A general strike is a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal. They are organised by large coalitions of political, social, and labour organizations and may also include rallies, marches, boycotts, civil disobedience, non-payment of taxes, and other forms of direct or indirect action. Additionally, general strikes might exclude care workers, such as teachers, doctors, and nurses.
Historically, the term general strike has referred primarily to solidarity action, which is a multi-sector strike that is organised by trade unions who strike together in order to force pressure on employers to begin negotiations or offer more favourable terms to the strikers; though not all strikers may have a material interest in each other's negotiations, they all have a material interest in maintaining and strengthening the collective efficacy of strikes as a bargaining tool.
A generalstrike is a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade...
The 1926 GeneralStrike in the United Kingdom was a generalstrike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council of...
The Winnipeg GeneralStrike of 1919 was one of the most famous and influential strikes in Canadian history. For six weeks, May 15 to June 26, more than...
The Seattle GeneralStrike was a five-day general work stoppage by 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington from February 6 to 11, 1919. The...
Longshoremen's Strike. The result of the strike was the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of the United States. The San Francisco GeneralStrike of 1934...
The Minneapolis generalstrike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, the major distribution...
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike and industrial action in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass...
striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and generalstrikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign...
The 1842 generalstrike, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, started among the miners in Staffordshire, England, and soon spread through Britain affecting...
several noteworthy generalstrikes in 1919: Seattle GeneralStrike of 1919 in Seattle GeneralStrike of 1919 in Spain Winnipeg GeneralStrike of 1919 in Winnipeg...
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and the SDKPiL—called for a generalstrike. By the end of January 1905, over 400,000 workers in Russian Poland were on strike (see Revolution in the Kingdom...
labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle GeneralStrike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist...
The 1946 Oakland generalstrike was generalstrike involving 50,000 workers over two days in Oakland, California, United States. Beginning at 5:00am on...
Oakland generalstrike may refer to: 1946 Oakland generalstrike 2011 Oakland generalstrike This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
The 1835 Philadelphia generalstrike took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first generalstrike in North America and involved some 20,000...
The Pullman Strike was two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression...
The generalstrike of 1893 (French: grève générale de 1893, Dutch: algemene staking van 1893) was a major generalstrike in Belgium in April 1893 called...
the Birmingham rent-strike of 1939. She convinced women at Birmingham's Joseph Lucas motor factory to join the 1926 UK GeneralStrike, and led an unprecedented...
The 2020 Indian generalstrike was a mass generalstrike that was held across India on 26 November 2020. The strike was organized by 10 trade unions across...
Scranton generalstrike was a widespread work stoppage in 1877 by workers in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which took place as part of the Great Railroad Strike, and...
Vancouver generalstrike which took place on 2 August 1918, was the first generalstrike in Canadian history. There had been talks of organizing a general strike...
The 1918 Swiss generalstrike (German: Landesstreik) took place from 12 to 14 November and involved around 250,000 workers. Although Switzerland remained...
The GeneralStrike of 1917 can refer to: the Australian GeneralStrike of 1917 the Spanish GeneralStrike of 1917 the Finnish GeneralStrike of 1917 This...
established in 1925 to provide volunteers in the event of a generalstrike. During the GeneralStrike of 1926, it was taken over by the government to provide...
A wildcat strike is a strike action undertaken by unionised workers without union leadership's authorisation, support, or approval; this is sometimes termed...
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