general strike

Examples of general strike in the following topics:

• Strikes

  • Strike action, also called a labor strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
  • The Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, a major distribution center for the Upper Midwest.
  • Strikes without formal union authorization are also known as wildcat strikes.
  • Such strikes may be a form of "partial strike" or "slowdown. "
  • Companies may also take out strike insurance prior to an anticipated strike, helping to offset the losses which the strike would cause.

• Lockouts

  • Employers are generally motivated to prevent, mitigate the impact of, and undermine strikes when they occur by using a variety of tactics.
  • Whatever the cause of the strike, employers are generally motivated to take measures to prevent them, mitigate the impact, or to undermine strikes when they do occur.
  • Companies may also take out strike insurance prior to an anticipated strike, to help offset the losses which the strike would cause.
  • How long will the strike last?
  • In the United States, it is legal to fire striking public sector employees if the strike is illegal.

• The Great Steel Strike

  • The strike began in September 1919, and collapsed in January 1920.
  • In 1892, the AA had lost a bitter strike, called the Homestead Strike, which had culminated with a gun battle that left 12 dead and dozens wounded.
  • The National Committee debated the strike issue, and agreed to begin a general steelworker strike in September 1919 .
  • Public opinion quickly turned against the striking workers .
  • Mass meetings were prohibited in most strike-stricken areas.

• The Railroad Strikes

  • Hayes sent in federal troops to end the strikes.
  • This strike was the first general strike in the United States.
  • These troops suppressed strike after strike, until at last, approximately 45 days after it had started, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was over.
  • The railroads succeeded in having Richard Olney, general counsel for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St.
  • The strike was broken up by U.S. marshals and 12,000 U.S.

• Boycotts

  • Union boycotts are a form of industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in another, separate enterprise.
  • In most countries there are limits on the purpose for which people can go on strike, and in many English-speaking nations restrictions have been placed on which organisations trade unions may strike against.
  • In the U.S. and U.K., workers can typically strike against their direct employer only.
  • In continental Europe, secondary action is generally lawful and the right to strike is seen as a part of a broader political freedom.
  • Also known as secondary action, is industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in another, separate enterprise.

• The Pullman Strike

  • The Pullman Strike began in 1894 when nearly 4,000 employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a strike in response to wage cuts.
  • The strike effectively shut down production in the Pullman factories and led to a lockout.
  • The railroads succeeded in having Richard Olney, general counsel for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St.
  • Paul Railway, appointed as a special federal attorney responsible for dealing with the strike.
  • During the course of the strike, 13 strikers were killed and 57 were wounded.

• Peacetime Economy

  • The postwar transition to a peacetime economy saw strikes and a recession, but the economy fared much better than expected.
  • In this polarized environment, there was a wave of destabilizing strikes in major industries, and Truman's response to them was generally seen as ineffective.
  • When the railway workers turned down a proposed settlement, Truman seized control of the railways and threatened to draft striking workers into the armed forces.
  • While delivering a speech before Congress requesting authority for this plan, Truman received word that the strike had been settled on his terms.
  • Generally speaking, the period from the end of World War II to the early 1970s was a golden era of American capitalism. $200 billion in war bonds matured, and the G.I.

• The Coal Strike of 1902

  • The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania .
  • Striking miners demanded higher wages, shorter workdays, and union recognition.
  • Roosevelt attempted to persuade the union to end the strike with a promise that he would create a commission to study the causes of the strike and propose a solution.
  • The anthracite strike ended, after 163 days, on October 23, 1902.
  • Organized labor celebrated the outcome as a victory for the UMWA and American Federation of Labor unions generally.

• The Gastonia Strike of 1929

  • The Loray Mill Strike of 1929 in Gastonia, North Carolina was one of the most notable strikes in the labor history of the United States.
  • The strike escalated throughout the month.
  • When news of the mistrial was released, a general wave of terror ran through the countryside.
  • The strike collapsed shortly after Wiggins' murder.
  • In the end, the strike was not a success; during the same time period there was a series of other textile strikes throughout the South.

• National Labor Relations Act

  • The law holds that wildcat strikes are illegal, and that workers must formally request that the National Labor Relations Board end their association with their labor union if they feel that the union is not sufficiently supportive of them before they can legally go on strike.
  • Many accused the NLRB of a general pro-union and anti-employer bias.
  • In addition, employers campaigned over the years to outlaw a number of union practices such as closed shops; secondary boycotts; jurisdictional strikes; mass picketing; strikes in violation of contractual no-strike clauses; pension, health, and welfare plans sponsored by unions; and multi-employer bargaining.
  • The Taft–Hartley Act prohibited jurisdictional strikes, wildcat strikes, solidarity or political strikes, secondary boycotts, secondary and mass picketing, closed shops, and monetary donations by unions to federal political campaigns.
  • The act authorized the President to intervene in strikes or potential strikes that create a national emergency, a reaction to the national coal miners' strikes called by the United Mine Workers of America in the 1940s.