List of strikes - Definition and Overview

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).

Chronological list of strikes

• Great Railroad Strike (1877)
• Homestead Strike (1892)
• Pullman Strike (1894)
• Bread and Roses Strike (1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts)
• Waihi miners' strike (1912, Waihi, New Zealand)
• Ludlow Massacre Strike (1913, Colorado)
• Columbine Mine Massacre Strike (1927, Colorado)
• Invergordon Mutiny (1931)
• 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike
• Flint Sit-Down Strike (1936-1937)
• Textile workers Strike (1934)
• New Zealand waterfront strike (1951)
• Major League Baseball players' strike (1981)
• UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985)
• Eastern Airlines' pilots strike (1989-1990)
• Major League Baseball players' strike (1994)
• NBA players' lockout (1999)
• UK Firefighter strike 2002
• California grocery workers strike 2003-2004

Chronological list of general strikes

• Seattle general strike of 1919
• Winnipeg general strike of 1919
• UK general strike of 1926
• San Francisco general strike of 1934
• Minneapolis General Strike of 1934
• Electro Auto-Lite Strike of 1934 in Toledo, Ohio
• French general strike of May 1968
• Italian general strike of 2002
• Spanish general strike of 2002

External links

• Chronology of general strikes (http://www.sonic.net/~figgins/generalstrike/)
• List of labor events in U.S. history (http://www.lutins.org/labor.html)
• List of recent strikes (http://www.thebird.org/strikes/)
• Recent strikes and other labour news (http://www.labourstart.org/)