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Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. 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 ...
[5]: 203 Any strikes with fewer than six workers or lasting less than a day were excluded from data leading to marginally smaller estimates then the previous period. [ 3 ] : 36 For strike numbers this change could pose issues, however for total worker estimates it is considered to only have small effects.
2018–2019 education workers' strikes: 2018–2019 nationwide 105,000 [1] 1971 Bituminous coal strike: 1971 105,000 [17] 1958 Dress workers strike: 1958 New England: 102,000 [42] [43] 2004 SBC Communications workers strike: 2004 nationwide +100,000 Great Railroad Strike: 1877 nationwide +100,000 1902 Anthracite coal strike: 1902 Pennsylvania ...
The strike, dubbed “Make Amazon Pay,” has planned demonstrations in more than 20 countries including the United States, and the protests are slated to last through… Amazon worker strike: 5 ...
Labor actions have long been a part of U.S. history, continuing to this day with strikes by the UAW and Hollywood actors and writers. American History: 28 Worker Strikes That Were Incredibly Memorable
Two women strikers on picket line during the "Uprising of the 20,000", garment workers strike, New York City. Strikes, ladies tailors, N.Y., Feb. 1910, picket girls on duty 22 November 1909 (United States) The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 (Uprising of the 20,000) began. Female garment workers went on strike in New York; many were arrested.
The UAW's strike has punctuated a year of labor unrest in a moment that hearkens to 1937 when workers emulated the autoworkers' sit-down strikes. Flashback: In 1937, Detroit workers kicked out ...
During the Homestead strike, Carnegie Steel Company employees in Duquesne joined the strike that was occurring across the river. A riot broke out, and a number of the workers were arrested. It turned out that two of the strikers were Pinkerton detectives, and convictions were secured. [27]