strike

Examples of strike in the following topics:

• Strikes

  • Strike action, also called a labor strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
  • Strikes without formal union authorization are also known as wildcat strikes.
  • Such strikes may be a form of "partial strike" or "slowdown. "
  • Companies may also take out strike insurance prior to an anticipated strike, helping to offset the losses which the strike would cause.
  • How long will the strike last?

• Lockouts

  • Spontaneous strikes are sometimes called "wildcat strikes;" they were the key fighting point in May 1968 in France.
  • Companies may also take out strike insurance prior to an anticipated strike, to help offset the losses which the strike would cause.
  • How long will the strike last?
  • Are other strikers defecting from the strike?
  • In the United States, it is legal to fire striking public sector employees if the strike is illegal.

• The Pullman Strike

  • The Pullman Strike began in 1894 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a strike in response to wage cuts.
  • The strike effectively shut down production in the Pullman factories and led to a lockout.
  • The ARU declared that if switchmen were disciplined for the boycott, the entire ARU would strike in sympathy.
  • Paul Railway, appointed as a special federal attorney responsible for dealing with the strike.
  • During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.

• The New Immigrants on Strike

  • Two important labor strikes led by immigrant groups were the New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 and the Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912.
  • The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 (also known as the "Uprising of the 20,000") was a labor strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York shirtwaist factories.
  • The successful strike marked an important milestone for the American labor movement.
  • The Lawrence Textile Strike (also referred to as "Bread and Roses") was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
  • Identify key strikes that advanced the cause of labor in twentieth-century America

• The Great Steel Strike

  • The strike began in September 1919, and collapsed in January 1920.
  • In 1892, the AA had lost a bitter strike, called the Homestead Strike, which had culminated with a gun battle that left 12 dead and dozens wounded.
  • The National Committee debated the strike issue, and agreed to begin a general steelworker strike in September 1919 .
  • Public opinion quickly turned against the striking workers .
  • Mass meetings were prohibited in most strike-stricken areas.

• The Coal Strike of 1902

  • The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania .
  • Striking miners demanded higher wages, shorter workdays, and union recognition.
  • The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to all major cities.
  • Roosevelt attempted to persuade the union to end the strike with a promise that he would create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution.
  • The anthracite strike ended, after 163 days, on October 23, 1902.

• Labor and Domestic Tensions

  • An especially violent strike came during the economic depression of the 1870s, as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, lasted 45 days and resulted in damages to railroad property.
  • The strike collapsed when President Rutherford B.
  • The most dramatic major strike was the 1894 Pullman Strike which was coordinated effort to shut down the national railroad system.
  • The strike was led by the upstart American Railway Union led by Eugene V.
  • The ARU vanished, and the traditional railroad brotherhoods survived but avoided strikes.

• The Railroad Strikes

  • Hayes sent in federal troops to end the strikes.
  • This strike was the first general strike in the United States.
  • These troops suppressed strike after strike, until at last, approximately 45 days after it had started, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was over.
  • The strike was broken up by U.S. marshals and 12,000 U.S.
  • Analyze the two railroad strikes that occurred during the Gilded Age

• The Gastonia Strike of 1929

  • The Loray Mill Strike of 1929 in Gastonia, North Carolina was one of the most notable strikes in the labor history of the United States.
  • The strike escalated throughout the month.
  • The strike collapsed shortly after Wiggins' murder.
  • In the end, the strike was not a success; during the same time period there was a series of other textile strikes throughout the South.
  • Discuss the factors that led to the Gastonia Strike of 1929 and its consequenses

• Boycotts

  • Union boycotts are a form of industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in another, separate enterprise.
  • In most countries there are limits on the purpose for which people can go on strike, and in many English-speaking nations restrictions have been placed on which organisations trade unions may strike against.
  • In the U.S. and U.K., workers can typically strike against their direct employer only.
  • In continental Europe, secondary action is generally lawful and the right to strike is seen as a part of a broader political freedom.
  • Also known as secondary action, is industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in another, separate enterprise.