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212011 Oakland general strike — Participants Occupy Oakland Location …
22Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977 — The Jiu Valley miners strike of 1977 was the largest protest movement against the Communist regime in Romania before its final days, ushering in a period of intermittent labour unrest that would last a dozen years, and the most important… …
23UK miners' strike (1984–1985) — A picket taking place in South Yorkshire. The UK miners strike was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. It was a defining moment in British industrial relations, and its defeat significantly weakened the British trades… …
241918 Vancouver general strike — The 1918 Vancouver General Strike was the first general strike in Canadian history [http://www.carpentersunionbc.com/Pages/gingergoodwin.html] and was held 2 August 1918. It was organized as a one day political protest against the killing of… …
252005 Quebec student strike — The 2005 Quebec student strike occurred between February 24 and April 2005. Part of the opposition to the Charest government, it was led by students of CEGEPs and universities of Quebec, on strike to protest budget cuts of $103 million in the… …
261999 UNAM strike — The 1999 strike at the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico, the largest university in Latin America) had its origins in the January 1999 announcement by its rector that tuition would increase from about 0.02 dollars to about $150 a… …
27Australian General Strike of 1917 — The General Strike of 1917 was a general strike which began in the Australian state of New South Wales and spread to other states over six weeks from 2 August to 8 September 1917.BackgroundThe trigger for the strike was the introduction of a new… …
281934 West Coast waterfront strike — The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen s Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted eighty three days, triggered by sailors and a four day general strike in San Francisco, and… …
291968 Democratic National Convention protest activity — The 1968 Democratic National Convention had a significant amount of protest activity. In 1967, protest groups had been promising to come to Chicago and disrupt the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order. For eight days,… …
30Ulster Workers' Council Strike — The Ulster Workers Council (UWC) Strike was a general strike that took place between Wednesday 15 May 1974 and Tuesday 28 May 1974 in Northern Ireland. The strike was called in protest against the proposals in the Sunningdale Agreement to provide …
