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Pullman Strike - Began on May 11, 1894, after workers for the Pullman Company began strike after a reduction in wages. The strike spread nationwide and shut down most railroad traffic west of Detroit. The strike lasted several months and 30 strikers were killed in various riots and clashes with government forces. 30 57
May Day, or International Workers' Day was a day for remembering the workers who died during the Haymarket affair of 1886. [3] During a General Strike in Chicago, Illinois, an unknown person threw a bomb into the crowd, prompting police to fire into the crowd, killing civilians and police alike.
Although Chicago authorities and the media had anticipated 100,000 anti-war protesters to converge on Chicago during the week of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, [2] an estimated 9,000 to 10,000 protesters arrived in the city on August 22–23 to participate in the demonstrations.
1977 Chicago gravediggers' strike, 55-day strike by cemetery workers in Chicago, United States. [20] 1977 Chilean hunger strike, strike by relatives of detainees disappeared by the Military dictatorship of Chile held in the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. [21] [22]
A 1911 headline in Votes for Women about William Ball being force-fed in prison to end his hunger strike Clipping from World Magazine, September 6, 1914. In the early 20th century suffragettes frequently endured hunger strikes in British prisons. Marion Dunlop was the first in 1909. She was released, as the authorities did not want her to ...
1973 Israel doctors' strike, 29-day strike by doctors in Israel ove wages and working conditions. [60] [61] 1973 New South Wales beer strike, strike by brewery workers in New South Wales, Australia. [62] 1973 Soviet Jews hunger strike, 2-week hunger strike by seven Jewish scientists in the Soviet Union demanding to be allowed to emigrate to Israel.
According to a social media post from Teamsters' official X page, the strike in Chicago follows the expiration of the union's contract with US Foods on Dec. 29.
Andy O'Sullivan (1923 Irish hunger strikes) Joseph Whitty (1923 Irish hunger strikes) Tony D'Arcy (1940) Jack McNeela (1940) Seán McCaughey (1946) Michael Gaughan (1974) Frank Stagg (1976) Michael Devine (1981) Kieran Doherty (1981) - while on hunger strike was elected to the Republic of Irelands Dáil Éireann, representing the Cavan ...