Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Great Unrest, also known as the Great Labour Unrest, was a period of labour revolt between 1911 and 1914 [1] in the United Kingdom. The agitation included the 1911 Liverpool general transport strike , the Tonypandy riots , the National coal strike of 1912 and the 1913 Dublin lockout .
The 1911 Liverpool general transport strike, also known as the great transport workers' strike, involved dockers, railway workers, sailors and other tradesmen. The strike paralysed Liverpool commerce for most of the summer of 1911. It also transformed trade unionism on Merseyside. For the first time, general trade unions were able to establish ...
1909 - Vancouver Free Speech Fight, wherein the IWW, supported by the Socialist Party of Canada, refused to give in to mayor's and police demands that labourites not hold open-air rallies and meetings. Prominent U.S. leftist speakers also assisted - Lucy Parsons and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn [18] (Vancouver Free Speech Fight re-fought in 1911 and ...
1911 (United States) Illinois Central and Harriman Line Rail Strike occurred. [26] 1911 (United States) Southern Lumber Operators' Lockout began. [26] 1911 (Wales) Two men are shot dead by police during the Llanelli railway strike of August 1911, leading to rioting. Image of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on 25 March 1911 25 March 1911 ...
Events from the year 1911 in Canada. Incumbents. Crown Monarch – ... Great healing powers (and products) found in Manitou Lake, near Watrous, Saskatchewan [15]
What became known as the Tonypandy riots [1] of 1910 and 1911 (sometimes collectively known as the Rhondda riots) were a series of violent confrontations between the striking coal miners and police that took place at various locations in and around the Rhondda mines of the Cambrian Combine, a cartel of mining companies formed to regulate prices ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Articles about riots and civil disorder in Canada. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. 0–9. 2012 Quebec student protests ...