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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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
A labor strike is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work, usually in response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also take place to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or to pressure governments to change policies.
The largest health care strike in US history is now in its second day after more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers began walking off the job on Wednesday. The largest health care strike in US ...