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41Hunger strike — A hunger strike is a method of non violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change …
421934 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… …
432005 New York City transit strike — A closed entrance to the 45th Street station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The 2005 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU). Negotiations for a new …
44Auto-Lite strike — The Toledo Auto Lite strike was a strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) against the Electric Auto Lite company of Toledo, Ohio, from April 12 to June 3, 1934.The strike is notable for a five day running battle… …
45International Harvester strike of 1979–1980 — The International Harvester strike of 1979–1980 was a strike by the United Auto Workers (UAW) against the International Harvester (IH) company over work rules. The strike began on November 1, 1979,Flamholtz and Randle, Changing the Game:… …
46Textile workers strike (1934) — The textile workers strike of 1934 was the largest strike in United States history at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty two days. The strike s… …
47Seattle General Strike — The Seattle General Strike of February 6 to February 11, 1919, was a general work stoppage by over 65,000 individuals in the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington. Dissatisfied workers in several unions began the strike to gain higher wages after two… …
48Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 — The Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. The strike is also known as the Slovak strike because about 70 percent of the miners were Slovakian immigrants.It… …
49Philadelphia general strike (1910) — The General Strike of 1910 was a labor strike by trolley workers of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company that grew to a city wide riot and general strike in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The New York Times , February 21, 1910.… …
50Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf — Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf …
