Timeline of strikes in 1982

A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also occur to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or pressure governments to change policies.

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• 1980-82 Ashtabula nurses' strike, 570-day strike by nurses at the Ashtabula General Hospital on Ohio, United States, one of the longest nurses' strikes in American history.{{cite web|date=9 February 1982|title=AROUND THE NATION; Nurses in Ashtabula End a 570-Day Strike|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/09/us/around-the-nation-nurses-in-ashtabula-end-a-570-day-strike.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|date=5 February 1982|title=Nurses at Ashtabula General Hospital nurses, on strike in...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/02/05/Nurses-at-Ashtabula-General-Hospital-nurses-on-strike-in/1608381733200/|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=UPI}}
• 1980-82 Costa Rica Institute of Technology strikes, series of strikes by students at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology demanding better access to scholarships and democratisation of the institution.{{cite journal | url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/790962 | title=Huelgas democratizadoras: La rebelión estudiantil en el Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (1980–1982) by Iván Molina Jiménez (Review) | journal=The Americas | date=2021 | volume=78 | issue=2 | pages=356–357 | last1=Kordick | first1=Carmen | doi=10.1017/tam.2021.28 | url-access=subscription }}{{cite web | url=https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr/items/77b5b861-48ca-4627-b64e-d20d672c8197 | title=La huelga estudiantil de 1982 y la democratización del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica | date=2019 | last1=Molina Jiménez | first1=Iván }}
• 1981-82 Holy Rosary Hospital strike, 23-day strike at the Holy Rosary Hospital in Oregon.{{cite web|date=4 January 1982|title=Nurses at Holy Rosary Hospital called off their 23-day-old...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/01/04/Nurses-at-Holy-Rosary-Hospital-called-off-their-23-day-old/7676378968400/|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=UPI}}
• 1981-82 Standard Fruit strike, 37-day strike by Standard Fruit Company banana pickers.{{cite web|date=17 January 1982|title=Banana Pickers End Strike|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/17/world/banana-pickers-end-strike.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}

• Great Bombay textile strike
• 1982 Texaco strike, 7-month strike by Texaco refinery workers.{{cite news|date=20 August 1982|title=STRIKE ENDED|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/08/20/strike-ended/3e38567f-1d0d-4173-91af-5e463c6938af/|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

• 1982 Catavi mine strike, strike by miners at the Catavi mine in Bolivia for wage increases.{{cite web|date=27 February 1982|title=Bolivian Miners Strike|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/02/27/world/bolivian-miners-strike.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982 Edmonton transit strike{{cite web|date=16 February 2017|title=Feb. 16, 1982: Edmonton Transit workers settle in for a long strike|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/throwback-thursday-transit-strike-edmonton-1.3986207|author-last=Zazula|author-first=John|access-date=7 October 2024|work=CBC News}}
• 1982 Golan Heights Druze general strike, 5-month general strike by members of the Druze community in Israel in the Golan Heights protesting the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights and following the arrests of four leaders of the community on charges of incitement against Israel.{{cite web|date=16 February 1982|title=Druze on the Golan Stage Strike|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/druze-on-the-golan-stage-strike|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}{{cite web|date=30 March 1982|title=Druze Leaders Vow to Continue Strike|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/druze-leaders-vow-to-continue-strike|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}{{cite web|date=21 July 1982|title=Golan Druze End 5-month Strike|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/golan-druze-end-5-month-strike|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}

• 1982 Long Island Jewish Medical Center strike, 27-day strike by Long Island Jewish Medical Center staff over the Medical Centre's refusal to recognise the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees as the nurses' union.{{cite web|date=6 April 1982|title=THE REGION; L.I. Hospital Strike Ends in Settlement|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/06/nyregion/the-region-li-hospital-strike-ends-in-settlement.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• March 1982 West Bank general strike, general strike in the West Bank following the Israeli occupation government's dismissal of elected Palestinian nationalist mayors in the West Bank.{{cite web|date=23 March 1982|title=General Strike Paralyzes West Bank|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/general-strike-paralyzes-west-bank|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}{{cite news|date=26 March 1982|title=Israel Fires 2 Mayors in West Bank|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/03/26/israel-fires-2-mayors-in-west-bank/4a0a4a47-3d85-4977-ae89-93879b290d13/|author-last=Claiborne|author-first=William|access-date=7 October 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news|date=27 March 1982|title=Israeli Campaign Marks Turning Point in West Bank Relations|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/03/28/israeli-campaign-marks-turning-point-in-west-bank-relations/a48b189d-0b91-4b56-998d-6e31439b3f83/|author-last=Claiborne|author-first=William|access-date=7 October 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

• One-day general strike across 15 Muslim-majority countries called by King Khalid of Saudi Arabia after an Israeli army reservist killed two in an attack on the Dome of the Rock.{{cite web|date=15 April 1982|title=MOSLEMS OBSERVE A GENERAL STRIKE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/15/world/moslems-observe-a-general-strike.html|author-last=Kifner|author-first=John|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|date=19 April 1982|title=Middle East: Attack at the Dome of the Rock|url=https://time.com/archive/6883727/middle-east-attack-at-the-dome-of-the-rock/|author-last=Smith|author-first=William E.|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Time Magazine}}
• 1982 Buenos Aires Herald strike, 5-day strike by Buenos Aires Herald distributors.{{cite web|date=17 April 1982|title=Argentine Herald Strike Ends|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/17/world/argentine-herald-strike-ends.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982–84 French auto strikes fr strikes led by immigrant workers in the automobile industry in France against low salaries and discrimination.{{cite web|date=16 April 2022|title=Avril 1982, la révolte des OS pour la dignité|url=https://www.humanite.fr/culture-et-savoir/greves/avril-1982-la-revolte-des-os-pour-la-dignite-746128|author-last=Gay|author-first=Vincent|access-date=7 October 2024|work=L'Humanité}}

• 1982 NHS strike, by healthcare workers in the United Kingdom, with significant sympathy strikes by miners in Wales.{{cite web|date=23 November 2022|title=When NHS Workers Fought Back Against Thatcher|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/11/nurses-1982-strike-nhs-history|author-last=Arnold-Foster|author-first=Agnes|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Tribune}}{{cite web|date=16 June 1982|title=1982: Welsh miners back health workers|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/16/newsid_2514000/2514195.stm|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=BBC News}}
• 1982 Northwest Airlines strike, 26-day strike by Northwest Airlines machinists.{{cite web|date=18 June 1982|title=AROUND THE NATION; Machinists End Strike At Northwest Airlines|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/18/us/around-the-nation-machinists-end-strike-at-northwest-airlines.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982 PSEG strike, 38-day strike by electrical workers at the Public Service Enterprise Group in the United States, represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.{{cite web|date=8 June 1982|title=Tentative Pact Ends Strike at P.S.E. & G.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/08/nyregion/tentative-pact-ends-strike-at-pse-g.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}

• 1982 garment workers' strike, organised by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in Chinatown, Manhattan.
• 1982 Greek bank strike, 6-week bank strike in Greece, the longest in 15 years.{{cite web|date=8 July 1982|title=AROUND THE WORLD; Greek Bank Strike Ends With Pay Raises|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/08/world/around-the-world-greek-bank-strike-ends-with-pay-raises.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982 IBP strike, by IBP, Inc. workers, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers, in the United States against a four-year wage freeze.{{cite web|date=14 September 1982|title=Iowa Beef workers: three-month strike is in the deep freeze|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0914/091457.html|author-last=Healy|author-first=Rita|access-date=7 October 2024|work=CS Monitor}}
• 1982 Olympic Airlines strike, by Olympic Airlines flight attendants in Greece.{{cite web|date=27 June 1982|title=Strike Grounds Greek Airline|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/27/world/strike-grounds-greek-airline.html?searchResultPosition=20|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}

• 1982 British Rail strike, 2-week strike by British Rail staff.{{cite web|date=25 July 1982|title=THE WORLD IN SUMMARY; Rail Engineers Lose Their Strike|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/25/weekinreview/the-world-in-summary-rail-engineers-lose-their-strike.html|author-last=Douglas|author-first=Carlyle C.|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982 Denver bus strike, 26-day strike by bus drivers in Denver, represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union.{{cite web|date=9 August 1982|title=Bus Pact Approved in Denver|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/09/us/bus-pact-approved-in-denver.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}

• 1982 animators' strike, 2-month strike by animators in Los Angeles, the United States, over runaway productions.
• 1982 Capri boatmen's strike, strike by boatmen in Capri, Italy, demanding to receive a share of increases in ticket prices.{{cite web|date=12 April 1982|title=Capri's Boatmen on Strike|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/12/world/capri-s-boatmen-on-strike.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982 demonstrations in Poland
• 1982 Queensland general strike, general strike in Queensland, Australia, demanding a 38-hour working week.{{cite web|date=12 October 2012|title=Defying the law: the Queensland 1982 general strike|url=https://solidarity.net.au/unions/defying-the-law-the-queensland-1982-general-strike/|author-last=Thomas|author-first=Amy|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Solidarity}}{{cite web | url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/what-do-you-remember-about-1982-20121231-2c22z.html | title=What do you remember about 1982? | date=31 December 2012 }}

• 1982 Arab citizens of Israel general strike, general strike by Arab citizens of Israel following the Sabra and Shatila massacre.{{cite web|date=24 September 1982|title=Arab Villages in Israel Return to Normal After Three Days of Mass Demonstrations and Riots|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/arab-villages-in-israel-return-to-normal-after-three-days-of-mass-demonstrations-and-riots|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}
• 1982 Detroit teachers' strike{{cite web|date=6 October 1982|title=Detroit teachers end their strike|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/1006/100631.html|author-last=Shutt|author-first=Anne|access-date=7 October 2024|work=CS Monitor}}{{cite news|date=22 September 1982|title=Detroit Teachers' Strike Closes School for 200,000 Students|url=https://www.edweek.org/education/detroit-teachers-strike-closes-school-for-200-000-students/1982/09|author-last=Macnow|author-first=Glen|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Education Week}}
• 1982 NFL strike, 57-day strike by NFL athletes in the United States demanding establishment of a wage scale based on percentage of gross revenues.
• 1982 Jewish strike in Rome, strike by the Jewish community in Rome in protest against a visit by PLO leader Yasser Arafat to Rome where he was met by Italian president Sandro Pertini and Pope John Paul II.{{cite web|date=17 September 1982|title=Jews of Rome Stage Strike to Protest Red Carpet Treatment Given to Arafat During Visit|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/jews-of-rome-stage-strike-to-protest-red-carpet-treatment-given-to-arafat-during-visit|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}
• 1982 Teaneck teachers' strike, 19-day strike by teachers in Teaneck, New Jersey.{{cite web|date=3 October 1982|title=TEANECK SCHOOL STRIKE OPENS RIFTS IN COMMUNITY|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/03/nyregion/teaneck-school-strike-opens-rifts-in-community.html|author-last=Parisi|author-first=Albert J.|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|date=6 October 1982|title=STRIKE BY TEANECK TEACHERS ENDS WITH A 3-YEAR ACCORD|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/06/nyregion/strike-by-teaneck-teachers-ends-with-a-3-year-accord.html|author-last=Norman|author-first=Michael|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}

• 1982-83 Caterpillar strike, 206-day strike by Caterpillar Inc. workers in the United States, represented by the United Auto Workers, one of the longest strikes in UAW history.{{cite web|date=2 October 1982|title=Workers at Caterpillar Strike in Five States|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/02/us/workers-at-caterpillar-strike-in-five-states.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}{{cite news|date=22 April 1983|title=UAW Votes to End Bitter Caterpillar Co. Strike After 206 Day|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/04/23/uaw-votes-to-end-bitter-caterpillar-co-strike-after-206-day/098febe9-e8e9-40b1-bfd8-51ac3ac3d57a/|author-last=Sawyer|author-first=Kathy|access-date=7 October 2024|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite web|date=25 April 1983|title=UAW Strike Against Tractor Company Ends; 20,000 Will Return to Work After 6 Months|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1983/4/25/uaw-strike-against-tractor-company-ends/|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The Harvard Crimson}}
• 1982 Ecuador general strike, general strike in Ecuador in protest of flour and gasoline prices.{{cite web|date=21 October 1982|title=Workers defied a state of emergency and staged general...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/10/21/Workers-defied-a-state-of-emergency-and-staged-general/8174404020800/|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=UPI}}{{cite web|date=21 October 1982|title=One killed, 25 injured in nationwide workers strike|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/10/21/One-killed-25-injured-in-nationwide-workers-strike/6443404020800/|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=UPI}}
• 1982 New York legal aid strike, 9-week strike by legal aid lawyers in New York City over wages and the firing of a lawyer in Brooklyn.{{cite web|date=29 December 1982|title=LEGAL AID'S LAWYERS REACH TENTATIVE PACT AFTER 9-WEEK STRIKE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/29/nyregion/legal-aid-s-lawyers-reach-tentative-pact-after-9-week-strike.html|author-last=Gargan|author-first=Edward A.|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}

• 1982 Chrysler Canada strike, one-month strike by Chrysler Canada workers, represented by the United Auto Workers.{{cite web|date=13 December 1982|title=Weighing impact of UAW-Chrysler strike settlement|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/1213/121363.html|author-last=Townsend|author-first=Ed|access-date=7 October 2024|work=CS Monitor}}https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.3335295

• 1982 Bethlehem University strike, by students at Bethlehem University in the West Bank following the Israeli military's move to deport eight British and American teachers who refused to sign pledges saying they would not "give any services directly or indirectly which will help or support the so-called Palestine Liberation Organization or any other hostile organization."{{cite web|date=7 December 1982|title=Arab Students at Bethlehem University Go on Strike|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/arab-students-at-bethlehem-university-go-on-strike|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}{{cite web|date=6 November 1982|title=ISRAEL DEPORTS BRITON WHO REFUSED TO SIGN PLEDGE ON P.L.O.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/06/world/israel-deports-briton-who-refused-to-sign-pledge-on-plo.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982 Fulton Fish Market strike, 2-week strike by workers of the Fulton Fish Market in New York City, represented by the United Seafood Workers.{{cite web|date=11 December 1982|title=FISH HANDLERS REACH A TENTATIVE ACCORD WITH FULTON MARKET|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/11/nyregion/fish-handlers-reach-a-tentative-accord-with-fulton-market.html|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=The New York Times}}
• 1982 Israel public sector strike, over cost-of-living.{{cite web|date=30 December 1982|title=The government and Israel's 150,000 striking public sector employees...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/12/30/The-government-and-Israels-150000-striking-public-sector-employees/9914410072400/|author-last=Gozani|author-first=Ohad|access-date=7 October 2024|work=UPI}}{{cite web|date=30 December 1982|title=Public Employes Strike Spreads|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/public-employes-strike-spreads|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=7 October 2024|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}

• Early 1980s recession

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