strikes

An eight year dispute between hotel management and its employees union came to ahead in February 2010 when police repression prompted a sit down…

In 1946 sugar plantation workers across the islands of Hawaii from all ethnic backgrounds shutdown the entire plantation system in the states…

Longshoremen in Hawaii were paid less than other longshoreman in the United States. They struck to get an equal pay rate, and were out for 177…

Burmese workers in Khon Kaen struck against abuses by their employer who exploited their immigration status.

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

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

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

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 1905 the Union between Sweden and Norway unravelled. In response the Swedish right pushed war…

In 1919 the prison population for military prisons had swelled. In response to the pressure and arbitrary sentencing inmates at the Fort…