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121Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 — The Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 began as a bargaining dispute between the Phelps Dodge Corporation and a group of union copper miners. The subsequent strike lasted nearly three years and is regarded as an important moment in the history of …
122Textile workers strike (1934) — The textile workers strike of 1934 was the largest strike in United States history at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty two days. The strike s… …
123Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 — The Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. The strike is also known as the Slovak strike because about 70 percent of the miners were Slovakian immigrants.It… …
124Steel strike of 1959 — The steel strike of 1959 was a 1959 labor union strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) against major steel making companies in the United States.The strike occurred over management s demand that the union give up a contract clause… …
125Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor strike of 1892 — There were two related incidents between miners and mine owners in Coeur d Alene, Idaho: the labor strike of 1892, and the labor confrontation of 1899. The strike of 1892 erupted in violence when labor union miners discovered they had been… …
126Hunger strike — A hunger strike is a method of non violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change …
1271934 West Coast waterfront strike — The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen s Strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted eighty three days, triggered by sailors and a four day general strike in San Francisco, and… …
128Auto-Lite strike — The Toledo Auto Lite strike was a strike by a federal labor union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) against the Electric Auto Lite company of Toledo, Ohio, from April 12 to June 3, 1934.The strike is notable for a five day running battle… …
