Chronological List of General Strikes
Date | Name | Location |
1820 | 1820 Rising | Scotland |
1842 | 1842 General Strike | England |
1877 | Saint Louis General Strike | Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
1886 | Walloon jacquerie of 1886 | Wallonia |
1887 | 1887 sugar cane workers | St. Mary, Terrebonne ,and Lafourche parishes, Louisiana, United States |
1892 | New Orleans General Strike | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
1893 | Belgian general strike of 1893 | Belgium Mons |
1909 | 1909 Swedish General Strike | Sweden |
1910 | Philadelphia General Strike | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
1912 | 1912 Brisbane General Strike | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
1918 | Vancouver general strike | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
1919 | Seattle General Strike | Seattle, Washington, United States |
1919 | Winnipeg General Strike | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
1920 | Italian, Anti-Fascist General Strike | Italy |
1920 | Dezember General Strike (one week) | Czechoslovakia |
1926 | UK general strike of 1926 | United Kingdom |
1933 | French general strike of 1933 | France |
1934 | San Francisco general strike of 1934 | San Francisco, California, United States |
1936 | Palestinian general strike | Palestine |
1942 | 1942 Luxembourg General Strike | Luxembourg |
1946 | 1946 Oakland general strike | Oakland, California, United States |
1950 | General strike against Leopold III of Belgium | |
1953 | Uprising of 1953 | East Germany |
1956 | Yleislakko 1956 | Finland |
1960–1961 | 1960–1961 Winter General Strike | Belgium Wallonia |
1968 | French general strike of May 1968 | France |
1973 | Uruguay general strike of 1973 | Uruguay |
1974 | Ulster Workers' Council Strike | Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
1976 | "National Day of Protest" General Strike | Canada |
1988 | Spanish general strike of 1988 | Spain |
1989 | Czechoslovak general strike of 1989 (2 hours) | Czechoslovakia |
1992 | April 1992 general strike in Nepal | Nepal |
1998 | 1998 Puerto Rican General Strike | Puerto Rico |
2002–2003 | Venezuelan general strike of 2002–2003 | Venezuela |
2006 | 2006 democracy movement in Nepal | Nepal |
2007 | 2007 Guinea general strike | Guinea |
2008 | 2008 Egyptian general strike | Egypt |
2011 | 2011 Oakland general strike | Oakland, California, United States |
2012 | 2012 USA May Day general strike | United States |
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