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31 August 1972: Shrewsbury Builders strike meeting
On this day, 31 August 1972, a meeting of striking building workers in the Chester and North Wales Action Committee was held at the Bull & Stirrup pu…
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30 August 1908: Birmingham coal strike ends
On this day, 30 August, 1908, union officials of the United Mine Workers called off a strike by Black and white coalminers in Birmingham, Alabama, fo…
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29 August 2016: Curaçao oil workers strike
On this day, 29 August 2016, 600 oil refinery workers on the Caribbean island of Curaçao walked out demanding a pay increase. The strike continued fo…
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28 August 1968: Chicago Black bus drivers strike
On this day, 28 August 1968 in Chicago, Black bus drivers in the city went on wildcat strike against their racist union, the Amalgamated Transit Work…
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27 August 1889: Jewish tailors strike
On this day, 27 August 1889, the great strike of East End Jewish tailors in London began during a dockers' strike.
8,000 workers, mostly Jewish immig…
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26 August 1972: Falkirk FC strike
On this day, 26 August 1972, Falkirk FC was due to play against Montrose in a Scottish League Cup football match, but Falkirk players had gone on str…
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25 August 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain
On this day, 25 August 1921, the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed rebellion in the US since the civil war, began in West Virginia.
Miners a…
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24 August 1922: Howard Zinn born
On this day, 24 August 1922, radical historian, author, World War II bombardier and activist, Howard Zinn, was born to a Jewish immigrant family in B…
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23 August 1966: Wave Hill walk-off
On this day, 23 August 1966, 200 Gurindji Aboriginal workers at the Wave Hill pastoral station in Australia walked out on strike for equal pay with w…
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22 August 2005: Air Vanuatu strike
On 22 August 2005 at 4:30 AM over 100 workers at Air Vanuatu walked out on strike in a dispute over a collective bargaining agreement, job security a…
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