On May 4, 1926, workers in the United Kingdom started a general strike to protest the terrible actions against the nation's striking coal miners. 1.7 million workers walked off the.
Someone mentioned this in comments earlier today and I feel it is worth a post highlighting it: American workers are engaged in "the equivalent of a general strike," former Labor.
On June 25, 1919, the strike committee leading the Winnipeg General Strike called off the strike, effective the next morning. Perhaps the most famous strike in Canadian history and unquestionably.
With Sara Nelson, head of the flight attendants union, calling earlier this week for a general strike to end the shutdown, I have a piece in The Atlantic discussing the.
On November 12, 1892, the New Orleans General Strike ended with a major victory for workers. One of the few true general strikes in American history, it demonstrated the potential.
As I have stated, I am highly skeptical of (mostly) white radicals calling for a "general strike" against Trump because it feels like a bunch of privileged people asking workers.
