list of strikes
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The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign on a broader national or international level).
Chronological list of strikes
{{Labor |expanded=strikes}}
=Twelfth century BCE=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Strike ! Place !Country |
|---|
| c. 1158 BCE
| Deir el-Medina strikes (possibly earliest recorded strike action in history) |
=Fourteenth century=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Strike ! Place !Country |
|---|
| 1353
| 1353 Walsham Manor strike {{cite web |title=The Black Death |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c4KZKarKL4 |publisher=BBC}} |
=Sixteenth century=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Strike ! Place !Country |
|---|
| 1538
| 1538 Cobblers' Strike{{cite news|title= The Story of a Strike |newspaper= Birmingham Daily Post |date= 27 December 1893|page= 2 }} | Wisbech |
=Seventeenth century=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Strike ! Place !Country |
|---|
| 1619 |
| 1661 |
=Eighteenth century=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Strike ! Place !Country |
|---|
| 1766 |
| 1787 |
=Nineteenth century=
==1800–1849==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Strike ! Place ! Country |
|---|
| 1818
| Manchester Mill Worker's Strike | New Hampshire | United States |
| 1824
| Slater's Mill Women's Strike | Rhode Island | United States |
| 1828
| New Hampshire Mill Women's Strike | New Hampshire | United States |
| 1833
|France |
| 1834
| Lowell Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike | Lowell, Massachusetts | United States |
| 1835 |
| 1835
|1835 Washington Navy Yard labor strike |
| 1835
| New England Mill Strike | New England | United States |
| 1835
| Philadelphia | United States |
| 1836
| Lowell Massachusetts Mill Women's Strike | Lowell, Massachusetts | United States |
==1850–1899==
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=Twentieth century=
==1900s==
==1910s==
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==1920s==
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Strike ! Place !Country |
|---|
| 1920 |
| 1920
| Alabama | United States |
| 1920
| nationwide | France |
| 1920
|Denver streetcar strike of 1920 | United States |
| 1920 |
| 1921 |
| 1921
|Black Friday (1921) (expected strike not called) |nationwide |
| 1921
| United States |
| 1922
|Northeast |United States |
| 1922
|nationwide |United States |
| 1922
| United States |
| 1922
|Great Railroad Strike of 1922 | nationwide | United States |
| 1922
| citywide | Hong Kong |
| 1923
|1923 San Pedro maritime strike |San Pedro, Los Angeles, California |United States |
| 1923 |
| 1924
| United States |
| 1925
| Wales |
| 1925–1926
| China and Hong Kong |
| 1926
|1926 United Kingdom general strike |Nationwide |United Kingdom |
| 1926
| United States |
| 1927
|1927 Indiana bituminous strike |nationwide |United States |
| 1927
| United States |
| 1928
|1928 New Bedford textile strike | United States |
| 1928
| nationwide | Colombia |
| 1929
|1929 Australian timber workers' strike | nationwide |
| 1929
| Romania |
| 1929
|1929 New Orleans streetcar strike | United States |
| 1929
| North Rothbury, New South Wales | Australia |
| 1929
| United States |
==1930s==
==1940s==
==1950s==
==1960s==
==1970s==
==1980s==
==1990s==
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date ! Strike ! Place !Country |
| 1990
|1990 Major League Baseball lockout | nationwide |
| 1990
|Mandal Commission protests of 1990 (India, 1990) | Mandal | India |
| 1991
|Frontier Hotel Culinary Workes (Las Vegas, US 1991–1998) |
| 1991 |
| 1991
|1991 Public Service Alliance of Canada Strike{{Cite web |publisher=CBC |title=Canada's national strike in 1991 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1670959171671}} | Ottawa | Canada |
| 1992
|1992 United States railroad strike |nationwide |United States |
| 1992
| nationwide | Canada and United States |
| 1992
|Southern California drywall strike |United States |
| 1993
| Dundee | Scotland |
| 1994–95
|1994–95 Major League Baseball strike | nationwide | Canada and United States |
| 1994–95
| nationwide | Canada and United States |
| 1994
|San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994 | United States |
| 1995
|[https://www.themilitant.com/1995/5939/5939_3.html 1995 Boeing Strike] | Washington State (Everett/Seattle/Renton) | United States |
| 1995–97
| United States |
| 1995
| nationwide | France |
| 1995
| nationwide | Canada and United States |
| 1995–98
|Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98) | England |
| 1996
| nationwide | Canada and United States |
| 1996–97
|1996–1997 strikes in South Korea | nationwide |
| 1996–97
| nationwide | Canada and United States |
| 1996–97
| Donbas | Ukraine |
| 1997
| nationwide | United States |
| 1997
| Ontario | Canada |
| 1998
|1998 Australian waterfront dispute |
| 1998
| Komi Republic, Kemerovo Oblast, Rostov Oblast | Russia |
| 1998
| Ukraine |
| 1998–99
| nationwide | Canada and United States |
| 1999
| Mexico |
=Twenty-first century=
==2000s==
==2010s==
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==2020s==
{{See also|Timeline of strikes in 2021|Timeline of strikes in 2022|Timeline of strikes in 2023|Timeline of strikes in 2024}}
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Chronological list of general strikes
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date
! Name ! Place !Country ! |
|---|
| 1820
|{{Flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|name=United Kingdom}} |Influenced by Radical demands for reform, especially among Scottish weavers |
| 1835
|Philadelphia general strike of 1835 |{{Flag|United States|1822}} | Successful strike for a ten-hour work day and better wages |
| 1842
|{{Flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|name=United Kingdom}} |Chartist general strike against low wages originating from coal miners in Staffordshire before spreading to multiple industries in the Midlands as well as coal mines across the country. |
| 1855
|{{flagicon image|Flag of Spain (1785–1873, 1875–1931).svg}} Spain |
| 1862–1865
|Nationwide |{{flag|Confederate States of America|1861c}} |Slaves in the Southern United States stopped work and attempted to cross the frontlines of the American Civil War into Union territory, in what W.E.B. Du Bois held to be a crucial turning point in the war.{{cite web |url=https://www.aaihs.org/when-slaves-go-on-strike/ |title=When Slaves Go on Strike: W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction 80 Years Later |last=Mount |first=Guy Emerson |date=28 December 2015 |website=Black Perspectives |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=31 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531123016/https://www.aaihs.org/when-slaves-go-on-strike/ |url-status=live}} |
| 1877
|Great Railroad Strike of 1877 |West Virginia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri |{{Flag|United States|1877}} |Strike by rail workers in a number of different states for wage increases; ended after 52 days with a suppression by the National Guard and local militias |
| 1886
| Wallonia |{{Flag|Belgium}} | |
| 1892
| New Orleans general strike of 1892 |{{Flag|United States|1891}} |Successful strike for a 10-hour day and overtime pay; notable for the participation of both white and black strikers |
| 1893
| Belgian general strike of 1893 | Mons |{{Flag|Belgium}} |Strike by the Belgian Labour Party to pressure Prime Minister Auguste Beernaert's Catholic Party government to introduce universal male suffrage |
| 1901
|1901 Ybor City strikes{{Cite web|last1=Valenzuela|first1=Ricardo R. Gonzales|last2=Tampa Historical Team|title=1901 Workers' Strike – Tampa's First General Strike|url=http://tampahistorical.org/items/show/144|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Tampa Historical|language=en}} |United States |
| 1902
|Geneva general strike of 1902 |{{Flag|Switzerland}} |
| 1904
|Nationwide |
| 1905
|Nationwide |{{flag|Russian Empire}} |General strike by workers in the industrial centres of the Russian Empire; suppressed by the Imperial Russian Army. |
| 1907
|Geneva general strike of 1907 |{{flag|Switzerland}} | |
| 1907
|New Orleans General Levee Strike of 1907 |{{flag|United States|1907}} | |
| 1909
|{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Spain_(1785–1873,_1875–1931).svg}} Spain | |
| 1909
| Nationwide | {{Flag|Sweden}} |Unsuccessful general strike called by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation |
| 1910
|Philadelphia general strike of 1910 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |{{Flag|United States|1908}} |Amalgamated Transit Union strike of Philadelphia Transportation Company trolley workers which expanded into a citywide American Federation of Labor general strike, eventually leading to wage increases |
| 1912
| Brisbane general strike of 1912 | {{Flag|Australia}} |Caused when Australian Tramway Employees Union members were dismissed for wearing union badges; ended with Queensland Police Service attacks on labor marchers in Market Square leading to a public outcry and the strengthening of the Australian labour movement |
| 1912
|Zürich general strike of 1912 |{{flag|Switzerland}} | |
| 1917
|Australian general strike of 1917 |Nationwide |{{flag|Australia|1917}} | |
| 1917
|Spanish general strike of 1917 |Nationwide |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Spain_(1785–1873,_1875–1931).svg}} Spain | |
| 1917
| 1917–1919 Brazil strike movement | Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul | {{Flag|Brazil}} |Series of general strikes leading to an attempted anarchist uprising against the First Brazilian Republic. |
| 1917
|1917 Twin Cities streetcar strike |{{Flag|United States|1912}} |Sympathetic general strike held on December 13 in support of streetcar workers who had been engaged in a labor dispute for the past several weeks. Involved about 10,000 people. |
| 1918
|Irish General Strike against Conscription | {{flag|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|name=United Kingdom}} | |
| 1918
|Nationwide |{{Flag|Switzerland}} | |
| 1918
|{{Flag|Canada|1868}} |General strike caused by the arrest of Albert "Ginger" Goodwin, discontent over high living costs and low wages during World War I, and the October Revolution; ended with police attacks on union offices |
| 1918
|General strike of 14 October 1918 |{{Flag|Austria-Hungary}} | |
| 1919
|{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Spain_(1785–1873,_1875–1931).svg}} Spain | |
| 1919
|Basel and Zürich general strike of 1919 |{{flag|Switzerland}} | |
| 1919
|{{Flag|United States|1912}} |Industrial Workers of the World strike caused when the Emergency Fleet Corporation denied shipbuilders' demands for higher wages and intended to start a socialist revolution; contributed to the First Red Scare |
| 1919
|{{Flag|Canada|1868}} |General strike ending with repression by the North-West Mounted Police but leading to the growth of the Canadian democratic socialist and labor movements. |
| 1920
|{{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}} |General strike encouraged by the government to resist an attempted overthrow of the Weimar Republic |
| 1920
|Ruhr |{{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}} |General strike in support of the Social Democratic government before expanding into a mass labor uprising to establish a "dictatorship of the proletariat"; suppressed by the Freikorps and the Reichswehr |
| 1920
|Romanian general strike of 1920 |Nationwide |{{flag|Kingdom of Romania|name=Romania}} | |
| 1922
| Italian general strike of 1922 |Nationwide |{{Flag|Kingdom of Italy|name=Italy}} |Unsuccessful general strike intended to prevent a seizure of power by Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party |
| 1922
| Ecuador |
| 1926
| United Kingdom general strike of 1926 |Nationwide | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} |10-day general strike by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress to prevent wage reductions and worsened conditions for coal miners; ended without concessions or violence. |
| 1926
| Sierra Leone railway strike of 1926 | Nationwide | {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Sierra_Leone_(1916–1961).svg}} Sierra Leone | |
| 1927
|1927 Austrian General Strike{{Cite web |title=Austrian Social Democrats general strike to prevent civil war, 1927 {{!}} Global Nonviolent Action Database |url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/austrian-social-democrats-general-strike-prevent-civil-war-1927 |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu}} |Vienna |{{flag|Austria}} | |
| 1932
|Geneva general strike of 1932 |{{flag|Switzerland}} | |
| 1933
|Nationwide, initially in Havana |{{Flag|Cuba}} |The strike would originally begin as a strike for bus drivers in Havana and would later grow to other sectors and spread throughout the country. The strike led to the resignation of President Gerardo Machado.{{Cite web|last1=Lakey|first1=George|last2=Ensign|first2=Olivia|title=Cubans general strike to overthrow president, 1933|url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/cubans-general-strike-overthrow-president-1933|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Global Nonviolent Action Database}} |
| 1933
|1933 Ecuadorian general strike{{Cite web|last=Miller-Walfish|first=Summer|date=December 22, 2010|title=Ecuadorians general strike against President Mera, 1933|url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/ecuadorians-general-strike-against-president-mera-1933|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Global Nonviolent Action Database}} |{{Flag|Ecuador|1900}} | |
| 1933
|French general strike of 1933 |Nationwide |{{Flag|French Third Republic|name=France}} | |
| 1934
|Portuguese general strike of 1934 |Nationwide |{{flag|Estado Novo (Portugal)|name=Portugal}} | |
| 1934
| West Coast waterfront strike of 1934 | California, Oregon and Washington |{{Flag|United States|1912}} |83-day general strike in support of the International Longshoremen's Association during the Great Depression; the success of the strike contributed to the growth of industrial unionism under the Congress of Industrial Organizations. |
| 1934
|Minneapolis general strike of 1934 |{{Flag|United States|1912}} | |
| 1934
|{{Flag|United States|1912}} | |
| 1936
|French general strike of 1936 |Nationwide |{{flag|French Third Republic|name=France}} | |
| 1936
|Nationwide |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Spain_(1931–1939).svg}} Spain | |
| 1936
| Nationwide |{{Flagicon image|Flag_of_Syria_(1930–1958,_1961–1963).svg}} Syria |
| 1936
|Nationwide | {{Flag|Mandatory Palestine}} |General strike coordinated by the Arab Higher Committee against Jewish settlement in Palestine; eventually led to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. |
| 1938
|French general strike of 1938 |Nationwide |{{flag|French Third Republic|name=France}} | |
| 1941
|Nationwide |{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands | |
| 1942
| Luxembourgish general strike of 1942 |Nationwide | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} |Campaign of passive resistance against the Nazi occupation during World War II. |
| 1945
| Nigerian general strike of 1945 | Nationwide | {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Nigeria_(1914–1952).svg}} Nigeria | |
| 1946
|Nationwide |{{flag|British Raj|name=India}} | |
| 1946
| Oakland general strike of 1946 | {{Flag|United States|1912}} |Part of the 1945-46 strike wave in the United States during the U.S. demobilization after World War II and the abolition of National War Labor Board restrictions, which contributed to the passage of the Taft–Hartley Act restricting union activities and strike actions. |
| 1950
|Austrian general strikes of 1950 |Nationwide |{{flag|Austria}} | |
| 1950
| Belgian general strike of 1950 |Nationwide | {{Flag|Belgium}} |Originated over opposition to King Leopold III of Belgium being returned to throne after his refusal to leave Belgium with the government-in-exile during the Nazi occupation; ended with his agreement to abdicate and allow his son Baudouin to take the throne |
| 1950
| Nairobi general strike of 1950 | Nairobi | {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kenya_(1921–1963).svg}} Kenya | |
| 1950
| Nationwide | {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Gold_Coast_(1877–1957).svg}} Gold Coast | |
| 1952
| Casablanca Uprisings of 1952 | {{flagicon image|Merchant_flag_of_French_Morocco.svg}} Morocco | |
| 1953
|Nationwide |{{flag|British Ceylon|name=Ceylon}} | |
| 1953
|Nationwide | {{Flag|East Germany|1949}} |Originated as strike by East Berlin construction workers against Sovietization work quotas before expanding to a broad revolt against the Soviet-sponsored Socialist Unity Party's rule; repressed by the Soviet Army and the Kasernierte Volkspolizei |
| 1954
|Nationwide |{{flag|Honduras}} | |
| 1956
| Finnish general strike of 1956 |Nationwide | {{Flag|Finland}} |Successful Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions general strike for higher wages |
| 1960–61
| Belgian general strike of 1960–61 | Wallonia | {{Flag|Belgium}} |General Labour Federation of Belgium general strike against Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens's austerity policies, especially the Unitary Law; contributed to the growth of the Walloon Movement |
| 1966
|1966 Burkina Faso general strike |Nationwide |{{Flag|Burkina Faso}} | |
| 1968
| French general strike of May 1968 |Nationwide | {{Flag|France}} |Student protests which escalated into a nationwide general strike which halted the French economy and continued with wildcat strikes after the Grenelle agreements granted higher wages, leading to fears of a revolution against Charles de Gaulle; ended with Gaullist counter-demonstrations and a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. |
| 1971-72
|Namibian contract workers general strike |Nationwide |{{Flag|Namibia}} |A general strike by workers under the contract labor system of what was then known as South West Africa (now Namibia) under the control of apartheid South Africa. The goal was to end the contract labor system due to slave like conditions and promote Namibian independence. It led to SWANLA being abolished & replaced with a less punitive but still repressive contract labor system. It also fueled the war for independence. |
| 1972
|Québec general strike of 1972{{Cite web|url=https://libcom.org/history/articles/quebec-general-strike-1972|title=1972: The Quebec general strike|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-date=9 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409141131/https://libcom.org/history/articles/quebec-general-strike-1972|url-status=live}} |{{flag|Canada}} | |
| 1973
| Uruguay general strike of 1973 |Nationwide | {{Flag|Uruguay}} |Unsuccessful general strike against the 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, leading the civic-military dictatorship to ban trade unions. |
| 1974
| Ulster Workers' Council strike |{{Flag|United Kingdom}} |Successful Ulster loyalist general strike against the Sunningdale Agreement between Great Britain and Ireland, which would have attempted to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict by establishing a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and revived Council of Ireland |
| 1975
|Icelandic women's strike of 1975 |Nationwide |{{flag|Iceland}} | |
| 1976
|Canadian general strike of 1976{{cite web |title=The largest labour protest in Canadian history |url=https://canadianlabour.ca/the-largest-labour-protest-in-canadian-history/ |publisher=Canadian Labour Congress |date=14 October 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Léger |first1=Raymond |title=October 14, 1976 – the Saint John General Strike |url=http://www.wfhathewaylabourexhibitcentre.ca/labour-history/october-14-1976-the-saint-john-general-strike/ |publisher=Frank & Ella Hatheway Labour Exhibit Centre |access-date=6 May 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409141151/http://www.wfhathewaylabourexhibitcentre.ca/labour-history/october-14-1976-the-saint-john-general-strike/ |url-status=live }} |Nationwide |{{Flag|Canada}} | |
| 1976
|Nationwide |{{Flag|People's Republic of the Congo}} | |
| 1978
|Nationwide |{{flag|Pahlavi Iran|name=Iran}} | |
| 1979
|1979 New Zealand general strike |Nationwide |{{flag|New Zealand|name=New Zealand}} |The Federation of Labour holds a 24-hour general strike held to protest the Third National Government's intervention in the general drivers' award.{{Cite web |last=Derby |first=Mark |date=11 March 2010 |title=Strikes and labour disputes – The decline of the arbitration system |url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/strikes-and-labour-disputes/page-8 |website=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand}}{{Cite news |date=21 September 1979 |title=Factories go out but offices and shops go on |pages=1 |work=The Press |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1979/09/21/1}} |
| 1984
|Uruguayan general strikes of 1984 |Nationwide |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} Uruguay |Successfully ended the Uruguayan dictatorships by forcing free elections to occur under the threat of continued rolling 24 hour general strikes if not allowed.{{Cite web |title=1984: Uruguay General Strike {{!}} libcom.org |url=https://libcom.org/article/1984-uruguay-general-strike |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=libcom.org |language=en}} |
| 1988
| Spanish general strike of 1988 |Nationwide | {{Flag|Spain}} |Workers' Commissions and Unión General de Trabajadores strike against the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's policies under Prime Minister Felipe González |
| 1989
|Nationwide |{{flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}} |
| 1990
|1990 Moroccan general strike{{Cite web|title=Moroccans general strike for higher wages, 1990|url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/moroccans-general-strike-higher-wages-1990|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Global Nonviolent Action Database}} |Nationwide |{{Flag|Morocco}} | |
| 1992
| April 1992 general strike in Nepal |Nationwide | {{Flag|Kingdom of Nepal|name=Nepal}} | |
| 1995
|French general strikes of 1995 |Nationwide |{{flag|France}} | |
| 1998
|1998 Danish general strike{{Cite web|last=Slusher|first=Margaret|date=March 21, 2013|title=Danish workers conduct general strike for gains in wages, jobs, and vacation days, 1998|url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/danish-workers-general-strike-six-weeks-paid-vacation-1998-0|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=Global Nonviolent Action Database}} |{{Flag|Denmark}} | |
| 1998
| 1998 Puerto Rican general strike |Nationwide | {{Flag|United States}} ({{Flag|Puerto Rico}}) |41-day general strike against the privatization of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company, accompanied by some violence and sabotage. |
| 2000
|{{flag|Bolivia}} | |
| 2002–2003
| Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003 | Nationwide | {{Flag|Venezuela}} | General strike against President Hugo Chávez including a large contingent of PDVSA workers. |
| 2003
|Nationwide |{{Flag|Bolivia}} | |
| 2006
|Nationwide | {{Flag|Kingdom of Nepal|name=Nepal}} | |
| 2007
|Nationwide | {{Flag|Guinea}} |Successful general strike forcing President Lansana Conté to resign. |
| 2007
| 2007 South African public servants' strike | Nationwide | {{flag|South Africa}} | |
| 2007
| Nationwide | {{flag|Eswatini}} | |
| 2008
| 2008 Egyptian general strike |Nationwide | {{Flag|Egypt}} |General strike including large contingent of textile workers during the 2007–2008 world food price crisis |
| 2009
| 2009 French Caribbean general strikes |{{Flag|France}} | |
| 2011
|{{Flag|United States}} |Part of the Occupy Oakland demonstrations |
| 2012
|Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Belgium |{{flag|European Union}} | |
| 2016
| Indian general strike of 2016 |Nationwide | {{Flag|India}} |24-hour general strike against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic policies |
| 2017
|2017 Brazilian general strike |Nationwide |{{Flag|Brazil}} |General strike against President Michel Temer's labor reform policies during the Brazilian economic crisis. |
| 2017
| {{Flag|Spain}} |General strike in support of the Catalan independence movement, accompanied by police repression by the Spanish government. |
| 2018
|2018 Jordanian general strike |Nationwide |{{Flag|Jordan}} |Anti-austerity general strike |
| 2018–2019
|2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests |Nationwide |{{flag|Iran}} | |
| 2018–present
| Global | Various | International movement of students skipping classes to support renewable energy and climate change mitigation |
| 2019
|{{flag|Spain}} | |
| 2019
|2019 Hong Kong general strike |Nationwide |{{flag|Hong Kong}} | |
| 2019
|2019 Indian General Strike{{Cite web|url=https://www.workers.org/2019/01/40392/|title=All-India General Strike is largest in world history|first=Martha|last=Grevatt|date=14 January 2019|access-date=6 February 2022|archive-date=6 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206220656/https://www.workers.org/2019/01/40392/|url-status=live}} |Nationwide |{{flag|India}} | |
| 2019
|Nationwide |{{flag|Sudan}} | |
| 2020
|2020–2021 Belarusian protests |Nationwide |{{flag|Belarus}} | |
| 2020
|2020 United States essential workers general strike |Nationwide |{{Flag|United States}} |General strike involving essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020
|Nationwide |{{Flag|United States}} |Mass walkout in support of the George Floyd protests |
| 2020
|Nationwide |{{Flag|India}} |Preceded the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest |
| 2021
|Nationwide |{{Flag|Greece}} |24-hour general strike against a bill in the Hellenic Parliament that would give employers more power in regards to their employees.{{Cite news|last=Konstantinidis|first=Alkis|date=June 10, 2021|title=Thousands of Greeks protest 'monstrous' labour reform bill|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/greek-workers-strike-against-labour-reform-bill-2021-06-10/|access-date=June 25, 2021}} |
| 2021
|Nationwide |{{flag|Myanmar}} | |
| 2021
|Nationwide |{{flag|United States}} | |
| 2022
|Nationwide |{{Flag|Iran}} |3 day general strike in response to protestors killed by Iranian security forces.{{Cite news|last=Wintour|first=Patrick |date=December 6, 2022|title=Iran: Mass strike starts as shopkeepers and lorry drivers across 40 cities participate in mass walkout|publisher=Business & Human Rights Resource Centre|url=https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/iran-mass-strike-starts-as-shopkeepers-and-lorry-drivers-across-40-cities-participate-in-mass-walkout/|access-date=December 16, 2022}} |
| 2022
|Nationwide |{{Flag|Kazakhstan}} | |
| 2024
|Nationwide |{{Flag|Nigeria}} |General strike due to low minimum wage.{{Cite news |last=Egbejule |first=Eromo |date=2024-06-03 |title=Nigerian unions shut down national grid and airports as indefinite strike begins |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/03/nigeria-suffers-national-power-outage-as-labour-unions-shut-down-grid |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} |
| 2025
|2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests |Nationwide |{{Flag|Serbia}} |General strike due to political corruption and the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse{{Cite web |title=Is Serbia on the brink of a general strike? – DW – 01/21/2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-protests-may-lead-to-general-strike/a-71360278 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=dw.com |language=en}} |
See also
References
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Further reading
- Labor conflict in the United States, An encyclopedia. edited by Ronald Filippelli, assisted by Carol Reilly – Garland Publishing New York & London 1990 ({{ISBN|0-8240-7968-X}})
External links
- [http://www.sonic.net/~figgins/generalstrike/ Chronology of general strikes]
- [https://www.lutins.org/labor.html List of labor events in U.S. history]
- [https://www.labourstart.org/ Recent strikes and other labour news]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110218162634/http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/55951/strike-famous-worker-uprisings#index/0 Strike! Famous Worker Uprisings] – slideshow by Life magazine
- [https://againstthecurrent.org/atc149/p3099/ The Long War at Staley]
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