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).
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[edit] Chronological list of strikes
[edit] Nineteenth century
- Great Railroad Strike (1877; U.S.)
- Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 (U.S.)
- Haymarket Riot (1886, U.S.)
- Matchgirls Strike (1888, London)
- London Dock Strike of 1889
- 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute
- 1891 Australian shearers' strike
- Homestead Strike (1892; U.S.)
- Buffalo switchmen's strike (1892; U.S.)
- Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (U.S.)
- Pullman Strike (1894; U.S.)
- Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike (1894) Birmingham, Alabama
- Lattimer Massacre Strike (1897) (Pennsylvania)
[edit] 1900s
- Penrhyn Quarry lock-out (1900-1903, Wales)
- U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901
- The Anthracite Coal Strike (1902; U.S.)
- Uprising of the 20,000 (1909)
[edit] 1910s
- Lawrence textile strike, often known as the Bread and Roses strike (1912, [[Lawrence, Massachusetts], Massachusetts])
- Paterson silk strike (1913, Paterson, New Jersey)
- Waihi miners' strike (1912, Waihi, New Zealand)
- Ludlow Massacre Strike (1913, Colorado)
- Dublin Lockout (1913)
- Winnipeg General Strike (1919)
- Steel strike of 1919 (U.S.)
- Police officers' strike, (1919) United Kingdom
- Seattle General Strike of 1919
[edit] 1920s
- The "Outlaw" railroad strike of 1920 (U.S.)
- Great Railroad Strike of 1922 (U.S.)
- 1923 Victorian Police strike, Australia
- Columbine Mine Massacre Strike (1927, Colorado)
- 1929 Timber Workers strike, Australia
[edit] 1930s
- Invergordon Mutiny (1931)
- Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 (U.S.)
- Textile workers Strike (1934) (U.S.)
- 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike (U.S.)
- On-to-Ottawa Trek (1935)
- Memorial Day massacre of 1937 (U.S.)
- Flint Sit-Down Strike (1936-1937; U.S.)
- San Antonio Pecan Shellers' Strike (1938; U.S.)
[edit] 1940s
- Disney animators' strike (1941; U.S.)
- 1946 Pilbara strike, (Western Australia)
- United Mine Workers Strike (1946; U.S.)
- Oakland General Strike (1946; U.S.)
- Asbestos Strike (1949) Quebec, Canada
- 1949 Australian coal strike (1949)
[edit] 1950s
[edit] 1960s
- Delano grape strike(1965; U.S.)
- 1966 New York City transit strike (U.S.)
- Montreal Police Strike (1969; Canada) see also Murray-Hill riot
[edit] 1970s
- UK Miners' Strike (1972)
- 1972 Major League Baseball strike (U.S.)
- UK Miners' Strike (1974)
- Grunwick Dispute (1976-1977) London
- Raymondville Onion Strike (1979) (Raymondville, Texas)
[edit] 1980s
- 1980 New York City transit strike (April 1980)
- Gdańsk Shipyard Strike (August 1980)
- Actors' strike (1980) (Los Angeles, California)
- Air traffic controllers' strike (1981; U.S.)
- 1981 Major League Baseball strike (U.S.)
- 1981 screenwriters' strike Los Angeles, California
- 1982 National Football League strike (U.S.)
- Stockport Messenger strike (1983)
- UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)
- Sweden Air Traffic Controllers strike 1985
- Silentnight strike (1985-1986)
- Wapping strike (1986)
- 1987 National Football League strike (U.S.)
- 1988 screenwriters' strike Los Angeles, California
- Eastern Air Lines pilots' strike (1989-1990; U.S.)
- 1989 Australian pilots' strike
- Arizona Copper Mine Strike
[edit] 1990s
- Timex strike (1993)
- 1994 Major League Baseball strike (U.S.)
- Liverpool Dockers' Strike (1995-1998)
- 1996 Indian telecommunications workers strike
- 1997 UPS workers strike (1997; U.S.)
- 1998 Australian waterfront dispute
[edit] 2000s
- 2000 French truckers strike
- Comair pilots strike 2001 (U.S.)
- UK Firefighter strike 2002
- California grocery workers strike 2003-2004 (U.S.)
- Romanian Rail Strike engineers and train depot employees strike 2005
- Northwest Airlines mechanics strike 2005 (U.S.)
- South African Airways flight attendants and ground crew strike 2005
- Aerolineas Argentinas pilots strike 2005
- Youngstown State University classified employees and faculty strike 2005 (Youngstown, Ohio)
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority transit operators strike 2005
- BBC strike 2005
- Gate Gourmet strike 2005 (Heathrow Airport, London)
- 2005 New York City transit strike
- 2006 labor protests in France
- South Korean railroad strike of 2006
- Local Government Pension Scheme strike 2006 (UK)
- 2006 TTC wildcat strike
- 2006 Sacramento County workers strike
- 2006 UK JJB workers strike
[edit] Chronological list of general strikes
- 1820 Rising, Scotland
- Philadelphia strike of 1835, USA
- Plug Plot, England 1842
- Chicago General Strike of 1886
- Finnish General Strike of 1905
- 1912 Brisbane General Strike, Queensland, Australia
- Seattle General Strike of 1919
- Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
- UK general strike of 1926
- San Francisco general strike of 1934
- Electro Auto-Lite Strike of 1934, Toledo, Ohio
- February strike, Netherlands, 1941
- Oakland general strike of 1946
- East Berlin general strike of 1953
- South African general strike of 1961
- French general strike of May 1968
- Uruguay general strike of 1973
- Ulster Workers' Council Strike, 1974
- Spanish general strike of 1988
- Nicaraguan general strike of 1993
- Swaziland general strike of 1994
- Lebanese general strike of 1996
- South African general strike of 1996
- South Korean general strike of 1996-7
- Swaziland general strike of 1996
- Bangladeshi general strikes of 1997
- Dominican Republic general strikes of 1997
- Haitian general strikes of 1997
- Israeli general strike of 1997
- Kinshasa general strike of 1997, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nepalese general strike of 1997
- South African general strike of 1997
- Swaziland general strike of 1997
- Italian general strike of 2002
- Spanish general strike of 2002
- Venezuelan general strike of 2002-2003
