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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).

Chronological list of strikes

Seventeenth century

• Strike of Polish craftsmen in Jamestown (1619, British colonies)
• Maine indentured Servants' and Fisherman's Mutiny (1636, Maine, British colonies)
• Virginia's Indentured Servants' Plot (1661, Virginia, British colonies)
• Maryland Indentured Servants' Strike (1663, Maryland, British colonies)
• Boston ship Carpenter's Protest (1675, Massachusetts, British colonies)
• Bacon's Rebellion (1676, Virginia, British colonies)
• New York City Carters' Strike (1677, New York, British colonies)
• New York City Carters' Strike (1684, New York, British colonies)

Eighteenth century

• New York City Bakers' Strike (1741, New York, British colonies)
• Florida Indentured Servants' Revolt (1768, Florida, British colonies)
• New York City Tailors' Strike (1768, New York, British colonies)
• Hibernia, New Jersey, Ironworks Strike (1774, New Jersey, British colonies)
• Philadelphia Carpenters - First Strike in the U.S. building trades (1791, U.S.)
• Philadelphia River Pilots' Strike (1792, U.S.)

Nineteenth century

• Philadelphia shoemakers' strike (1806, U.S.)
• Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Textile Strike (1824, U.S.)
• Boston House Carpenters' Strike (1825, U.S.)
• Philadelphia Carpenters' Strike (1827, 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.)
• Paterson New Jersey, 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.)
• 1842 General Strike (1842, England)
• Khewra Salt Mines#Miners Resistance to the British Strikes (1849 - 1872, India)
• Kashmiri Silk Workers protests on 6th July 1847
• New York City Tailors' Strike (1850, U.S.)
• New England Shoemakers' Strike (1860, U.S.)
• Molders' Lockout (1866, U.S.)
• Kashmiri Silk Workers 2nd protests and Strike
• Sheffield Outrages (1860s, UK)
• Anthracite Coal Strike (1868, 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 (1877, U.S.)
• Cigarmakers' Strike (1877, U.S.)
• Sundsvall strike (1879, Sweden)
• 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.)
• Southwest Railroad Strike (1886, U.S.)
• Troy New York, Collar Launderesses' Strike (1886, U.S.)
• Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886 (U.S.)
• Haymarket Affair (1886, U.S.)
• Bay View Tragedy (1886, U.S.)
• Port of New York, Longshoremens' Strike (1887, U.S.)
• Burlington Railroad Strike (1888, U.S.)
• Cincinnati Shoemakers' Lockout (1888, U.S.)
• Matchgirls Strike (1888, London)
• London Dock Strike of 1889
• Baseball Players' Revolt (1889, U.S.)
• Fall River Massachusetts, Textile Strike (1889, U.S.)
• 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute
• Southampton Dock Strike of 1890 (UK)
• Carpenters' Strike for the Eight-Hour Day (1890, U.S.)
• 1891 Australian shearers' strike
• 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 Miners' Strike (1892, U.S.)
• 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)
• Penrhyn Quarry strike (1896) (Wales, U.K.)
• 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 Miners' Strike (1899, U.S.)
• Newsboys Strike of 1899 (New York City, U.S.)

20th century

1900s

• Anthracite Coal Strike (1900, U.S.)
• Machinists' Strike (1900, U.S.)
• Penrhyn Quarry strike (1900) (1900-1903, Wales, U.K.)
• 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.)
• New York City Interborough Rapid Transit Strike 991904, U.S.)
• Packinghouse Workers' Strike (1904, U.S.)
• Santa Fe Railroad Shopmen's Strike (1904, U.S.)
• Cananea Strike (1905, Sonora, Mexico)
• Goldfield Nevada, Miners' Strike (1907 U.S.)
• Río Blanco Strike (1907 Mexico)
• 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.)
• McKees Rocks Pennsylvania, Steel Strike (1909, U.S.)
• Watertown Connecticut, Arsenal Strike (1909, U.S.)
• 1909 Swedish General Strike

1910s

• 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)
• Lawrence textile strike, often known as the Bread and Roses strike (1912, U.S.)
• Waihi miners' strike (1912, Waihi, New Zealand)
• Louisiana Timber Workers' Strike (1912, U.S.)
• West Virginia Mine War of 1912-1913 (U.S.)
• Dublin Strike and Lockout (1913, Ireland)
• Ludlow Massacre Strike (1913, U.S.)
• Paterson silk strike (1913, U.S.)
• 1913 Great Strike (1913, New Zealand)
• Indianapolis Street Car Strike of 1913 (U.S.)
• Burston Strike School (1914-1939, UK)
• BLE Strike in New York City (1918, U.S.)
• Vancouver general strike (1918, Canada)
• Police officers' strike, (1918-19, UK)
• Centralia Massacre (Washington) (1919, U.S.)
• Boston Police Strike (1919, U.S.)
• 1919 Battle of George Square (UK)
• Seattle General Strike of 1919 (U.S.)
• Steel strike of 1919 (U.S.)
• Winnipeg General Strike (1919, Canada)

1920s

• Battle of Matewan (1920, U.S.)
• Alabama Miners' Strike (1920, U.S.)
• Clothing Workers' Lockout (1920, U.S.)
• Italian, Anti-Fascist General Strike (1920, Feb., Italy)
• West Virginia Coal Wars (1920-21, 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.)
• 1923 Victorian Police strike (Australia)
• 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)
• 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 Florida, Cigar Workers' Strike (1931, U.S.)
• Ådalen shootings (1931, Sweden)
• Battle of Evarts, Harlan County Mining Strike (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.)
• Textile Workers' Strike (1934, U.S.)
• Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 (U.S.)
• Rubber Workers' Strike (1934, U.S.)
• Textile workers Strike (1934) (U.S.)
• 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike (U.S.)
• NewarkStar-Ledger Strike (1934, U.S.)
• 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.)
• Palestinian general strike (1936, Palestine)
• 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.)
• Memorial Day massacre of 1937 "Little Steel Strike" (U.S.)
• Chicago Newspaper Strike (1938, U.S.)
• Maytag Strike (1938, U.S.)
• Hilo Hawaii Massacre (1938, U.S.)
• Chrysler Auto Strike (1939, U.S.)
• General Motors Tool and Diemakers' Strike (1939, U.S.)

1940s

• Ford Motor Strike (1940, U.S.)
• Disney animators' strike (1941, U.S.)
• 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.)
• 1942 Luxembourg General Strike (1942, Luxembourg)
• 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.)
• 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, S.A.)
• Bituminous Coal Strike (1946, U.S.)
• Electrical Manufacturing Strike (1946, U.S.)
• General Motors' Strike (1946, U.S.)
• Pittsburgh Power Strike (1946, U.S.)
• Railroad Strike (1946, U.S.)
• Steel Strike (1946, U.S.)
• 1946 Pilbara strike, (Western Australia)
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Strike (1947, U.S.)
• Telephone Strike (1947, U.S.)
• Longshore Strike (1948, U.S.)
• 1948 Queensland Railway strike (Australia)
• Asbestos Strike (1949) Quebec, Canada
• 1949 Australian coal strike (1949)
• Hawaiian Dock Strike (1949, U.S.)

1950s

• Atlanta transit strike of 1950 (U.S.)
• "Salt of the Earth" Strike of New Mexico Miners (1950, U.S.)
• New Zealand waterfront strike (1951)
• 1952 steel strike (1952, U.S.)
• Louisiana Sugarcane Workers' Strike (1953, U.S.)
• Kohler Strike (1954, U.S.)
• UNITE Strike (1955, U.S.)
• Southern Telephone Strike (1955, U.S.)
• East Coast Longshoreman's Strike (1956, U.S.)
• Steel Strike (1956, U.S.)
• Hock Lee bus riots (1955, Singapore)
• 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.)
• 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)
• New York City Transportation Strike (1966, U.S.)
• St. John's University strike of 1966-1967 (U.S.)
• Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots
• Railroad machinists' strike of 1967 (U.S.)
• Copper Strike (1967, U.S.)
• May 1968 in France
• 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.)
• Montreal Police Strike (1969, Canada) see also Murray-Hill riot
• The President National Strike (1969, US)

1970s

• Colour Strike (1970-1971, UK)
• 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 miners' strike (1972) (UK)
• Baltimore police strike (1974, 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.)
• Japan National Railway Workers Union seven-days strike (1975, Japan)
• Grunwick Dispute (1976-1977) London
• Atlanta Sanitation Workers' Strike (1977, U.S.)^[1]
• 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.)
• Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, Newspaper Strike (1978, U.S.)
• Sudbury Strike of 1978 (Canada)
• Winter of Discontent (1978-1979, UK)
• Independent Truckers' Strike (1979, U.S.)
• Art Strike 1977–1980

1980s

• 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.)
• 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)
• Hormel Meatpackers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
• Los Angeles County Sanitary Workers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
• Mudginberri dispute (1985, Northern Territory, Australia)
• Yale University Clerical Workers' Strike (1985, U.S.)
• Chicago Tribune Strike (1986, U.S.)
• Dollar Sweets dispute (1986, Australia)
• 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)
• The Great Workers' Struggle (1987, South Korea)
• International Paper strike (1987, U.S.)
• Professional Football Players' Strike (1987, U.S.)
• 1988 United Kingdom postal workers strike
• 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

• Art Strike 1990–1993
• Mandal Commission protests of 1990 (India, 1990)
• 1992 NHL players' strike (U.S., Canada)
• Timex strike (1993)
• 1994 Major League Baseball strike (U.S., Canada)
• Alcan Aluminum Strike (Canada 1995)
• Detroit Newspaper Strike (13 July 1995—14 February 1997)
• Liverpool Dockers' Strike (1995-1998)
• 1995 strikes in France
• 1996-1997 strikes in South Korea
• 1997 Safeway Strike Canada
• 1997 UPS Strike (U.S.)
• 1998 Australian waterfront dispute
• 1999 Vieques Strikes
• 1999 UNAM strike

21st century

• Verizon Strike (August, 2000)
• Jeffboat wildcat strike (2001, U.S.)
• National Gallery of Canada employees 9-week strike (2001, Canada)
• Actors Strike 2001
• UK Firefighter strike 2002
• Alberta Teachers strike 2002^[2]
• University of California strikes (2003, U.S.)
• Scottish Nursery Nurses Strike (2003)
• 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike (US)
• Southern California Supermarket strike of 2003-2004 (U.S)
• 2004 CN Rail workers strike (Canada)
• 2004 Japanese Professional Baseball Workers Union 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 UPR strike
• Dhaka strikes (2006, Bangladesh)
• 2006 USW 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)
• 2007 United Space Alliance strike (U.S.)^[3]
• 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 South Africa miners' strike
• 2007-2008 Cork players strike
• 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike (U.S.)
• 2008 Puerto Rico Teacher's Federation strike
• 2008 Egyptian general 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.)
• 2008 Berlitz Teachers' Union strike (Japan)^[4]
• United Kingdom council workers' strike (2008, U.K.)
• 2008 Toronto Transit Commission strike (Canada)
• 2008 Spanish truckers strike^[5]
• 2008 First Group bus strike (U.K.)
• 2008 Sri Lankan train strike (Sri Lanka)
• 2008 Indian communication workers' strike (India)
• VIVA bus operators strike (Canada)
• 2008 Bollywood strike^[6]
• 2008 Timmins Ont. "Met" Site strike (October)
• Boeing Machinists Strike of 2008^[7]
• 2009 Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes
• 2008–09 York University Strike (Canada)
• 2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike (Canada) ^[8]
• VIA Rail strike (Canada)
• Art Strike Biennial, Alytus, August 2009
• 2009 Leeds refuse workers strike
• 2009 UK postal strikes
• 2009 McMaster University Strike (Canada)

Chronological list of general strikes

• 1820 Rising, Scotland
• Saint Louis General Strike, (1877, U.S.)
• New Orleans General Strike (1892, U.S.)
• Philadelphia General Strike (1910, U.S.)
• 1912 Brisbane General Strike, Queensland, Australia
• Seattle General Strike of 1919
• Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
• UK general strike of 1926
• French general strike of 1933
• San Francisco general strike of 1934
• Palestinian general strike (1936, Palestine)
• Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
• Yleislakko 1956
• French general strike of May 1968
• Uruguay general strike of 1973
• Ulster Workers' Council Strike, 1974
• Spanish general strike of 1988
• April 1992 general strike in Nepal
• 1998 Puerto Rican General Strike
• Venezuelan general strike of 2002-2003
• 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
• 2007 Guinea general strike

See also

Organized Labour portal

• Slave rebellion
• Timeline of Labor unions 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 082407968X)

External links

• Chronology of general strikes
• List of labor events in U.S. history
• Recent strikes and other labour news