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The railroad strikes of 1903 were strikes in the Netherlands, of the railway staff, regarding the right of workers to organize into a union and negotiate and implement the right to strike. At the beginning of the 20th century, some employers allowed their workers to have union membership, while in some companies, union membership was obligatory.
The history of rail transport in the Netherlands is generally considered to have begun on September 20, 1839, when the first train, drawn by De Arend, successfully made the 16 km (9.9 mi) trip from Amsterdam to Haarlem. However, the first plan for a railroad in the Netherlands was launched only shortly after the first railroad opened in Britain.
In 1951, it was renamed as the Dutch Transport Workers' Association. [4] By 1954, the union had 24,306 members, of whom 66% worked on the railways, and the remainder on other forms of transport. At the end of 1955, it merged with the Central Union of Transport Workers, to form the Dutch Transport Workers' Union. [5] [6]
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 ...
Transport in the Netherlands falls under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. With regard to public transport, not involving national rail, a total of 14 public bodies have been delegated the authority to grant concessions to public transport operators, namely the twelve provinces, plus the two transport-regions specifically for ...
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The Dutch rail network primarily supports passenger transport. [5] Rail travel comprises the majority of the distance travelled on Dutch public transport. [6] The national rail infrastructure is managed and maintained by the government agency ProRail, and a number of operators have concessions to operate their trains. [7]
1914 Saint John street railway strike; 1917 Australian general strike; 1926 Sierra Leone railway strike; 1927 Adana Railway Strike; 1948 Queensland railway strike; June 1976 protests; 1995 strikes in France; 2006 South Korean railroad strike; 2006 youth protests in France; 2007 German national rail strike; 2013 railroad strike in South Korea