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4 April 1886: Pastor condemns strikes in New Haven
On 4 April 1886 Rev Newman Smith, pastor of the Centre Congregational Church in New Haven, Connecticut, delivered a lecture at the Labor Lyceum in th…
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3 April 1967: Barbican workers strike
On this day, 3 April 1967 construction firm Myton, assisted by the police and the construction workers' union National Federation of Building Trades …
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2 April 1863: Richmond food riot
On this day, 2 April 1863, a group of women, having been refused an audience with the governor John Letcher, took to the streets of Richmond, Virgini…
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1 April 1949: NYC Brewery strike
On this day, 1 April 1949, 6,000 workers in 11 breweries in New York City walked out on strike for a pay increase, better staffing and a 35 hour work…
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Grenoble: The Caterpillar Bossnapping
On this day, 31 March 2009, around 40 workers in the Caterpillar factory in Grenoble, France stormed their bosses' offices and kept four of them host…
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Palestine Land Day: The Uprising Against Land Confiscation
On this day, 30 March 1976, a general strike and mass protests were launched in Palestine and by Palestinian citizens of Israel in protest at the Isr…
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Eswatini: Mill Workers Fight Back
On 29 March 1963, 150 sawmill workers at Peak Timber in what is now Eswatini went on strike demanding more pay.
A further strike erupted at the mill o…
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The Arkansas Anti Anarchist Act: Fear, Radicalism, and the Red Scare
On this day, 28 March 1919, the state of Arkansas joined the majority of other US states in introducing a law prohibiting anarchism and communism. Th…
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Christmas Island Strike: Workers vs Colonial Management
On 27 March 1974 a strike began on Christmas Island, an Australian colony essentially run by the British Phosphate Commissioners (BPC), a phosphate m…
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Sioux City Free Speech Fight: Workers vs Censorship
On this day, 26 March 1915, police in Sioux City, Iowa, arrested 14 members of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union for holding st…
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