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On This Day in Working Class History — 469 episodes
8 August 1883: MSG strike benefit
28 July 1869: Daughters of Saint Crispin
27 July 2017: Brisbane fare strike
26 July 1956: Briggs motors strike
25 July 2011: Cambrew promoters strike
24 July 2019: Alaska ferry strike
23 July 1918: Japan rice riots
22 July 2005: Tonga civil servants strike
21 July 1945: Dublin laundry strike
20 July 1979: Leonard Peltier escapes
19 July 1984: Dunnes store strike
16 July 2015: Nunavut power strike
15 July 1966: Colour bar scrapped
14 July 1966: Fort Hood Three
13 July 1917: São Paulo general strike
12 July 1994: Bridgestone Firestone strike
11 July 1989: Soviet miners strike
10 July 1949: Ben Fletcher dies
9 July 1919: Allentown bartenders strike
8 July 1908: Birmingham coal strike
7 July 1864: Isabelo de los Reyes born
6 July 1934: Couva Plantation riot
5 July 1777: Scab first used in print
4 July 1998: Las Vegas anti-racists murdered
3 July 1918: Isle of Man general strike
2 July 1848: St Croix enslaved revolt
1 July 1919: Prohibition strike planned
30 June 1977: Faridabad mass strike
29 June 1892: Homestead strike
28 June 1969: Stonewall Rebellion
27 June 1905: IWW founded
26 June 1993: Decatur workers protest
25 June 2021: Chad oil workers strike
24 June 1980: El Salvador general strike
23 June 2015: St Pierre strike
22 June 1945: Nigeria general strike
21 June 2018: Mongolia health strike
20 June 1967: Muhammad Ali refuses draft
19 June 1937: Trinidad general strike
18 June 2022: Turks and Caicos airport strike
17 June 1971: Kelly's Bush green ban
16 June 1983: Chile miners strike
15 June 1970: June workers resistance
14 June 1994: Wallis and Futuna general strike
13 June 1992: Burnsall strike
12 June 2011: Botswana general strike
11 June 2016: Mauritania miners strike
10 June 1973: Gravediggers strike expands
9 June 1963: Fannie Lou Hamer arrested
8 June 1861: Queensland miners strike
7 June 1948: Nauru miners strike
6 June 1988: South Africa general strike
5 June 2001: Harehills riot
4 June 2003: Faroe islands strikers win
3 June 1977: Bhilai massacre
2 June 1975: St Nizier church occupation
1 June 1981: Schlitz workers strike
31 May 1989: CLR James dies
30 May 1968: Senegal general strike
29 May 1941: Disney animators strike
28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave
27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins
26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike
25 May 1901: FORA founded
24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike
23 May 2020: Tenke Fungurume miners strike
22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout
21 May 1913: Royal Observatory bombing
20 May 1963: Eswatini miners strike
19 May 1920: Battle of Matewan
18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
17 May 1968: Catonsville 9
16 May 1967: Hong Kong riots
15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found
14 May 2021: Livorno dockers Gaza boycott
13 May 1935: Jamaica banana loaders strike
12 May 1978: Saab Scania strike
11 May 1894: Pullman strike
10 May 1941: strike of the 100,000
9 May 1935: Kingston Dock Boycott
8 May 1978: Peru great education strike
7 May 1912: NYC waiters strike
6 May 1937: IN Vaughan strike
5 May 1886: Bay View massacre
4 May 1970: Kent State massacre
3 May 1926: Striking furriers arrested
2 May 2022: Eswatini textile strike
1 May 1886: International Workers Day
30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike
29 April 1982: Supreme Quilting strike
28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty
27 April 2007: Liberia Firestone strike
26 April 2020: Amazon Minnesota strike
25 April 1945: Italy Liberation Day
24 April 1980: Sabuk miners win strike
23 April 1938: Jamaicans demand minimum wage
22 April 1944: Thompsons cafeteria sit-in
21 April 1894: US miners strike
20 April 1914: Ludlow massacre
19 April 1968: Valdagno textile strike
18 April 1945: Turin general strike
17 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
16 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
15 April 1916: Domestic Workers Union
14 April 1913: Belgium general strike
13 April 1890: Ben Fletcher born
12 April 1920: Ireland general strike
11 April 1960: April revolution
10 April 1911: Lima general strike
9 April 1946: Palestine general strike
8 April 2019: Gabon student protests
7 April 2010: Carlsberg beer strike
6 April 1712: New York enslaved uprising
5 April 1977: 504 sit-ins
2 April 1863: Richmond food riot
1 April 1949: NYC Brewery strike
28 February 1879: Wotonga strike
27 February 1937: Woolworths sitdown strike
25 February 2008: Cameroon taxi strike
24 February 1942: Canadian Japanese deportations
23 February 1864: Troy collar laundry strike
22 February 1865: The Dripping riot
21 February 1965: Malcolm X assassinated
20 February 1917: NY women's food riot
19 February 1951: Grenada labour rebellion
18 February 1946: Royal Indian Navy mutiny
17 February 1981: Alberta beer strike ends
16 February 1943: Mildred Fish-Harnack executed
15 February 1910: Triangle Shirtwaist strike ends
14 February 1934: Belize unemployed agitation
13 February 1913: Mother Jones arrested
12 February 1920: First women's strike in Colombia
11 February 1967: Black Cat protest
10 February 1930: Il Popolo di Trieste bombing
9 February 2007: Alejandro Finisterre dies
8 February 1840: NZ eight hour day
7 February 1919: No Beer No Work movement
6 February 2006: Liberia Firestone strike
5 February 1919: La Canadiense strike
4 February 2022: British Virgin Islands sick-out
3 February 1953: Batepá massacre
2 February 1932: Bronx residents fight evictions
31 January 2006: Belfast postal strike
30 January 1968: Tet Offensive
29 January 1912: Anna LoPizzo killed
28 January 1935: St Kitts sugar strike
27 January 2010: Howard Zinn dies
26 January 1932: NY tenants resist eviction
25 January 2022: Zambia cement strike
24 January 1964: Kenya mutiny
23 January 1964: Uganda mutiny
22 January 1826: Acjachemen Nation strike
21 January 1988: Pasig Mattel blockade
20 January 1888: Buenos Aires domestic workers strike
19 January 1984: Rif uprising
18 January 1977: Egypt bread intifada
17 January 2005: Solomon Islands strikers arrested
16 January 2018: Benin public sector strikes
15 January 1919: Peru 8-hour day
14 January 1926: Sierra Leone rail strike
13 January 1948: Cyprus miners strike
12 January 1913: Costa Rica CGT founded
11 January 1912: Bread and Roses strike
10 January 2003: Bangui student protests
9 January 1973: Coronation Brick and Tile strike
8 January 2003: Motherwell arms trade boycott
7 January 1913: Peru 8-hour strike
6 January 2005: Durban water resistance
5 January 1970: Peugeot Sochaux mercenaries
4 January 1917: Guyana wharf workers strike
3 January 2018: Togo hospital strike
2 January 1950: Smithfields market strike
1 January 1974: UK three-day week
31 December 1912: Wankie colliery strike
30 December 1930: Ecuador Indigenous strike
29 December 1968: Tokyo exams cancelled
28 December 1962: SF dockers boycott apartheid cargo
27 December 1831: Christmas rebellion escalates
26 December 1904: Baku strike
25 December 1522: Santo Domingo enslaved revolt
24 December 1783: Christmas Eve mutinies
22 December 1988: Chico Mendes assassinated
21 December 2011: Yemenia Air strike
20 December 2021: Ivory Coast dockers strike
17 December 1906: Lodz lockout
16 December 2011: Zhanaozen massacre
15 December 1912: Peru union assembly
14 December 2010: San Marino general strike
12 December 1948: Batang Kali massacre
11 December 1913: Leeds council workers strike
10 December 1977: Palau hotel strike
9 December 2010: Georgia prison strike
8 December 1949: Indochina dockers boycott
7 December 1959: Fiji oil strike
6 December 1928: Banana massacre
5 December 1961: Toei animators lockout
4 December 1975: Getafe general strike
3 December 1916: Australian Wobblies sentenced
2 December 1984: Bhopal disaster
1 December 1919: Trinidad and Tobago general strike
30 November 1963: Brooklyn rent strike
29 November 1830: Captain Swing riots
28 November 2006: Aruba oil workers strike
27 November 1981: Kortex strike
24 November 1995: France pension strike
23 November 1887: Thibodaux massacre
19 November 1984: PEMEX disaster
18 November 1998: Lufthansa Skychef strike
17 November 1915: Glasgow rent strike women protest
16 November 1984: Johannesburg rent strikers arrested
15 November 2005: Tahiti social workers strike
14 November 1973: Athens Polytechnic student strike
11 November 1918: Switzerland general strike
10 November 1933: Hormel strike
9 November 1962: Manila port strike
8 November 2004: New Caledonia nickel strike
7 November 1988: Brazil CSN strike
6 November 1912: Grabow mill arson
5 November 1811: Saint-Leu enslaved revolt
4 November 1910: Champagne tax strike
3 November 2017: Marshall Islands fish strike
2 November 1917: Balfour declaration
1 November 2008: Boeing workers win strike
31 October 1979: Iran oil workers strike
30 October 1919: Pennsylvania blind workers strike
29 October 1831: Bristol reform riots
28 October 1916: Conscription defeated in Australia
27 October 1948: NYC brewery strike grows
26 October 1983: Northwood and Pinner occupation
25 October 1983: Hayes Cottage Hospital occupied
24 October 1975: La Tondeña strike
23 October 1913: Bristol University Suffragette arson
22 October 1921: Castleconnell fisheries strike
21 October 1935: St Vincent Labour rebellion
20 October 1901: Rosario sugar strike
19 October 1945: Chinese seamen deported
18 October 1931: Braunschweig strike
17 October 1950: Salt of the Earth strike
16 October 1951: Spit and polish action
15 October 1913: Indian miners protest indenture tax
14 October 1976: One million strike in Canada
13 October 1948: Ruppert brewery strike
12 October 1919: Port Edgar mutiny
11 October 1884: New Straitsville mine fire
10 October 1947: West Africa railway strike
9 October 1912: Little Falls textile strike
8 October 1916: Standard Oil workers strike
7 October 1988: Montenegro mass strike
6 October 1995: Boeing machinists strike
5 October 2001: Malawi health workers strike
4 October 1945: Navy breaks oil strike
3 October 2019: Ecuador Indigenous protests
2 October 1915: Morozov mill strike
1 October 2012: Estonia health workers strike
1 October 2012: Estonia health workers strike
29 September 1909: Missoula free-speech fight
28 September 1991: Shankar Guha Niyogi assassinated
28 September 1991: Shankar Guha Niyogi assassinated
27 September 1973: UFW wins strike
26 September 1939: Ricky Tomlinson born
25 September 2005: South Korea sex workers union
24 September 1945: NYC elevator workers strike
23 September 2017: Video game voice actors strike ends
22 September 1912: Casa del Obrero Mundial founded
21 September 1945: US coal supervisors strike
20 September 1979: New Zealand general strike
19 September 1795: Curaçao slave revolt crushed
18 September 1809: Old price riots
17 September 1941: Canada bans strikes
16 September 1937: Kirkintilloch tragedy
15 September 1978: Inco strike
14 September 1889: Navassa miners' rebellion
13 September 1943: Belle Vue Harel strike
12 September 2012: Georgia prison protests
11 September 2017: Kenya taxi strike
10 September 1979: McDonald's strikers win
9 September 1739: Stono rebellion
8 September 1941: Norwegian milk strike
7 September 1977: Mohan Nagar clashes
6 September 2008: Boeing workers strike
5 September 2013: Saint Helena Airport strike
4 September 1936: Trocadero Grill strike
3 September 1940: Eduardo Hughes Galeano born
2 September 1963: Philippines Airlines strike
1 September 1974: Newark Labour Day riots
31 August 1972: Shrewsbury Builders strike meeting
30 August 1908: Birmingham coal strike ends
29 August 2016: Curaçao oil workers strike
28 August 1968: Chicago Black bus drivers strike
27 August 1889: Jewish tailors strike
26 August 1972: Falkirk FC strike
25 August 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain
24 August 1922: Howard Zinn born
23 August 1966: Wave Hill walk-off
22 August 2005: Air Vanuatu strike
21 August 1971: Angry Brigade raid
20 August 1976: Grunwick strike begins
19 August 1909: Little Red Song Book published
18 August 1812: Leeds food riots
18 August 1812: Leeds food riots
17 August 1987: Hyundai occupation
17 August 1987: Hyundai occupation
16 August 1819: Peterloo massacre
15 August 1911: Liverpool strikers shot
15 August 1911: Liverpool strikers shot
14 August 1886: New Haven rubber workers strike
14 August 1886: New Haven rubber workers strike
13 August 1937: Mauritius strike massacre
13 August 1937: Mauritius strike massacre
12 August 1887: Maria Cano born
12 August 1887: Maria Cano born
11 August 1958: Dockums drugstore sit-in
11 August 1958: Dockums drugstore sit-in
10 August 2005: Gate Gourmet dispute
10 August 2005: Gate Gourmet dispute
9 August 1979: YH wig workers occupation
9 August 1979: YH wig workers occupation
8 August 1883: Madison Square Garden strike benefit
7 August 1842: Chartist mass meeting
7 August 1842: Chartist mass meeting
6 August 1970: Yippies invade Disneyland
6 August 1970: Yippies invade Disneyland
5 August 1981: Air-traffic controllers fired
5 August 1981: Air-traffic controllers fired
4 August 1941: Moengo miners strike
4 August 1941: Moengo miners strike
3 August 1945: Wagglen family squat
3 August 1945: Wagglen family squat
2 August 1917: Rio de Janeiro strike ends
2 August 1917: Rio de Janeiro strike ends
1 August 1938: Hilo massacre
1 August 1938: Hilo massacre
31 July 1945: London dockers go-slow
31 July 1945: London dockers go-slow
30 July 1766: Real Del Monte miners strike
30 July 1766: Real Del Monte miners strike
29 July 2019: Blackjewel blockade
29 July 2019: Blackjewel blockade
28 July 1869: Daughters of Saint Crispin
27 July 2017: Brisbane fare strike
26 July 1956: Briggs motors strike
24 July 2019: Alaska ferry strike
23 July 1918: Japan rice riots
22 July 2005: Tonga civil servants strike
21 July 1945: Dublin laundry strike
20 July 1979: Leonard Peltier escapes
19 July 1984: Dunnes store strike
18 July 1887: Argentina bakers union
18 July 1887: Argentina bakers union
17 July 1971: Cabildo prison break
16 July 2015: Nunavut power strike
14 July 1966: Fort Hood Three
13 July 1917: São Paulo general strike
12 July 1994: Bridgestone Firestone strike
11 July 1989: Soviet miners strike
10 July 1949: Ben Fletcher dies
9 July 1919: Allentown bartenders strike
8 July 1908: Birmingham coal strike
7 July 1864: Isabelo de los Reyes born
6 July 1934: Couva Plantation riot
5 July 1777: Scab first used in print
4 July 1998: Las Vegas anti-racists murdered
3 July 1918: Isle of Man general strike
2 July 1848: St Croix enslaved revolt
1 July 1919: Prohibition strike planned
30 June 1977: Faridabad mass strike
29 June 1892: Homestead strike
28 June 1969: Stonewall Rebellion
27 June 1905: IWW founded
26 June 1993: Decatur workers protest
25 June 2021: Chad oil workers strike
24 June 1980: El Salvador general strike
23 June 2015: St Pierre strike
22 June 1945: Nigeria general strike
16 June 1983: Chile miners strike
15 June 1970: June workers resistance
14 June 1994: Wallis and Futuna general strike
13 June 1992: Burnsall strike
12 June 2011: Botswana general strike
10 June 1973: Gravediggers strike expands
9 June 1963: Fannie Lou Hamer arrested
8 June 1861: Queensland miners strike
7 June 1948: Nauru miners strike
6 June 1988: South Africa general strike
5 June 2001: Harehills riot
4 June 2003: Faroe islands strikers win
2 June 1975: St Nizier church occupation
31 May 1989: CLR James dies
30 May 1968: Senegal general strike
29 May 1941: Disney animators strike
28 May 1936: Popular Front strike wave
27 May 1935: Ballantyne lockout begins
26 May 1824: Pawtucket Mill strike
25 May 1901: FORA founded
24 May 1919: Drumheller miners strike
23 May 2020: Tenke Fungurume miners strike
22 May 1992: Great Mine lockout
21 May 1913: Royal Observatory bombing
20 May 1963: Eswatini miners strike
19 May 1920: Battle of Matewan
18 May 1980: Gwangju uprising
17 May 1968: Catonsville 9
15 May 1942: T-Bone Slim body found
14 May 2021: Livorno dockers Gaza boycott
13 May 1935: Jamaica banana loaders strike
12 May 1978: Saab Scania strike
10 May 1941: Strike of the 100,000
9 May 1935: Kingston Dock Boycott
8 May 1978: Peru great education strike
7 May 1912: NYC waiters strike
6 May 1937: IN Vaughan strike
5 May 1886: Bay View massacre
4 May 1970: Kent State massacre
3 May 1926: Striking furriers arrested
30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike
29 April 1982: Supreme Quilting strike
28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty
27 April 2007: Liberia Firestone strike
25 April 1945: Italy Liberation Day
24 April 1980: Sabuk miners win strike
23 April 1938: Jamaicans demand minimum wage
22 April 1944: Thompsons cafeteria sit-in
21 April 1894: US miners strike
19 April 1968: Valdagno textile strike
18 April 1945: Turin general strike
17 April 2016: Kuwait oil workers strike
16 April 1970: Chrysler workers strike
14 April 1913: Belgium general strike
13 April 1890: Ben Fletcher born
12 April 1920: Ireland general strike
11 April 1960: April revolution
9 April 1946: Palestine general strike
8 April 2019: Gabon student protests
7 April 2010: Carlsberg beer strike
6 April 1712: New York enslaved uprising
5 April 1977: 504 sit-ins
3 April 1967: Barbican strike
2 April 1863: Richmond food riot
1 April 1949: NYC Brewery strike
31 March 2009: Caterpillar bossnapping
30 March 1976: Palestine Land Day
29 March 1963: Eswatini mill strike
28 March 1919: Arkansas anti-anarchist law
27 March 1974: Christmas Island strike
26 March 1915: Sioux City free-speech fight
24 March 2008: Renault Romania strike
23 March 1944: Via Rasella attack
21 March 1991: Poll tax abolished
19 March 1968: Howard University occupation
16 March 1978: Beyazıt massacre
14 March 1970: Columbia Eagle mutiny
13 March 1920: Sommerda commune
12 March 1951: Barcelona general strike
11 March 1975: Portugal coup attempt
10 March 1906: Courieres catastrophe
6 March 1974: Miners win strike
4 March 1947: Biratnagar Jute Mill strike
2 March 2016: Berta Cáceres assassinated
27 February 1937: Woolworths sitdown strike
24 February 1942: Canadian Japanese deportations
23 February 1864: Troy collar laundry strike
21 February 1965: Malcolm X assassinated
18 February 1946: Royal Indian Navy mutiny
17 February 1981: Alberta beer strike ends
13 February 1913: Mother Jones arrested
6 February 2006: Liberia Firestone strike
5 February 1919: La Canadiense strike
4 February 2022: British Virgin Islands sick-out
3 February 1953: Batepá massacre