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General strike

A general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region, or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or class sympathies of the participants...

Timeline of Events

1919

4.6.1919

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a general strike.

1926

5.12.1926

UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.

1941

2.25.1941

February Strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.

1943

8.28.1943

World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.

1969

5.29.1969

General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the ''Cordobazo'' civil unrest.

1974

5.28.1974

Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.