La Canadenca strike

The Canadenca strike^[1] (Catalan: Vaga de La Canadenca, Spanish: Huelga de La Canadiense) was a historic strike action in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that began in February 1919 and evolved over 44 days into a general strike paralyzing much of the industry of Catalonia. Among its consequences was to force the Spanish government to issue the Decreto de la jornada de ocho horas de trabajo, the first law limiting the working day to eight hours.^[2] The strike originated at the principal electricity company in Barcelona, Riegos y Fuerzas del Ebro, popularly known as La Canadenca because its major shareholder was the Canadian Bank of Commerce of Toronto.^[3]

See also[]

• Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
• Salvador Seguí
• Pistolerismo
• Tragic Week

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Further reading[]

• Bookchin, Murray (1996). The Third Revolution: Popular Movements in the Revolutionary Era. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-33594-7.
• Boyd, Carolyn P (1979). Praetorian Politics in Liberal Spain. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-1368-3.
• Brenan, Gerald (1990) [1943]. The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War (2nd paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Canto). p. 70ff., 176ff. ISBN 978-0-521-39827-5.
• Carr, Raymond (2002) [1980]. Modern Spain, 1875-1980. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280129-6.
• Peirats, José (2001). Ealham, Chris (ed.). The CNT in the Spanish Revolution. Vol. 1. trans. Chris Ealham and Paul Sharkey. Hastings: Meltzer Press. ISBN 978-1-901172-05-8.