List of strikes
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[]
Seventeenth century[]
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Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1619 | Polish craftsmen 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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1835 | Textile Strike | Paterson, New Jersey | United States |
1835 | 1835 Washington Navy Yard labor strike | Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. | United States |
1850–1899[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1853–4 | Preston strike of 1853–4 | Preston, Lancashire | United Kingdom |
1859 | London builders' strike | London | United Kingdom |
1860 | New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860 | Lynn, Massachusetts | United States |
1864 | Collar Laundry Union strike[1] | Troy, New York | United States |
1865 | Upper Peninsula miners' strike | Marquette, Michigan | United States |
1870 | North Adams strike | North Adams, Massachusetts | United States |
1872 | Gas Stokers' strike | London | United Kingdom |
1872 | Metropolitan Police strike of 1872 | London | United Kingdom |
1873 | Coal miners' strike of 1873 | northeastern Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania | United States |
1874 | Tompkins Square Riot | New York City | United States |
1877 | Great Railroad Strike | nationwide | United States[2] |
1877–1878 | Cigar makers strike of 1877 | New York City | United States |
1881 | 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike | Atlanta | United States |
1883 | Camp Dump strike | Omaha, Nebraska | United States |
1886 | Great Southwest Railroad Strike | nationwide | United States |
1886 | Haymarket Affair | Chicago, Illinois | United States |
1886 | Bay View Tragedy | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States |
1887 | Sugar Cane Workers Strike | Lafourche Parish, Louisiana | United States |
1888 | Burlington Railroad Strike | Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad | United States |
1888 | London matchgirls strike of 1888 | London | United Kingdom |
1889 | London Dock Strike | London, England | United Kingdom |
1889 | Kristiania match workers' strike of 1889 | Oslo | Norway |
1890 | Southampton Dock Strike | Southampton, England | United Kingdom |
1891 | Cotton pickers strike of 1891 | Lee County, Arkansas | United States |
1891 | Coal Creek Miners' Strike | Anderson County, Tennessee | United States |
1892 | Homestead Strike | Homestead, Pennsylvania | United States |
1892 | Buffalo switchmen's strike | Buffalo, New York | United States |
1892 | Coeur d'Alene labor strike | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | United States |
1893 | UK miners' strike | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1894 | Pullman Strike | Pullman, Chicago | United States |
1894 | Great Northern Railway Strike | nationwide | United States |
1894 | Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike | nationwide | United States |
1895 | Yaroslavl Great Manufacture strike | Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Governorate | Russian Empire |
1896 | Leadville Miners' Strike | Leadville, Colorado | United States |
1897 | Lattimer Massacre Strike | Lattimer, Pennsylvania | United States |
1898 | South Wales Coal strike | Wales | United Kingdom |
1899 | Coeur d'Alene labor confrontation | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | United States |
1899 | [3] | Ybor City, Tampa, Florida | United States |
1899 | Newsboys Strike | New York City | United States |
1899 | Russian student strike | St. Petersburg University | Russian Empire |
Twentieth century[]
1900s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1900 | St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900 | St. Louis, Missouri | United States |
1900 | Anthracite Coal Strike | Eastern Pennsylvania | United States |
1901 | U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 | Homestead, Pennsylvania | United States |
1902 | Anthracite Coal Strike | Illinois, Mississippi and Texas | United States |
1903 | Oxnard Strike of 1903 | Oxnard, California | United States |
1903 | Utah Coal Strike | Carbon County, Utah | United States |
1903–1904 | Colorado Labor Wars, Western Federation of Miners | Colorado | United States |
1906 | Cananea Strike | Sonora, Mexico | Mexico |
1907 | Music Hall Strike of 1907[4] | London | United Kingdom |
1907 | [5] | Boston | United States |
1907 | Belfast Dock Strike | Belfast | Ireland |
1907 | Río Blanco strike | Orizaba, Veracruz | Mexico |
1907 | San Francisco Streetcar Strike of 1907 | San Francisco, California | United States |
1907 | Revolt of the Languedoc winegrowers | Languedoc, Pyrénées-Orientales | France |
1908 | Pensacola streetcar operators' strike | Pensacola, Florida | United States |
1909 | Georgia Railroad strike | Georgia | United States |
1909 | Pressed Steel Car Strike of 1909 | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania | United States |
1909 | New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 "Uprising of the 20,000" | Manhattan, New York | United States |
1910s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1910–11 | Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11 | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | United States |
1910–11 | [6] | Tampa, Florida | United States |
1910 | [7] | New York City | United States |
1910–11 | Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11 | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | United States |
1910–11 | 1910 Chicago garment workes' strike | Chicago | United States |
1911 | 1911 Liverpool general transport strike | Liverpool, Merseyside | United Kingdom |
1911 | Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911 | Illinois, Mississippi and Texas | United States |
1911 | 1911 Grand Rapids furniture workers strike | Grand Rapids, Michigan | United States |
1912 | 1912 Lawrence textile strike, a.k.a. the Bread and Roses Strike | Lawrence, Massachusetts | United States |
1912 | Waihi miners' strike | Waihi | New Zealand |
1912 | Louisiana-Texas Lumber War of 1911-1912 | Eastern Louisiana | United States |
1912 | Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | United States |
1913 | Dublin strike and lockout | Dublin | Ireland |
1913 | Ludlow Massacre Strike | Ludlow, Colorado | United States |
1913 | Paterson silk strike | Paterson, New Jersey | United States |
1913 | 1913 Sligo Dock strike | Sligo | Ireland |
1913 | Leith dockers strike 1913 | Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland | United Kingdom |
1913 | 1913 Great Strike | nationwide | New Zealand |
1913 | Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913 | Indianapolis, Indiana | United States |
1913–14 | Copper Country strike of 1913–14 | Upper Michigan | United States |
1914–1939 | Burston Strike School | Burston, Norfolk | England |
1914–1915 | 1914–1915 Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills strike | Atlanta | United States |
1915–16 | Bayonne refinery strikes | Bayonne, New Jersey | United States |
1916 | 1916 Atlanta streetcar strike | Atlanta | United States |
1917–19 | 1917–1919 Brazil strike movement | nationwide | Brazil |
1918 | BLE strike in New York City | New York City | United States |
1918–19 | British police strikes in 1918 and 1919, | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1919 | Battle of George Square | Glasgow | Scotland |
1919 | La Canadiense strike | Catalonia | Spain |
1919 | Florida Pebble Strike | Mulberry, Florida | United States |
1919 | Boston cigar makers strike of 1919 | Boston | United States |
1919 | 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike | nationwide | United States |
1919 | 1919 Streetcar Strike of Los Angeles[8] | Los Angeles, California | United States |
1919 | Boston Police Strike | Boston, Massachusetts | United States |
1919 | Steel strike of 1919 | Homestead, Pennsylvania | United States |
1919 | Coal strike | nationwide | United States |
1920s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1920 | Battle of Matewan | Matewan, West Virginia | United States |
1920 | 1920 Alabama coal strike | Alabama | United States |
1920 | 1920 French railway strikes | nationwide | France |
1920 | Denver streetcar strike of 1920 | Denver, Colorado | United States |
1920 | 1920 Alabama coal strike | Alabama | United States |
1920 | Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 | Oahu, Hawaii | Territory of Hawaii |
1921 | Kronstadt Rebellion | Kronstadt | Russian SFSR |
1921 | Black Friday (1921) | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1921 | Battle of Blair Mountain | Logan County, West Virginia | United States |
1922 | Herrin massacre | Herrin, Illinois | United States |
1922 | Railroad Shopmen's Strike | nationwide | United States |
1922 | Great Railroad Strike of 1922 | nationwide | United States |
1923 | 1923 San Pedro Maritime strike | San Pedro, Los Angeles, California | United States |
1923 | 1923 Victorian Police strike | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia |
1924 | Hanapepe massacre | Kauai, Hawaii | United States |
1925 | Ammanford Anthracite Strike | Ammanford, Carmarthenshire | Wales |
1926 | 1926 Passaic Textile Strike | Passaic, New Jersey | United States |
1927 | 1927 Indiana bituminous strike | nationwide | United States |
1927 | Columbine Mine Massacre | Serene, Colorado | United States |
1928 | 1928 New Bedford textile strike | New Bedford, Massachusetts | United States |
1928 | Banana massacre | nationwide | Colombia |
1929 | 1929 Timber Workers strike | nationwide | Australia |
1929 | Lupeni Strike of 1929 | Lupeni, Harghita | Romania |
1929 | 1929 New Orleans streetcar strike | New Orleans, Louisiana | United States |
1929 | Rothbury Riot | North Rothbury, New South Wales | Australia |
1929 | Loray Mill Strike | Gastonia, North Carolina | United States |
1930s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1930 | Imperial Valley lettuce strike of 1930 | Imperial Valley, California | United States |
1930 | Phú Riềng Đỏ | Biên Hòa Province | French Indochina |
1931 | Tampa cigar makers' strike of 1931 | Tampa, Florida | United States |
1931 | Santa Clara Cannery Strike | Santa Clara, California | United States |
1931 | Ådalen shootings | Ådalen | Sweden |
1931 | Harlan County War | Harlan County, Kentucky | United States |
1931 | Invergordon Mutiny | Invergordon | Scotland |
1932 | Century Airlines pilots' strike | Chicago, Illinois | United States |
1932 | Ford Hunger March | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
1932 | Griviţa Strike of 1933 | Bucharest | Romania |
1933 | Briggs Manufacturing Company Strike | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
1933 | California Farmworkers' Strike | California | United States |
1934 | Kohler Strike | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | United States |
1934 | 1934 New York Hotel Strike | New York City | United States |
1934 | Auto-Lite Strike | Toledo, Ohio | United States |
1934 | Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | United States |
1934 | 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike | U.S. West Coast | United States |
1934 | United Fruit Banana Strike | nationwide | Costa Rica |
1934 | Textile workers Strike (1934) | New England, Mid-Atlantic region and U.S. southern states | United States |
1934 | Asturian miners' strike of 1934 | Asturia | Spain |
1934–35 | [9] | Milwaukee | United States |
1935 | Battle of Ballantyne Pier | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada |
1935 | Copperbelt strike (1935) | Copperbelt Province | Zambia |
1935 | Pacific Northwest Lumber Strike | U.S. Pacific Northwest | United States |
1935 | On-to-Ottawa Trek | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada |
1935 | 1935 Gulf Coast longshoremen's strike | U.S. Gulf Coast | United States |
1936 | Flint Sit-Down Strike | Flint, Michigan | United States |
1936 | Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike | U.S. Gulf Coast | United States |
1936 | S.S. California strike | San Pedro, California | United States |
1936–37 | Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937 | New York City | United States |
1936–37 | Flint Sit-Down Strike General Motors | Flint, Michigan | United States |
1937 | Little Steel Strike including Memorial Day massacre of 1937 | nationwide | United States |
1937 | Lewiston-Auburn Shoe Strike | Lewiston, Maine and Auburn, Maine | United States |
1938 | 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike | San Antonio | United States |
1938 | Hilo Massacre | Hilo, Hawaii | Territory of Hawaii |
1939 | Tool and Die Strike of 1939 | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
1940s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1941 | February Strike | nationwide | Netherlands |
1941 | Disney animators' strike | Burbank, California | United States |
1942 | 1942 Betteshanger miners' strike | Betteshanger, Kent | United Kingdom |
1942 | Quit India movement | nationwide | India |
1942–43 | 1942-43 musicians' strike | nationwide | United States |
1943 | 1943 Rolls-Royce strike | Hillington, Scotland | United Kingdom |
1944 | Philadelphia Transit Strike | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States |
1944 | Port Chicago mutiny | Port Chicago, California | United States |
1945 | Hollywood Black Friday | Hollywood, California | United States |
1945–46 | Strike wave of 1946 | nationwide | United States |
1946 | African Mine Workers' Strike | nationwide | South Africa |
1946 | 1946 Montreal Cotton Strike | Montreal, Quebec | Canada |
1946 | 1946 Pilbara strike | Pilbara | Western Australia |
1946 | The Great Hawaiian Sugar Strike of 1946 | Hawaii nationwide | Territory of Hawaii |
1947 | Biratnagar Jute Mill Strike | Biratnagar | Kingdom of Nepal |
1947 | Telephone Strike | nationwide | United States |
1948 | 1948 Queensland Railway strike | Queensland | Australia |
1948 | [10] | nationwide | United States |
1948 | [10] | Akron, Ohio | United States |
1948 | [10] | Peoria, Illinois | United States |
1948 | Boeing Strike of 1948 | Seattle, Washington | United States |
1948 | [11] | Miami, Florida | United States |
1949 | Asbestos Strike | Asbestos, Quebec | Canada |
1949 | 1949 Calvary Cemetery strike | New York City | United States |
1949 | 1949 New York City taxicab strike | New York City | United States |
1949 | 1949 New York City brewery strike | New York City | United States |
1949 | 1949 Australian coal strike | nationwide | Australia |
1949 | 1949 Kemi strike | Kemi | Finland |
1949 | Puget Sound fishermen's strike of 1949 | Puget Sound, Washington | United States |
1950s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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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 | [12] | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania | United States |
1951 | [12] | 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 |
1957 | Murdochville strike | Murdochville, Quebec | Canada |
1957 | [13] | Long Island, New York | United States |
1957 | [13] | nationwide | United States |
1958–59 | [14] | nationwide | Mexico |
1959 | Steel strike of 1959 | nationwide | United States |
1960s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1960 | 1960 Writers Guild of America strike | Hollywood, California | United States |
1962 | 1962 New York City newspaper strike | New York City | United States |
1963 | Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 | Reesor, Ontario | Canada |
1964 | 1964 Mount Isa Mines Strike | Mount Isa, Queensland | Australia |
1965–70 | Delano grape strike | Delano, California | United States |
1966 | 1966 New York City transit strike | New York City | United States |
1966 | Gurindji strike | Kalkarindji, Northern Territory | Australia |
1966 | Texas farm workers' strike | Texas | United States |
1966–67 | St. John's University strike of 1966–67 | New York City | United States |
1967 | [15] | nationwide | United States |
1967 | Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots | citywide | Hong Kong |
1967 | [15] | nationwide | United States |
1967 | [15] | Dayton, Ohio | United States |
1967 | [15] | Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania | United States |
1967 | [15] | Pontiac, Michigan | United States |
1968 | May 1968 in France | nationwide | France |
1968 | Memphis sanitation strike | Memphis, Tennessee | United States |
1968 | Chrysler wildcat strike | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
1968 | New York City Teacher's Strike of 1968 | New York City | United States |
1968 | Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 | Florida | United States |
1968 | 1968 NFL strike/lockout | Florida | United States |
1969 | Unofficial strike by mineworkers over pay of surface workers[16] | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1970s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1970 | U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970 | nationwide | United States |
1970-71 | Colour Strike | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1970–71 | Salad Bowl strike | nationwide | United States |
1971 | 1971 NYPD Work Stoppage | New York City | United States |
1971 | Longshore Strike (1971, U.S.) | U.S. West Coast Hawaii and British Columbia | United States and Canada |
1971 | 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1972 | 1972 Major League Baseball strike | nationwide | United States |
1972 | UK building workers' strike (1972) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | United Kingdom |
1972 | UK miners' strike (1972) | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1973 | [17] | Philadelphia | United States |
1973 | 1973 Durban strikes | Natal | South Africa |
1973 | [17] | Chicago | United States |
1973 | [17] | Cleveland | United States |
1973 | [17] | Northeastern United States | United States |
1973 | [17] | Detroit | United States |
1973 | [17] | nationwide | United States |
1973 | [17] | nationwide | United States |
1974 | 1974 railway strike in India by 17 million workers of Indian Railways[18][19][20][21] | nationwide | India |
1974 | Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 | nationwide | United States |
1974 | Ulster Workers' Council Strike | nationwide | Northern Ireland |
1974 | UK miners' strike (1974) | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1974 | 1974 NFL strike | nationwide | United States |
1976–77 | Grunwick Dispute | London | England |
1977 | 1977 Atlanta sanitation strike | Atlanta | United States |
1977–78 | Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978 | nationwide | United States |
1977–78 | 1977–78 Coors strike | Golden, Colorado | United States |
1978 | Sudbury Strike of 1978 | Sudbury, Ontario | Canada |
1978–79 | Winter of Discontent | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1980s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1980 | Gdańsk Shipyard Strike | Gdańsk | Poland |
1980 | 1980 actors strike | nationwide (primarily Hollywood) | United States |
1981 | 1981 Schlitz strike | Milwaukee | United States |
1981 | Air traffic controllers' strike/Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization | nationwide | United States |
1981 | Bydgoszcz events | Bydgoszcz | Poland |
1981 | 1981 Writers Guild of America strike | Hollywood, California | United States |
1981 | 1981 Major League Baseball strike | nationwide | United States |
1982 | Great Bombay textile strike | Mumbai | India |
1982 | 1982 NFL strike | nationwide | United States |
1982 | 1982 garment workers' strike[22] | New York City | United States |
1983 | Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 | Greenlee County, Arizona | United States |
1984 | Battle of Orgreave | Orgreave, South Yorkshire | England |
1984 | Cammell Laird Shipyard Occupation | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1984–85 | UK miners' strike (1984–1985) | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1984–85 | UK miners' strike (1984–1985) | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1985 | 1985 Pan Am strike | nationwide | United States |
1985–86 | 1985–86 Hormel strike | Austin, Minnesota | United States |
1985 | Mudginberri dispute | Northern Territory | Australia |
1985 | 1985 Major League Baseball strike | nationwide | United States and Canada |
1986 | Dollar Sweets dispute | State of Victoria | Australia |
1986 | Guilford Transportation Industries railroad workers' strike | North Billerica, Massachusetts | United States |
1986 | Major Indoor Soccer League lockout | nationwide | United States |
1986 | Wapping dispute | London | England |
1987 | International Paper strike | Corinth, New York | United States |
1987 | 1987 NFL strike | nationwide | United States |
1987 | Metro Toronto Elementary Teacher's Strike | Toronto, Ontario | Canada |
1988 | 1988 Writers Guild of America strike | Hollywood, California | United States |
1988 | 1988 Polish strikes | nationwide | Poland |
1988 | 1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike | nationwide | United Kingdom |
1989 | 1989 Australian pilots' strike | nationwide | Australia |
1989–90 | Pittston Coal strike | Pittston, Pennsylvania | United States |
1989–90 | 1989–90 British ambulance strike | Nationwide | United Kingdom |
1990s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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1990 | 1990 Major League Baseball lockout | nationwide | United States |
1990 | Mandal Commission protests of 1990 (India, 1990) | Mandal | India |
1992 | 1992 NHL strike | nationwide | Canada and United States |
1992 | Southern California drywall strike | Southern California | United States |
1993 | Timex strike | Dundee | Scotland |
1994–95 | 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike | nationwide | Canada and United States |
1994–95 | 1994–95 NHL lockout | nationwide | Canada and United States |
1994 | San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994 | San Francisco, California | United States |
1995–97 | Detroit Newspaper Strike | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
1995 | 1995 strikes in France | nationwide | France |
1995 | 1995 NBA lockout | nationwide | Canada and United States |
1995–98 | Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98) | Liverpool, Merseyside | England |
1996 | 1996 NBA lockout | nationwide | Canada and United States |
1996–97 | 1996–1997 strikes in South Korea | nationwide | South Korea |
1996–97 | 1996 NBA lockout | nationwide | Canada and United States |
1997 | 1997 UPS Strike (U.S.) | nationwide | United States |
1997 | 1997 Ontario teachers strike | Ontario | Canada |
1998 | 1998 Australian waterfront dispute | Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle and Sydney | Australia |
1998–99 | 1998–99 NBA lockout | nationwide | Canada and United States |
1999 | 1999 UNAM strike | Mexico City | Mexico |
Twenty-first century[]
2000s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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2000 | Verizon Strike | nationwide | United States |
2000 | 2000 commercial actors strike | Hollywood | United States |
2001 | Jeffboat wildcat strike | Jeffersonville, Indiana | United States |
2001 | National Gallery of Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | Canada |
2001-2003 | United Kingdom | ||
2002 | UK Firefighter strike 2002 | nationwide | United Kingdom |
2003 | Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike | nationwide | Scotland |
2003 | 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike | New York City | United States |
2003 | 2003 June 15 Hospitality workers at the Congress Plaza Hotel.[23] | Chicago, Illinois | United States |
2003–04 | Southern California supermarket strike of 2003–04 | Southern California | United States |
2004–05 | 2004–05 NHL lockout | nationwide | United States and Canada |
2005 | Bolivian Gas War | nationwide | Bolivia |
2005 | 2005 New York City transit strike | New York City | United States |
2006 | Dhaka strikes | Dhaka | Bangladesh |
2006 | 2006 labor protests in France | nationwide | France |
2006 | 2006 Oaxaca protests | Oaxaca | Mexico |
2006 | 2006 Progressive Enterprises dispute | Auckland, Palmerston North and Christchurch | New Zealand |
2006 | South Korean railroad strike of 2006 | nationwide | South Korea |
2006 | 2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike | Toronto, Ontario | Canada |
2006 | University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike | Miami, Florida | United States |
2007 | 2007 Freightliner wildcat strike | Portland, Oregon | United States |
2007 | 2007 South African public servants' strike | nationwide | South Africa |
2007 | 2007 Orange County transit strike | Orange, California | United States |
2007 | Hayward teachers strike | Hayward, California | United States |
2007 | 2007 General Motors strike | Detroit, Michigan | United States |
2007 | 2007 UK postal strikes | nationwide | United Kingdom |
2007 | 2007 Broadway Stagehand Strike | New York City | United States |
2007 | November 2007 strikes in France | nationwide | France |
2007 | German national rail strike of 2007 | nationwide | Germany |
2007 | 2007 South Africa miners' strike | nationwide | South Africa |
2007–08 | 2007–08 CBS News writers strike | New York City | United States |
2007–08 | 2007–2008 Cork players strike | County Cork | Ireland |
2007–08 | 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike | Hollywood, California | United States |
2007–08 | 2007–2008 Berlitz Japan Strike[24] | Aoyama, Tokyo | Japan |
2008 | 2008 British teacher's strike | nationwide | England |
2008 | 2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike | Toronto, Ontario | Canada |
2008 | 2008 VIVA bus operators strike | nationwide | Canada |
2008 | Boeing Machinists Strike of 2008[25] | Seattle, Washington | United States |
2008–09 | 2008–09 York University Strike | York, Ontario | Canada |
2009 | 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes | North Killingholme, Lincolnshire | England |
2009 | 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike[26] | Toronto, Ontario | Canada |
2009 | 2009 Leeds refuse workers strike | City of Leeds West Yorkshire | England |
2009 | 2009 UK postal strikes | nationwide | United Kingdom |
2010s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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2010 | 2010 University of Puerto Rico Strike | San Juan | Puerto Rico |
2010 | [27] | Foshan and Zhongshan | China |
2010 | [28] | Phnom Phen | Cambodia |
2010 | 2010 Scottish football referee strike | nationwide | Scotland |
2010 | 2010 Spanish air traffic controllers strike | nationwide | Spain |
2010 | 2010 Major League Soccer lockout/strike | nationwide | United States |
2010 | 2010 Georgia prison strike | Georgia | United States |
2010–11 | 2010-11 Hanjin Heavy Industries strike | nationwide | South Korea and the Philippines |
2011 | 2011 NBA Lockout | nationwide | United States and Canada |
2011 | 2011 NFL lockout | nationwide | United States |
2012 | 2012 NFL referee lockout | nationwide | United States |
2012–13 | 2012–13 NHL lockout | nationwide | United States and Canada |
2012 | 2012 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach strike | Los Angeles and Long Beach, California | United States |
2013 | 2013 Hong Kong dock strike | citywide | Hong Kong |
2013 | [29] | Northern Colombia | Colombia |
2014 | Chinese Golf Factory Workers Strike for Essential Rights | Shenzhen | China |
2014 | Tacoma nurses strike 2014 | Tacoma and Lakewood, Washington | United States |
2014 | 2014 South African platinum strike | nationwide | South Africa |
2015 | 2015 United Steel Workers Oil Refinery Strike[30] | California, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Washington | United States |
2015 | 2015 Kohler Strike[31] | Kohler, Wisconsin | United States |
2016 | 2016 Verizon workers' strike[32] | New York City | United States |
2016 | 2016 video game voice actor strike[33] | Los Angeles, California | United States |
2017 | 2017 Philippine jeepney drivers' strike | nationwide | Philippines |
2018 | 2018 teachers' strikes in the United States | nationwide | United States |
2018 | 2018 York University strike: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Assistant, Research Assistant, and Contract Faculty Strike | York, Ontario | Canada |
2018 | 2018 Taylorsville Georgia-Pacific strike | Taylorsville, Mississippi | United States |
2018 | Brazil truck drivers' strike | nationwide | Brazil |
2018 | Marriott Hotels strike[34][35] | Bethesda, Maryland | United States |
2018 | 2018–19 education workers' strikes in the United States | nationwide | United States |
2018 | 2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike | Alabama and Mississippi | United States |
2018 | 2018 Atlanta sanitation strike | Atlanta | United States |
2018- present | School strike for climate | worldwide | global |
2018 | 2018–2020 UK higher education strikes | nationwide | United Kingdom |
2019 | Wright State University 2019 faculty strike | Dayton, Ohio | United States |
2019 | 2019 Alaska ferry workers strike | Alaska | United States |
2019 | 2019 AT&T strike | Southern United States | United States |
2019–20 | 2019–2020 French pension reform strike | nationwide | France |
2020s[]
Date | Strike | Place | Country |
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2020 | 2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike | Santa Cruz, California | United States |
2020 | 2020 New Orleans sanitation strike | New Orleans | United States |
2020 | 2020 Bath shipbuilders strike | Bath, Maine | United States |
2020 | Strike for Black Lives | nationwide | United States |
2021 | 2020 Port of Montreal strike | Montreal | Canada |
2020 | 2020 Michigan graduate students strike | Ann Arbor, Michigan | United States |
2020 | 2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes | Chicago | United States |
2020–21 | 2020–21 Alabama aluminum plant strike | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | United States |
2021 | 2021 Hunts Point Produce Market strike | New York City | United States |
2021 | 2021 French labor protests | nationwide | France |
2021 | 2021 St. Paul Park refinery strike | St. Paul Park, Minnesota | United States |
2021 | 2021 Go North West strike | Manchester | United Kingdom |
2021 | 2021 St. Charles Bend strike | Bend, Oregon | United States |
2021 | 2021 Saint Vincent Hospital strike | Worcester, Massachusetts | United States |
2021 | 2021 Columbia University strike | New York City | United States |
2021 | 2021 Allegheny Technologies strike | Northern United States | United States |
2021 | [36][37] | New York City | United States |
2021 | 2021 Warrior Met Coal strike | Alabama | United States |
2021 | 2021 Minas Gerais prostitute strike | Minas Gerais | Brazil |
2021 | [38][39] | Cook County, Illinois | United States |
2021 | 2021 Frito-Lay strike | Topeka, Kansas | United States |
2021 | 2021 Nigerian doctors strike | nationwide | Nigeria |
2021 | 2021 Nabisco strike | nationwide | United States |
Chronological list of general strikes[]
Date | Name | Place | Country | |
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1820 | Radical War | Central Belt, Scotland | United Kingdom | Influenced by Radical demands for reform, especially among Scottish weavers |
1835 | Philadelphia general strike of 1835 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | Successful strike for a ten-hour work day and better wages |
1842 | General Strike of 1842 | England and Wales | United Kingdom | Chartist general strike against low wages originating from coal miners in Staffordshire before spreading to multiple industries in the Midlands as well as coal mines across the country. |
1855 | 1855 Catalan general strike | Catalonia | Spain | |
1877 | St. Louis general strike of 1877 | St. Louis, Missouri | United States | Organized by the Knights of Labor and the Workingmen's Party during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 for a child labor ban and an eight-hour day; ended with a suppression by the municipal government and the National Guard |
1877 | Scranton general strike | Scranton, Pennsylvania | United States | Organized during the Great Railroad Strike; ended with riots, the imposition of martial law by the Pennsylvania Militia, and the strikers returning to work without concessions. |
1886 | Walloon jacquerie of 1886 | Wallonia | Belgium | |
1892 | New Orleans general strike of 1892 | New Orleans, Louisiana | United States | Successful strike for a 10-hour day and overtime pay; notable for the participation of both white and black strikers |
1893 | Belgian general strike of 1893 | Mons | Belgium | Strike by the Belgian Labour Party to pressure Prime Minister Auguste Beernaert's Catholic Party government to introduce universal male suffrage |
1901 | [40] | Ybor City, Tampa, Florida | United States | |
1904 | 1904 Italian general strike | nationwide | Italy | |
1909 | Swedish General Strike | nationwide | Sweden | Unsuccessful general strike called by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation |
1910 | Philadelphia general strike of 1910 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | Amalgamated Transit Union strike of Philadelphia Transportation Company trolley workers which expanded into a citywide American Federation of Labor general strike, eventually leading to wage increases |
1912 | Brisbane general strike of 1912 | Brisbane, Queensland | Australia | Caused when Australian Tramway Employees Union members were dismissed for wearing union badges; ended with Queensland Police Service attacks on labor marchers in Market Square leading to a public outcry and the strengthening of the Australian labour movement |
1917 | 1917–1919 Brazil strike movement | Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | Series of general strikes leading to an attempted anarchist uprising against the First Brazilian Republic. |
1918 | Vancouver general strike | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | General strike caused by the arrest of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, discontent over high living costs and low wages during World War I, and the October Revolution; ended with police attacks on union offices |
1919 | Seattle General Strike | Seattle, Washington | United States | Industrial Workers of the World strike caused when the Emergency Fleet Corporation denied shipbuilders' demands for higher wages and intended to start a socialist revolution; contributed to the First Red Scare |
1919 | Winnipeg general strike | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Canada | General strike ending with repression by the North-West Mounted Police but leading to the growth of the Canadian democratic socialist and labor movements. |
1920 | Berlin general strike | Berlin | Germany | General strike encouraged by the government to resist an attempted overthrow of the Weimar Republic |
1920 | Ruhr uprising | Ruhr | Germany | General strike in support of the Social Democratic government before expanding into a mass labor uprising to establish a "dictatorship of the proletariat"; suppressed by the Freikorps and the Reichswehr |
1920 | Italian anti-Fascist general strike | Rome | Italy | Unsuccessful general strike intended to prevent a seizure of power by Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party |
1922 | Guayaquil general strike | Guayaquil | Ecuador | |
1926 | United Kingdom general strike of 1926 | nationwide | United Kingdom | 10-day general strike by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress to prevent wage reductions and worsened conditions for coal miners; ended without concessions or violence. |
1933 | nationwide, initially in Havana | Cuba | The strike would originally begin as a strike for bus drivers in Havana and would later grow to other sectors and spread throughout the country. The strike led to the resignation of President Gerardo Machado.[41] | |
1933 | [42] | Quito, Riobamba | Ecuador | |
1934 | San Francisco general strike of 1934 | San Francisco, California | United States | 83-day general strike in support of the International Longshoremen's Association during the Great Depression; the success of the strike contributed to the growth of industrial unionism under the Congress of Industrial Organizations. |
1936 | 1936 Syrian general strike | nationwide | Syria | |
1936 | Palestinian general strike | nationwide | Mandatory Palestine | General strike coordinated by the Arab Higher Committee against Jewish settlement in Palestine; eventually led to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. |
1942 | Luxembourgish general strike of 1942 | nationwide | Luxembourg | Campaign of passive resistance against the Nazi occupation during World War II. |
1946 | Oakland general strike of 1946 | Oakland, California | United States | Part of the 1945-46 strike wave in the United States during the U.S. demobilization after World War II and the abolition of National War Labor Board restrictions, which contributed to the passage of the Taft–Hartley Act restricting union activities and strike actions. |
1950 | General strike against Leopold III of Belgium | nationwide | Belgium | Originated over opposition to King Leopold III of Belgium being returned to throne after his refusal to leave Belgium with the government-in-exile during the Nazi occupation; ended with his agreement to abdicate and allow his son Baudouin to take the throne |
1953 | Uprising of 1953 | nationwide | East Germany | Originated as strike by East Berlin construction workers against Sovietization work quotas before expanding to a broad revolt against the Soviet-sponsored Socialist Unity Party's rule; repressed by the Soviet Army and the Kasernierte Volkspolizei |
1956 | General strike of 1956 | nationwide | Finland | Successful Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions general strike for higher wages |
1960–61 | Belgian general strike of 1960–61 | Wallonia | Belgium | General Labour Federation of Belgium general strike against Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens's austerity policies, especially the Unitary Law; contributed to the growth of the Walloon Movement |
1968 | French general strike of May 1968 | nationwide | France | Student protests which escalated into a nationwide general strike which halted the French economy and continued with wildcat strikes after the Grenelle agreements granted higher wages, leading to fears of a revolution against Charles de Gaulle; ended with Gaullist counter-demonstrations and a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. |
1973 | Uruguay general strike of 1973 | nationwide | Uruguay | Unsuccessful general strike against the 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, leading the civic-military dictatorship to ban trade unions. |
1974 | Ulster Workers' Council strike | Northern Ireland | United Kingdom | Successful Ulster loyalist general strike against the Sunningdale Agreement between Great Britain and Ireland, which would have attempted to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict by establishing a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and revived Council of Ireland |
1988 | Spanish general strike of 1988 | nationwide | Spain | Workers' Commissions and Unión General de Trabajadores strike against the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's policies under Prime Minister Felipe González |
1990 | [43] | nationwide | Morocco | |
1992 | April 1992 general strike in Nepal | nationwide | Nepal | |
1998 | 1998 Puerto Rican general strike | nationwide | United States ( Puerto Rico) | 41-day general strike against the privatization of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, accompanied by some violence and sabotage. |
2002–03 | Venezuelan general strike of 2002–03 | nationwide | Venezuela | General strike against President Hugo Chávez including a large contingent of PDVSA workers. |
2006 | 2006 democracy movement in Nepal | nationwide | Nepal | |
2007 | 2007 Guinea general strike | nationwide | Guinea | Successful general strike forcing President Lansana Conté to resign. |
2008 | 2008 Egyptian general strike | nationwide | Egypt | General strike including large contingent of textile workers during the 2007–2008 world food price crisis |
2011 | 2011 Oakland general strike | Oakland, California | United States | Part of the Occupy Oakland demonstrations |
2016 | Indian general strike of 2016 | nationwide | India | 24-hour general strike against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies |
2017 | 2017 Brazilian general strike | nationwide | Brazil | General strike against President Michel Temer's labor reform policies during the Brazilian economic crisis. |
2017 | 2017 Catalan general strike | Catalonia | Spain | General strike in support of the Catalan independence movement, accompanied by police repression by the Spanish government. |
2018 | 2018 Jordanian general strike | nationwide | Jordan | Anti-austerity general strike |
2018–19 | School strike for climate | America, Europe, Australia, and others. | Various | International movement of students skipping classes to support renewable energy and climate change mitigation |
2020 | 2020 United States essential workers general strike | nationwide | United States | General strike involving essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic |
2020 | Strike for Black Lives | nationwide | United States | Mass walkout in support of the George Floyd protests |
2020 | 2020 Indian general strike | nationwide | India | Preceded the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest |
2021 | nationwide | Greece | 24-hour general strike against a bill in the Hellenic Parliament that would give employers more power in regards to their employees.[44] |
See also[]
- List of miners' strikes
- Murder of workers in labor disputes in the United States
- Streetcar strikes in the United States
- Strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Timeline of Labor unions in the United States
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