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8 May 1978: Peru great education strike
On this day, 8 May 1978, education workers in Peru launched their first "great strike" against the military dictatorship of Francisco Morales-Bermúde…
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7 May 1912: NYC waiters strike
On this day, 7 May 1912, the first general strike for waiters and hotel workers in New York City began when 150 workers at the Belmont Hotel walked o…
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6 May 1937: IN Vaughan strike
On this day, 6 May 1937, 400 Black women tobacco stemmers went on strike at the IN Vaughan Company in Richmond, Virginia amidst a wave of unrest in t…
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5 May 1886: Bay View massacre
On this day, 5 May 1886, the Bay View Massacre took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
14,000 labourers at Milwaukee's largest employer, Bay View Rolling …
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4 May 1970: Kent State massacre
On this day, 4 May 1970, the Kent State massacre took place when the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds into a crowd of students protesting against …
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3 May 1926: Striking furriers arrested
On this day, 3 May 1926, police in New York City arrested 46 striking furriers, fighting for an 8-hour day. 31 of them were arrested in the fur distr…
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2 May 2022: Eswatini textile strike
On this day, 2 May 2022 approximately 2000 striking garment and textile workers gathered in the Nhlangano manufacturing hub in Eswatini for a mass me…
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1 May 1886: International Workers Day
Today, May 1, is International Workers' Day! It commemorates the sentencing to death of seven anarchist workers in Chicago who were wrongly convicted…
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30 April 2022: Dubai Deliveroo strike
On this day, 30 April 2022 food delivery couriers working for the Deliveroo app in Dubai went on strike, shutting down the app, and defying a ban on …
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29 April 1982: Supreme Quilting strike
On this day, 29 April 1982, 300 mainly South Asian women machinists were on strike in protest at the sacking of two male union activists and over low…
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