Miners strike
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Miner's strikes are when miners conduct strike action
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Strike action
Strike action, also called labour strike, on strike, greve , or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became important during the industrial revolution, when mass labour became...
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- African Mine Workers' StrikeAfrican Mine Workers' StrikeThe African Mine Workers' Strike, by mine workers of Witwatersrand started on August 12, 1946 and lasted around 1 week. The strike was attacked by police and over the week, at least 1,248 workers were wounded and at least 9 killed.-African Mine Workers' Union:...
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- Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894The Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 was a five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA. It resulted in a victory for the union and was followed in 1903 by the Colorado Labor Wars...
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1894, 1974, 1977- Bituminous Coal Strike 1927
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(1912, Waihi, New Zealand) - United Mine WorkersUnited Mine WorkersThe United Mine Workers of America is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners and coal technicians. Today, the Union also represents health care workers, truck drivers, manufacturing workers and public employees in the United States and Canada...
strikes 1897 - 1925- Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912The Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912 was a confrontation between striking coal miners and coal operators in Kanawha County, West Virginia, centered around the area enclosed by two streams, Paint Creek and Cabin Creek....
, West Virginia - Ludlow massacreLudlow massacreThe Ludlow Massacre was an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20, 1914....
1914 - Coal strike of 1919
- Cape Breton coal strike of 1981Cape Breton coal strike of 1981The Cape Breton coal strike of 1981 was a strike by coal miners belonging to the United Mine Workers of America against the Cape Breton Development Corporation of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada...
- Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912
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workers strikes 1849 - 1930 - Progressive Mine WorkersProgressive Mine WorkersThe Progressive Miners of America was a coal miners' union organized in 1932 in downstate Illinois. It was formed after United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis, sided with coal operators and subverted a contract referendum which would have reduced a miner's daily wage from $6.10 to $5.00.In...
strike 1932 - Columbine Mine Massacre Columbine Mine massacreThe first Columbine Massacre, sometimes called the Columbine Mine massacre to distinguish it from the Columbine High School massacre, occurred in 1927, in the town of Serene, Colorado. A fight broke out between Colorado state police and a group of striking coal miners, during which the unarmed...
1927 - 1964 Mount Isa Mines Strike (1964-5, Australia)
- Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983
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