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.
1918-1921: The Italian factory occupations and Biennio Rosso A brief history of the Italian Biennio Rosso (two red years) and the mass factory occupations of…
1919: The Seattle general strike A general strike of 100,000 workers, which saw the city shut down and all essential services provided under workers' control.
La Canadiense and Barcelona general strike, 1919 - Sam Lowry A short history of the Barcelona general strike of 1919 which began after the sacking of eight…
1919: The 40-hours strike The 40 Hours strike led by the Clyde Workers' Committee was the most radical strike seen on Clydeside in terms of both its tactics and its…
The Lawrence textile strike, 1912 - Sam Lowry A short history of the strike of 20,000 textile workers, mostly women and girls who included native and immigrant workers, which won big…
The Pullman railway strike, 1894 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn on the history of the militant struggle of workers at the Pullman railway car company in Chicago against wage cuts and sackings, in…
1890: The Australian maritime strike A short history of the 1890 strike of seamen in Australia against mass wage cuts amongst other things, which ended in defeat for the workers.
The great London dock strike, 1889 A huge and powerful strike of British dockers against low pay, unsafe conditions and casual, precarious employment contracts which, with…
The Australian maritime strike, 1878-1879 A short history of the 1878 strike of sailors and maritime workers in Australia which prevented the seaman being sacked and replaced by cheaper…
The great railroad strike, 1877 - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's short history of the biggest industrial dispute in American history by that time, shutting down half the country's rail network.