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Two years before the horrific fire that claimed 146 garment workers, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was the focal point for a struggle that…

In 1983 Bolivia elected a left wing president supported by a coalition of leftist parties and union…

In 1921 strikes were effectively illegal in the state of Kansas due a state arbitration system (the Industrial Court). In response the Kansas…

History of the campaign against building a nuclear waste disposal site in a Texan town. The campaign…

In 1857 a mix of slaves and free black labourers struck to resist an ID tag system and tax on their trade.

Frustrations over racism and low wages lead to a series of strikes from 1919-21, involving every sector and most ethnic groups on the islands.

A general strike successfully defeated the ruling military Junta and temporarily halted a campaign of discrimination against the countries…

In 1946 a group of Marxist students opposed to the Dictatorship of Elie Lescot, started a student movement that grew into a general strike…

Black workers on the Rhodesian Rail way (Zimbabwe and Zambia) struck against unfair working conditions and company racism.

A strike by women in the cities textile industry against discrimination and working conditions.

In 1944 El Salvadoran Dictator General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez had successfully crushed…

In 1947 the city of Mombasa was paralysed by a general strike by its black African workforce in an attempt to end pay disparities, especially…