Guinea: Police clash with general strike Security forces in Guinea have fired live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters on the sixth day of a national strike.
India: general strike in Kerala and West Bengal A mass 24-hour walkout has brought economic life to a halt across two states in India, protesting privatisation, discriminatory labour…
Israel: general strike to continue tomorrow The Israeli public sector general strike which saw airports and government offices closed last week is likely to resume tomorrow following…
Courts stall Israeli general strike The general public sector strike called by the Histadrut Labor Federation was halted Thursday morning after the National Labor Court ordered a…
Israeli bosses demand legal action against general strike An almost total shutdown of Israeli industry following a general strike has been threatened with…
General strike in Israel A general strike has broken out in the Israeli public sector following the collapse of negotiations.
Swedish syndicalists call general strike Sweden's libertarian socialist trade union, the Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC) has called a general strike for November 15th…
The Winnipeg general strike, 1919 - Sam Lowry A short history of Canada's Winnipeg general strike of 1919.
Palestine strike may spread to fuel workers Palestinian pubic-sector strikers may be joined by employees of the Petroleum Authority if their demands aren't met.
1972: The Quebec general strike The story of one of the largest working class rebellions in American history. 300,000 workers participated in North America's largest general…
1926: British general strike A short history of Britain’s only ever general strike which lasted 10 days and was called in support of locked-out coal miners.
1922: The Hong Kong strike The history of a huge general strike in Hong Kong which won many concessions, including a 20% pay hike.