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Timeline Of Strikes In 2024
A number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions have occurred in 2024. Background A labor strike is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work, usually in response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also take place to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or to pressure governments to change policies. Timeline Continuing strikes from 2023 * 2023–2024 DP World strike, strike by DP World workers in Australia, represented by the Maritime Union of Australia. * 2023 Tesla Sweden strike * 2023–2024 transport strikes in the Philippines January * 2024 Audi Mexico strike. * 2024 Brazilian environmental workers strikes. * 2024 general strike against Javier Milei * 2024 New York Daily News strike, one day strike in protest of staffing cuts, the first strike by New York Daily News journalists since the 1990–1991 New York Daily News strike. * 2024 Northern Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Strike
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually takes place in response to employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines. As striking became a more common practice, governments were often pushed to act (either by private business or by union workers). When government intervention occurred, it was rarely neutral or amicable. Early strikes were often deemed unlawful conspiracies or anti-competitive cartel action and many were subject to massive legal repression by state police, federal military power, and federal courts. Many Western nations legalized striking under certain conditions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Strikes are sometimes used to pressure governments to change policies. Occasionally, strikes destabilize the rule of a particular political p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
