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).
Contents
Chronological list of strikes
Seventeenth century
| Date | Strike | Location |
| 1619 | Polish craftsmen strike | Jamestown, Virginia colony |
| 1636 | Indentured Servants' and Fisherman's Mutiny | Province of Maine |
| 1661 | Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot | Virginia colony |
| Province of New York | ||
| 1684 | New York City Carters' Strike | Province of New York |
Eighteenth century
| Date | Strike | Location |
| 1741 | New York City Bakers' Strike | New York City, Province of New York |
| 1763 | Charleston Chimney Sweepers' Strike | Charleston, Province of Carolina |
| 1766 | Real del Monte Silver Miners' Strike | Mineral del Monte, Mexico |
| 1768 | Florida Indentured Servants' Revolt | East Florida |
| 1768 | New York City Tailors' Strike | New York City, Province of New York |
| 1774 | Hibernia, New Jersey, Ironworks Strike | Hibernia, Province of New Jersey |
| 1786 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Printers Strike | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 1787 | Calton Weavers Strike | Calton, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1791 | Philadelphia Carpenters – First Strike in the U.S. building trades | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| 1792 | Philadelphia River Pilots' Strike | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| 1793 | Wroclaw Tailors' Strike | Wrocław, Poland |
Nineteenth century
1800–1849
| Date | Strike | Location |
| 1806 | Philadelphia shoemakers' strike | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| 1824 | Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Textile Strike | Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States |
| 1825 | Boston House Carpenters' Strike | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| 1827 | Philadelphia Carpenters' Strike | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
- Cocheco Mills Strike (1828, Dover, New Hampshire, 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.S.)
- Manayunk Pennsylvania, Textile Protest (1834, U.S.)
- 1835 Boston Carpenters Strike (1835, U.S.)
- 1835 Philadelphia General Strike (1835, U.S.)
- 1835 Paterson Textile Strike (1835, U.S.)
- Lowell Massachusetts, Mill Women's Strike (1836, U.S.)
- New York City Tailors' Strike (1836, U.S.)
- Philadelphia Bookbinders' Strike (1836, U.S.)
- Kashmiri Silk Workers protests on July 6, 1847
- Burra Copper Miners' Strike (1848, Australia)
1850–1899
- New York City Tailors' Strike (1850, U.S.)
- New England Shoemakers' Strike (1860, U.S.)
- Moonta & Wallaroo Copper Miners' Strike (1864, Australia)
- Upper Peninsula miners' strike (1865, U.S.)
- Molders' Lockout (1866, U.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.S.)
- Coal miners strikes of 1875
- Great Railroad Strike/Great Railroad Strike of 1877 (1877, U.S.) [1]
- Cigarmakers' Strike (1877, U.S.)
- 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.)
- Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 (U.S.)
- Troy New York, Collar Launderesses' Strike (1886, U.S.)
- Haymarket Affair (1886, U.S.)
- Bay View Tragedy (1886, U.S.)
- Port of New York, Longshoremens' Strike (1887, U.S.)
- Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Sugar Cane Workers Strike (1887, U.S.)
- Burlington Railroad Strike (1888, U.S.)
- Cincinnati Shoemakers' Lockout (1888, U.S.)
- London Dock Strike of 1889 (London, England)
- Baseball Players' Revolt (1889, U.S.)
- Fall River Massachusetts, Textile Strike (1889, U.S.)
- Southampton Dock Strike of 1890 (Southampton, England)
- Carpenters' Strike for the Eight-Hour Day (1890, U.S.)
- Savanna Georgia, Black Laborers' Strike (1891, U.S.)
- Tennessee Miners' Strike (1891, U.S.)
- Homestead Strike (1892, U.S.)
- Buffalo switchmen's strike (1892, U.S.)
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor strike of 1892 (1892, U.S.)
- Printers' strike (1893, Sri Lanka)
- Coxey's Army marches on Washington D.C. (1894, U.S.)
- Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 (U.S.)
- Pullman Strike (1894, U.S.)
- Great Northern Railway Strike (1894, U.S.)
- Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894 (U.S.)
- Haverhill Massachusetts Shoe Strike (1895, U.S.)
- Brooklyn, New York Trolley Workers' Strike (1895, U.S.)
- Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike (1896)
- Lattimer Massacre Strike (1897, Pennsylvania)
- Marlboro Massachusetts, Shoe Workers' Strike (1888, U.S.)
- Welsh coal strike of 1898 (1898, Wales)
- Buffalo New York, Grain Shovellers' Strike (1899, U.S.)
- Cleveland Ohio, Street Railway Workers' Strike (1899, U.S.)
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899 (1899, U.S.)
- Newsboys Strike of 1899 (New York City, U.S.)
- 1899 Russian student strike (St. Petersburg University, Russia)
Twentieth century
Bodies immediately after the Lena massacre of striking goldfield workers in 1912
1900s
- Diamond Workers Strike (1900, Amsterdam)
- St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900 (1900, U.S.)
- Anthracite Coal Strike (1900, U.S.)
- Machinists' Strike (1900, U.S.)
- Penrhyn Quarry strike (1900) (1900–1903, Wales, UK)
- Australian Workers strike (23rd Jan, 1900, Australia)
- U.S. Steel Recognition Strike of 1901 (U.S.)
- Machinists' Strike (1901, U.S.)
- San Francisco Restaurant Workers' Strike (1901, U.S.)
- Anthracite Coal Strike (1902, U.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.S.)
- Oxnard Strike of 1903 (U.S.)
- Utah Coal Strike (1903, U.S.)
- Fall River Textile Strike (1904) (July 25, 1904, U.S.)[2]
- New York City Interborough Rapid Transit Strike (1904, U.S.)
- Packinghouse Workers' Strike (1904, U.S.)
- Santa Fe Railroad Shopmen's Strike (1904, U.S.)
- Cananea Strike (1906, Sonora, Mexico)
- Music Hall Strike of 1907 (London, UK)[3]
- Belfast Dock Strike (1907, Ireland)
- Goldfield Nevada, Miners' Strike (1907, U.S.)
- Río Blanco Strike (1907, Mexico)
- San Francisco Streetcar Strike of 1907 (U.S.)
- Pensacola streetcar operators' strike (1908, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.)
- New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 "Uprising of the 20,000" (1909, U.S.)
- Georgia Railroad Strike (1909, U.S.)
- Pressed Steel Car Strike of 1909 (McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
- Watertown Connecticut, Arsenal Strike (1909, U.S.)
1910s
- Cradley Heath female chainmakers' strike (1910) [4]
- 1910 New York Cloakmakers Strike, also known as "The Great Revolt" (1910, U.S.)
- Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 (U.S.)
- Chicago Garment Workers' Strike of 1910–1911 (U.S.)
- 1911 Liverpool General Transport Strike (UK)
- 1911 Grand Rapids Furniture Workers (U.S.)
- Lawrence Textile Strike, often known as the Bread and Roses Strike (1912, U.S.)
- 1912 Little Falls textile strike (U.S.)
- Waihi miners' strike (1912, Waihi, New Zealand)
- Louisiana Timber Workers' Strike (1912, U.S.)
- Muscatine Button Workers' Strike
- Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912 (U.S.)
- Dublin Strike and Lockout (1913, Ireland)
- Copper Country Strike of 1913–1914 (1913–14, U.S.)
- Ludlow Massacre Strike (1913, U.S.)
- Paterson silk strike (1913, U.S.)
- 1913 New York City hotel workers' strike (U.S.)
- 1913 Great Strike (1913, New Zealand)
- Indianapolis Street Car Strike of 1913 (U.S.)
- 1913 Detroit automobile strike (U.S.)
- Burston Strike School (1914–1939, UK)
- Bayonne refinery strikes (1915 and 1916, U.S.)
- Mesabi Range miners' strike (1916, U.S.)
- BLE Strike in New York City (1918, U.S.)
- Police officers' strike, (1918–19, UK)
- Coal strike (1919, U.S.)
- Boston Police Strike (1919, U.S.)
- 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike
- Battle of George Square (1919, UK)
- La Canadiense Strike, (1919, Catalonia, Spain)
- Steel strike of 1919 (U.S.)
1920s
- Battle of Matewan (1920, U.S.)
- 1920 Alabama coal strike (1920, U.S.)
- Clothing Workers' Lockout (1920, U.S.)
- Kronstadt Rebellion (1921, U.S.S.R.)
- Battle of Blair Mountain (1921, U.S.)
- Seamen's Strike (1921, U.S.)
- Black Friday (1921) (UK)
- Great Railroad Strike of 1922 (U.S.)
- Herrin massacre (1922, U.S.)
- Anthracite Coal Strike (1922, U.S.)
- Bituminous Coal Strike (1922, U.S.)
- Railroad Shopmen's Strike (1922, U.S.)
- Portland Waterfront Strikes (1922, U.S.)
- General strike of 1923 (Sri Lanka)
- 1923 Victorian Police strike (Australia)
- Hanapepe massacre (1924, U.S.)
- Kashmiri Silk Workers 3rd Strike 1924
- Ammanford Anthracite Strike (1925, UK)
- Anthracite Coal Strike (1925, U.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.S.)
- New Bedford Massachusetts, Textile Strike (1928, U.S.)
- Banana massacre (1928, Colombia)
- Tramway strike (1929, Sri Lanka)
- 1929 Timber Workers strike (Australia)
- Lupeni Strike of 1929 (Romania)
- Rothbury Riot (1929, Australia)
- Loray Mill Strike (Gastonia, North Carolina, Textile Strike) (1929, U.S.)
1930s
- Imperial Valley California, Farmworkers' Strike (1929, U.S.)
- Tampa cigar makers' strike (1931, U.S.)
- Santa Clara Cannery Strike (1931, U.S.)
- Ådalen shootings (1931, Sweden)
- Harlan County War, Harlan County, Kentucky (1931, U.S.)
- Invergordon Mutiny (1931, UK)
- California Pea Pickers' Strike (1932, U.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.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.S.)
- Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 (U.S.)
- 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike (U.S.)
- Rubber Workers' Strike (1934, U.S.)
- United Fruit Banana Strike (1934, Costa Rica)
- Textile workers Strike (1934) (U.S.)
- NewarkStar-Ledger Strike (1934, U.S.)
- Asturian miners' strike of 1934 (Spain)
- General Strike (1934, Portugal)
- General Strike (1934, Medellin, Colombia)
- Osaka Kikai Kosakujo Strike (1934, Osaka, Japan)
- Kylindromyloi Euangelistria Strike (1934, Kalamai, Greece)
- Battle of Ballantyne Pier (1935, Canada)
- Copperbelt strike (1935) (Zambia)
- Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri Metal workers' strike (1935, U.S.)
- Pacific Northwest Lumber Strike (1935, U.S.)
- On-to-Ottawa Trek (1935)
- Southern Sharecroppers' and Farm Laborers' Strike (1935, U.S.)
- 1936 Syrian general strike (1936, Syria)
- Atlanta Georgia, Auto Workers' Sit-Down Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Berkshire Knitting Mills Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Flint Sit-Down Strike (1936, U.S.)
- RCA Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Seafarer's Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Newspaper Strike (1936, U.S.)
- Rubber Workers' Strike (1936, U.S.)
- S.S. California strike (1936, U.S.)
- Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937 (U.S.)
- Flint Sit-Down Strike General Motors (1936–1937, U.S.)
- Hershey Pennsylvania, Chocolate Workers' Strike (1937, U.S.)
- Little Steel Strike including Memorial Day massacre of 1937 (U.S.)
- Lewiston-Auburn Shoe Strike (1937, Maine, U.S.)
- Chicago Newspaper Strike (1938, U.S.)
- Maytag Strike (1938, U.S.)
- Hilo Massacre (1938, Territory of Hawaii)
- Chrysler Auto Strike (1939, U.S.)
- Tool and Die Strike of 1939 (1939, U.S.)
- Ford Motor Strike (1939, U.S.)
- Disney animators' strike (1939, U.S.)
1940s
- Downeys strike, the longest strike (March 1939 to November 1953, Dún Laoghaire, Ireland)[5]
- Mooloya estate strike wave (1940, Sri Lanka)
- 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.S.)
- New York City Bus Strike (1941, U.S.)
- North American Aviation Strike (1941, U.S.)
- Quit India movement (1942, India)
- 1942-43 musicians' strike (U.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.S.)
- Philadelphia Transit Strike (1944, U.S.)
- Port Chicago mutiny (1944, U.S.)
- Kelsey-Hayes Strike (1945, U.S.)
- Strike wave of 1946 (1945-1946, 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
- African Mine Workers' Strike (1946, South Africa)
- Bituminous Coal Strike (1946, U.S.)
- Electrical Manufacturing Strike (1946, U.S.)
- General Motors' Strike (1946, U.S.)
- 1946 Montreal Cotton Strike (1946, Quebec, Canada)
- Pittsburgh Power Strike (1946, U.S.)
- 1946 Queensland meat industry strike (1946, Australia)
- Railroad Strike (1946, U.S.)
- Steel Strike (1946, U.S.)
- 1946 Pilbara strike, (Western Australia)
- The Great Hawaiian Sugar Strike of 1946 (Territory of Hawaii)
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Strike (1947, U.S.)
- Telephone Strike (1947, U.S.)
- Longshore Strike (1948, U.S.)
- Boeing Strike of 1948
- 1948 Queensland Railway strike (Australia)
- Asbestos Strike (1949) Quebec, Canada
- 1949 Australian coal strike (1949)
- Hawaiian Dock Strike (1949, U.S.)
- Carlyle Teachers Strike (1949, U.S.)
1950s
- Atlanta transit strike of 1950 (U.S.)
- "Salt of the Earth" Strike of New Mexico Miners (1950, U.S.)
- General strike against Leopold III of Belgium
- New Zealand waterfront strike (1951)
- 1952 steel strike (1952, U.S.)
- Louisiana Sugarcane Workers' Strike (1953, U.S.)
- The Hartal of 1953 (1953, Sri Lanka)
- Kohler Strike (1954, U.S.)
- UNITE Strike (1955, U.S.)
- Southern Telephone Strike (1955, U.S.)
- The 1955 A.S.L.E.F. National Rail Strike (U.K) [6][7]
- East Coast Longshoreman's Strike (1956, U.S.)
- Steel Strike (1956, U.S.)
- Hock Lee bus riots (1955, Singapore)
- Musicians Union strike (1958, U.S.)
- Steel strike of 1959 (U.S.)
1960s
- General Electric Strike (1960, U.S.)
- Seamen's Strike (1960, U.S.)
- 1960 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
- 1960–1961 Winter General Strike (Wallonia)
- 1962 New York City newspaper strike (1962, U.S.)
- East Coast Longshoreman's Strike (1962, U.S.)
- Reesor Siding Strike of 1963 (Canada)
- 1964 Mount Isa Mines Strike (1964–5, Australia)
- Delano grape strike (1965–1970, U.S.)
- 1966 New York City transit strike (U.S.)
- Gurindji strike (1966, Australia)
- St. John's University strike of 1966–67 (U.S.)
- Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots
- San Francisco Nurses Strike managed by the California Nurses Association 1966[8]
- Railroad machinists' strike of 1967 (U.S.)
- Copper Strike (1967, U.S.)
- United Auto Workers strike of General Motors 1961 (U.S.)
- Unofficial strikes by London dockers and meatpackers to protest at sacking of Enoch Powell from the Conservative Party's frontbench (April 1968).[9]
- May 1968 in France
- Memphis Sanitation Strike (1968, U.S.)
- Chrysler wildcat strike (1968, U.S.)
- New York City Teacher's Strike of 1968 (U.S.)
- Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 (U.S.)
- Charleston, South Carolina, Hospital Workers' Strike (1969, U.S.)
- The National Rail Strike of June 24, in 1968 (U.K.) [10]
- Montreal Police Strike (1969, Canada) see also Murray-Hill riot
- The President National Strike (1969, US)
- Unofficial strike by mineworkers over pay of surface workers (1969, UK)[11]
1970s
- Colour Strike (1970–1971, UK)
- National Student Campus Strike (1970, U.S.)also related to Kent State Shootings (May, 1970, U.S.)
- Salad Bowl strike (1970–1971, U.S.)
- U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970 first U.S. nationwide strike of public employees
- General Motors Strike (1970, U.S.)
- New York City Police Strike (1971, U.S.)
- Longshore Strike (1971, U.S.)
- 1971 United Kingdom postal workers strike (1971, UK)
- 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.S.)
- UK building workers' strike (1972)
- UK miners' strike (1972) (UK)
- Solidarity strike by the Birmingham area of the AUEW (engineers union), at the Battle of Saltley Gate
- 1974 railway strike in India by 17 million workers of Indian Railways in 1974 (India)[12][13][14][15]
- 1974 Washington Bus Strike
- 1974 Baltimore teacher's strike, municipal workers' strike, and police strike (U.S.)
- 1974 UPR strike
- Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 (U.S.)
- Ulster Workers' Council Strike (1974, UK)
- UK miners' strike (1974) (UK)
- Washington Post Pressmen's Strike (1975, U.S.)[16]
- Musician's Union Strike (1975, U.S.)
- Japan National Railway Workers Union seven-days strike (1975, Japan)
- Grunwick Dispute (1976–1977) London
- Atlanta Sanitation Workers' Strike (1977, U.S.)[17]
- 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.)
- Norfolk & Western Railroad, Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (1978, U.S.)
- Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, Newspaper Strike (1978, U.S.)
- 1978 New York City newspaper strike
- Sudbury Strike of 1978 (Canada)
- Winter of Discontent (1978–1979, UK)
- Independent Truckers' Strike (1979, U.S.)
- Art Strike 1977–1980
- 1979 ITV strike
- 1979 (June) ILWA 10-day contract strike, British Columbia, Canada[18]
1980s
- 1980 General strike, Sri Lanka
- 1980 British Steel strike by the Iron & Steel Trades Confederation and the National Union of Blastfurnacemen (January - April 1980)[19]
- 1980 Swedish labour conflict
- 1980 New York City transit strike (April 1980, U.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.S.)
- Bydgoszcz events (March 1981, Poland)
- 1981 UPR strike
- 1981 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
- 1981 Major League Baseball strike (U.S.)
- NHS strike (1982. UK)[20]
- Solidarity strike by mineworkers in South Wales[20]
- Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 (1983, U.S.)
- Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1984, U.S.)
- Battle of Orgreave (1984, UK)
- UK miners' strike (1984–1985)
- Cammell Laird Shipyard Occupation (1984, UK)
- Hormel Meatpackers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
- Los Angeles County Sanitary Workers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
- Mudginberri dispute (1985, Northern Territory, Australia)
- 1985 New York hotel workers strike [21]
- Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1985, U.S.)[22]
- Chicago Tribune Strike (1986, U.S.)
- Dollar Sweets dispute (1986, Australia)
- Guilford Transportation Industries railroad workers' 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.S.)
- Wapping dispute (1986, UK)
- Philadelphia Sanitary Workers' Strike (1986, U.S.)
- ILWU Contract Strike (1986, British Columbia, Canada)
- Bollywood Strike (1987, India)
- The Great Workers' Struggle (1987, South Korea)
- International Paper strike (1987, U.S.)
- Professional Football Players' Strike (1987, U.S.)
- 1987 NFL strike (U.S.)
- National Broadcasting Company Employees Strike (1987, U.S.)
- Metro Toronto Elementary Teacher's Strike (1987, Canada)
- 1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike
- 1988 VSEL Barrow in Furness strike (UK)
- 1988 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
- 1989 Australian pilots' strike
- Eastern Airline Workers' Strike (1989, U.S.)
- Bell Atlantic Strike (August 1989)
- Nynex Strike (August 1989) lasted 4 months
- Pittston Coal strike (1989–90, U.S.)
1990s
- A.E.Staley/Tate & Lyle Dispute and Lockout and Caterpillar Strike (U.S., 1990-1995)
- Greyhound Bus Strike of 1990 (U.S.)
- Art Strike 1990–1993
- 1990 Major League Baseball strike
- Mandal Commission protests of 1990 (India, 1990)
- West Virginia Teachers' Strike of 1990 (U.S., March 7–17, 1990)
- Giant Mine Strike 1992 Canada, 18 months long, nine men murdered
- 1992 NHL strike (U.S., Canada)
- Timex strike (1993)
- Alaska Airlines flight attendant strike CHAOS (1993)
- 1994 Major League Baseball strike (U.S., Canada)
- 1994–95 NHL lockout
- Alcan Aluminum Strike (Canada 1995)
- Detroit Newspaper Strike (13 July 1995 – 14 February 1997)
- Liverpool Dockers' Strike (1995–1998)
- 1995 strikes in France
- 1995 NBA lockout
- 1996 GEOS Strikes (Japan)
- 1996–1997 strikes in South Korea
- 1996 NBA lockout
- 1997 Safeway Strike (Canada)
- 1997 UPS Strike (U.S.)
- 1997 Ontario teachers strike (Canada)
- 1998 Australian waterfront dispute
- 1998–99 NBA lockout
- 1999 Vieques Strikes
- 1999 UNAM strike
Twenty-first century
2000s
- Verizon Strike (August 2000)
- Jeffboat wildcat strike (2001, U.S.)
- National Gallery of Canada 9-week strike (2001, Canada)
- Actors Strike 2001
- 2001 NFL referee lockout
- UK Firefighter strike 2002
- Euzkadi Strike (2002–2005, Mexico)
- Alberta Teachers strike 2002[23]
- University of California strikes (2003, U.S.)
- Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike (2003)
- 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike (U.S.)
- 2003 June 15 Hospitality workers at the Congress Plaza Hotel.[24]
- Southern California Supermarket strike of 2003–2004 (U.S)
- 2004 CN Rail workers strike (Canada)
- 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball strike
- 2004–05 NHL lockout (U.S. and Canada)
- Bolivian Gas War (2005)
- 2005 Lakeside Packers Strike (Canada)
- 2005 New York City transit strike
- 2005 University of Puerto Rico strike (Puerto Rico, U.S.)
- Dhaka strikes (2006, Bangladesh)
- 2006 United Steelworkers strike (U.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 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike (Canada)
- University of Miami 2006 custodial workers' strike (U.S.)
- 2006–2007 Palace Casino Strike (Canada)
- 2007 Freightliner wildcat strike (U.S.)
- 2007 South African public servants' strike
- 2007 Orange County transit strike (U.S.)
- Hayward teachers strike (2007, U.S.)
- 2007 General Motors strike (U.S.)
- 2007 Chrysler Autoworkers strike (U.S.)
- 2007 UK postal strikes
- 2007 St. Petersburg Ford Motors Strike (Russia)[25]
- 2007 United Space Alliance strike (U.S.)[26]
- 2007 Broadway Stagehand Strike (U.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 Pantex Security Guards Strike
- 2007 South Africa miners' strike
- 2007–2008 Cork players strike
- 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
- 2007–2008 CBS News Writers strike
- 2007–2008 Berlitz Japan Strike (Japan)[27]
- 2008 Puerto Rico Teacher's Federation strike
- 2008 British teacher's strike
- 2008 Scottish Borders Council strike
- 2008 University of California strike (U.S.)
- 2008 American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. strike (U.S.)
- 2008 Sundance Kabuki Cinema Sex in the City strike (U.S.)
- United Kingdom council workers' strike (2008, UK)
- 2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike (Canada)
- 2008 Spanish truckers strike[28]
- 2008 First Group bus strike (UK)
- 2008 Sri Lankan train strike (Sri Lanka)
- 2008 Indian communication workers' strike (India)
- 2008 VIVA bus operators strike (Canada)
- 2008 Bollywood strike[29]
- 2008 Timmins Ont. "Met" Site strike (October)
- Boeing Machinists Strike of 2008[30]
- 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes
- 2008–09 York University Strike (Canada)
- 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike (Canada) [31]
- Via Rail strike (Canada)
- Art Strike Biennial, Alytus, Lithuania, August 2009
- 2009 Leeds refuse workers strike
- 2009 UK postal strikes
- 2009 McMaster University Strike (Canada)
2010s
- 2010 University of Puerto Rico Strike
- 2010 Scottish football referee strike
- 2010 Spanish air traffic controllers strike
- 2010 Italian national transport strike [32]
- 2010 Spirit Airlines Pilot Strike (U.S.)
- 2010 Major League Soccer lockout/strike
- 2011 NBA Lockout later resumed in December
- 2011 NFL lockout
- 2011 Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Local#6094
- 2011 Vancouver Island University Faculty Association Strike (Canada)
- 2011 Saskatchewan Teachers Federation Strike (Canada)[33]
- 2011 Czech transport strike (Czech Republic)
- 2011 Verizon workers strike (United States)
- 2011 public-sector strikes over pension reform (June 2011, United Kingdom)[34]
- 2011 Australian Community and Public Sector Union quarantine workers strike (Australia)[35]
- 2011 Brandon University Faculty Association (Manitoba, Canada)
- 2011–2012 York Region Transit strike[36]
- 2012 Chicago teachers' strike
- 2012 Bakers Union Strike, forced the liquidation of the Hostess Brand.
- 2012 NFL referee lockout
- 2012 New England Healthcare Employees Union - HealthBridge strike[37]
- 2012 English Doctors on 24-hour strike[38]
- 2012–13 NHL lockout
- 2013 Hong Kong dock strike
- 2013 The world's longest strike ended by the hospitality workers at the Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago[24]
- 2014 Aer Lingus cabin crew 24-hour strike[39]
- 2014 London rail workers strike of 21 April.[40]
- 2014 Reynoldsburg Education Association, Reynoldsburg, Ohio[41]
- 2015 United Steel Workers Oil Refinery Strike [42]
- 2015 British national rail strike of 21 May.[43][44]
- 2015 London underground strike of 9 July.[45]
- 2015 York University Teaching Assistant, Graduate Assistant, Research Assistant and Contract Faculty Strike [46]
- 2015 Shell Oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas [47]
- 2015 London underground strike of 6 August.[48]
- 2015 Public-sector, air travel, retail, and transport strikes throughout Finland on September 18[49]
- 2015 WCAU Photographers and Camera Operators Strike
- 2015 Kohler Strike[50]
Chronological list of general strikes
See also
- Timeline of Labor unions in the United States
- Murder of workers in labor disputes in the United States
Sources
Labor conflict in the United States, An encyclopedia. edited by Ronald Filippelli, assisted by Carol Reilly – Garland Publishing New York & London 1990 (ISBN 0-8240-7968-X)
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