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The 2018 York University strike was a strike by CUPE Local 3903, the union representing contract professors, teaching assistants, and graduate assistants at York University. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] At 143 days long it is the longest strike in the post-secondary sector in Canadian history, surpassing the previous record of the 1976 Laval University 108-day ...
The 2024 Canada Post strike was a strike action against Canada Post by the national membership of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). The strike began on November 15, 2024 [1] and suspended on December 17. [2] The strike may start again on May 22, 2025. [3]
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
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On June 11, the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, agreed to protesters' demands to factor human rights into its investment decisions. [39] In late August 2024, San Francisco State University began the divestment process from four weapons manufacturers involved with the war. [135]
A common tactic of student protest is to go on strike (sometimes called a boycott of classes), which occurs when students enrolled at a teaching institution such as a school, college or university refuse to go to class. It is meant to resemble strike action by organized labour. Whereas a normal strike is intended to inflict economic damage to ...
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2024 SAG-AFTRA video game strike, organised by SAG-AFTRA. 2024 Sri Lanka rail strike, 2-day strike organised by the Station Masters’ Union protesting against understaffing. [48] 2024 Walmart Chile strike, 6-day strike by Walmart Chile workers, organised by the National Federation of Walmart Workers and demanding pay raises that match ...