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15 November 2005: Tahiti social workers strike
On 15 November 2005 social workers in Tahiti went on strike demanding an additional 51 social work jobs be created. The strikers complained that they…
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14 November 1973: Athens Polytechnic student strike
On this day, 14 November 1973, students at the Athens Polytechnic went on strike in protest at the military dictatorship. They barricaded themselves …
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13 November 1970: Jeon Tae-il suicide
On this day, 13 November 1970, South Korean garment worker Jeon Tae-il (content note: suicide), after trying to organise for better conditions, poure…
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12 November 1956: Liverpool dockers boycott
On this day, 12 November 1956, 70 Liverpool dock workers refused to load a Soviet ship, the Riazan, in protest against the USSR’s repression of the H…
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11 November 1918: Switzerland general strike
On 12 November 1918, 250,000 men and women began a general strike across Switzerland. The government had deployed troops in the streets, in the wake …
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10 November 1933: Hormel strike
On this day, 10 November 1933, the recently-formed Independent Union of All Workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota, voted to go…
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9 November 1962: Manila port strike
On this day, 9 November 1962 dock workers in Manila walked out on strike demanding a cost of living adjustment be included in their contract.
Authorit…
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8 November 2004: New Caledonia nickel strike
On this day, 8 November 2004, nickel smelter workers in New Caledonia went on strike in protest over the firing of two co-workers for previous strike…
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7 November 1988: Brazil CSN strike
On this day, 7 November 1988, workers at the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (National Iron Metallurgy Company) of Brazil began a sit-in strike for a …
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6 November 1912: Grabow mill arson
On this day, 6 November 1912, the Grabow lumber mill in Louisiana was burned to the ground. Four months earlier it had been the location of a massacr…
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