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On This Day in Working Class History

History

On This Day in Working Class History

Working Class History

1 July 1919: Prohibition strike planned

June 30, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On this day, 1 July 1919, prohibition of the sale of alcoholic drinks stronger than 2.75% in the United States was due to come into force. Hundreds of thousands of workers in New York and New Jersey had voted to strike o...

30 June 1977: Faridabad mass strike

June 29, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On this day, 30 June 1977, a riot and mass strike took place against police repression in Faridabad, India. Thousands of factory workers downed tools, shutting down local industry in protest against the death in police c...

29 June 1892: Homestead strike

June 29, 2026 9:21pm 1 min

On this day, 29 June 1892, workers at the Homestead Carnegie steel plant in Pennsylvania were locked out after workers refused to accept new production demands. Andrew Carnegie was determined to break the Amalgamated Ass...

28 June 1969: Stonewall Rebellion

June 27, 2026 11:00pm 2 min

On this day, 28 June 1969, the Stonewall rebellion began in the early hours. The New York Police Department, as part of its policy of closing gay bars, raided the Stonewall Inn, which had a substantial poor and working c...

27 June 1905: IWW founded

June 26, 2026 11:00pm 2 min

On this day, 27 June 1905, the revolutionary union the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was founded in Chicago, Illinois.One of the first multiracial unions in the US, the IWW advocated that all workers unite into o...

26 June 1993: Decatur workers protest

June 25, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On this day, 26 June 1993, 4,000 workers took to the streets in Decatur, Illinois to protest against their employers. Workers from A.E. Staley, who had been working to rule against imposition of a new, inferior contracts...

25 June 2021: Chad oil workers strike

June 24, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On 25 June 2021, oil workers employed by ExxonMobil on the Doba oilfield in Chad went on strike when the potential sale of the oilfield was announced. The workers were demanding that in the event the sale went through th...

24 June 1980: El Salvador general strike

June 23, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On this day, 24 June 1980, a two-day general strike began in El Salvador protesting against the US-backed military dictatorship and its counter-insurgency death squads. 85% of the economy was shut down and 80,000 people ...

23 June 2015: St Pierre strike

June 22, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On 23 June 2015 municipal workers on the French island of Saint Pierre went on strike demanding a pay increase to compensate for rising prices. The strike was initiated by Force Ouvrière, but supported by other unions, a...

22 June 1945: Nigeria general strike

June 21, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On this day, 22 June 1945, tens of thousands of workers in Nigeria defied the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and walked out on a general strike in protest at the British colonial administration refusing to meet workers' dem...

21 June 2018: Mongolia health strike

June 20, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On 21 June 2018, health workers in Mongolia announced that they would go on strike in a dispute over pay and conditions at state-run hospitals. The workers also began holding a sit-down protest outside the Ministry of La...

20 June 1967: Muhammad Ali refuses draft

June 19, 2026 11:00pm 2 min

On this day, 20 June 1967, boxing legend Muhammad Ali was convicted for refusing the draft for the Vietnam war in Houston, Texas. Ali had been a vocal opponent of the US war, saying “Why should they ask me to put on a un...

19 June 1937: Trinidad general strike

June 18, 2026 11:00pm 1 min

On this day, 19 June 1937, after employers failed to agree to oil workers' pay demands, workers at one of Trinidad's oilfields went on strike. British colonial authorities attempted to arrest Uriah Butler, a former oil w...

18 June 2022: Turks and Caicos airport strike

June 17, 2026 11:05pm 1 min

On 18 June 2022 firefighters working at the Providenciales International Airport on the Turks and Caicos Islands went on strike in protest at an unequal implementation of a pay award. The action shut down the airport and...

17 June 1971: Kelly's Bush green ban

June 16, 2026 11:05pm 1 min

On this day, 17 June 1971, construction workers in New South Wales initiated a "green ban", refusing to build luxury houses over Kelly's Bush, the last open space in a suburb. Local women had been campaigning to save the...

16 June 1983: Chile miners strike

June 15, 2026 11:05pm 1 min

On this day, 16 June 1983, workers at the Chilean state-run El Salvador copper mines launched an illegal strike in protest at General Pinochet's dictatorship jailing their union leader the previous day. More strikes were...

15 June 1970: June workers resistance

June 14, 2026 11:05pm 1 min

On this day, 15 June 1970, one of the biggest strikes in Turkish history took place after the government introduced two laws which made it more difficult for workers to change unions, in order to keep workers in the mode...

14 June 1994: Wallis and Futuna general strike

June 13, 2026 11:05pm 1 min

On this day, 14 June 1994, striking workers on the French colony of Wallis and Futuna rioted during a general strike demanding pay increases, cheaper transportation and the implementation of French labour laws.The first ...

13 June 1992: Burnsall strike

June 12, 2026 11:05pm 1 min

On this day, 13 June 1992, around 20 mostly South Asian women workers at a metal finishing plant in Burnsall, Smethwick, walked out on strike. They were demanding union recognition, equal pay and basic health and safety....

12 June 2011: Botswana general strike

June 11, 2026 11:05pm 1 min

On this day, 12 June 2011 a strike of public sector workers in Botswana ended after nine weeks when the government agreed to offer them a pay increase of 3%. Previously, on the advice of the International Monetary Fund a...

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