. The 2007 Royal Mail industrial disputes are a series of industrial disputes between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union in the United Kingdom Petersburg Ford Motors Strike (Russia)
• 2007 United Space Alliance strike (U. S. )^[2]
• 2007 Broadway Stagehand Strike (U. 2007 Broadway Stagehands Strike was a Strike action by Stagehands represented by Theatrical Protective Union Number One (Local One of the International Alliance 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
• 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike (U. The 2007 strikes in France were a series of General strikes mostly in the Public sector, which started on November 13, 2007. The German national rail strike of 2007 was a strike in Germany by the locomotive engineers union, Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer The South Africa miners strike was a one day strike by the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa over working conditions and safety in the country's The 2007-2008 Cork players strike signalled the Cork Gaelic footballers and hurlers to withdraw services against the Cork County board over the The 2007&ndash2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a strike by the Writers Guild of America East S. )
• 2008 Puerto Rico Teacher's Federation strike
• 2008 Egyptian general strike
• 2008 British teacher's strike
• 2008 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. The 2008 Egyptian general strike was a strike which occurred on 6 April, 2008, by Egyptian workers primarily in the state-run textile industry The NUT teacher strike was a 24 hour strike by teachers on April 24, 2008, over the issue of pay (U. S. )

Chronological list of general strikes

• 1820 Rising, Scotland
• Saint Louis General Strike, (1877, U. A general strike is a Strike action by a critical mass of the 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 Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Generally accepted as the first general strike in America the 1877 Saint Louis general strike grew out of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. S. )
• New Orleans General Strike (1892, U. The New Orleans general strike was a General strike in the US 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
• 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

See also

• Timeline of Labor unions in the United States

Sources

Labor conflict in the United States, An encyclopedia. The 1912 Brisbane General Strike in Queensland, Australia, began when members of the Australian Tramway Employees Association were dismissed when they wore Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Seattle General Strike of February 6 to February 11, 1919, was a general work stoppage by over 65000 individuals in the U The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history The UK General Strike of 1926 was a General strike that lasted nine days from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926. The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names lasted eighty-three days triggered The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany took place in June 1953 A strike by Berlin construction workers on June 16 For other events in May 1968 see 1968. In 1973 a Coup was declared in Uruguay by the president Juan María Bordaberry, who closed parliament and imposed direct rule from a junta of military The Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to end " The Troubles " in Northern Ireland by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists Spain 's 1988 general strike took place on December 14, and 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 The Puerto Rican general strike of 1998 began as a strike of Puerto Rico Telephone Company workers to protest a government privatization plan Venezuela under the presidency of Hugo Chávez (1999 - present has seen sweeping and radical shifts in social policy moving away from the government officially embracing The 2006 Democracy Movement ( Nepali: लोकतन्त्र आन्दोलन Loktantra Āndolan) is a name given to the ongoing political agitations against The 2007 Guinean general strike began on January 10, 2007. Guinea 's Trade unions and opposition parties called on President Timeline of Organized labor history 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s 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
• Recent strikes and other labour news

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