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61Battle of Orgreave — The Battle of Orgreave is the name given to a confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, in 1984, during the UK miners strike. In 1991, South Yorkshire police were forced to pay …
622006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike — The 2006 Toronto Transit Commission wildcat strike was an illegal strike in Toronto, Canada, on May 29, 2006. It was initiated by 800 Toronto Transit Commission mechanical and janitorial workers who were protesting proposed changes in work… …
631934 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… …
64Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978 — The Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978 was a 110 day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America, AFL CIO. It began December 6, 1977, and ended on March 19, 1978. It is generally considered a successful… …
65Liverpool Dockers' Strike — The Liverpool Dockers Strike lasted from 1995 to 1998. Although referred to as a strike it was strictly a dispute because the employers, the MDHC (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company) had actually used the opportunity to sack the dockers who were… …
66Strike action — Female tailors on strike. New York City, February, 1910 …
67UK 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… …
68literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
69NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. — NLRB v. Mackay Radio Telegraph Co. Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 5–6, 1938 De …
70USS Vandivier (DER-540) — was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard on 8 November 1943 as a John C. Butler class destroyer escort DE 540; launched on 27 December 1943; and was sponsored by Mrs. Mary Hardin Vandivier. Since World War II came to an end before she was completed …
