List of strikes

The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign on a broader national or international level).

Chronological list of strikes

Twelfth century BCE

Fourteenth century

Sixteenth century

Seventeenth century

Eighteenth century

Nineteenth century

1800–1849

1850–1899

Twentieth century

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Twenty-first century

2000s

2010s

2020s

Chronological list of general strikes

See also

• List of US labor strikes by size
• List of miners' strikes
• List of worker deaths in United States labor disputes
• Streetcar strikes in the United States
• Strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Timeline of labor unions in the United States
• List of protests in the 21st century

References

Further reading

• Labor conflict in the United States, an encyclopedia. Edited by Ronald Filippelli, assisted by Carol Reilly – Garland Publishing New York & London 1990 ()

External links

• Chronology of general strikes
• List of labor events in U.S. history
• Recent strikes and other labour news
• Strike! Famous Worker Uprisings – slideshow by Life magazine
• The Long War at Staley