NTDTV
| May 1, 2013
Striking dockworkers from a port owned by tycoon Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, were joined by thousands of other protesters in a May Day march through Hong Kong. The workers, now in the second month of their strike, say they haven't had a pay r...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 18, 2013
Striking Iberia airline workers clashed violently with police at the Madrid Barajas international airport today. Hundreds of protesters stormed a police blockade to enter Iberia’s main terminal at the airport, further snarling travel ar...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 7, 2013
Journalists at a leading Chinese newspaper have gone on strike in a dispute over press freedom. The Southern Weekly is known for its investigative journalism. But last week an editorial that called for political reform was changed by a censor so t...
Euronews
| Dec 19, 2012
Greek public sector workers striking to protest tens of thousands of looming job cuts brought their dirty laundry to an Athens protest, hoisting their underwear with the message "Take these as well." Unions warn that their members are being driven...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 24, 2012
As the largest shopping season of the year kicks off across the United States, Walmart employees walked off the job in protest against poor working conditions. Will the retail giant's low prices cause consumers to act blind to workers' demands for...
CNN
| Nov 14, 2012
Workers take to the streets as general strikes are called in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and other European countries to protest austerity measures across the continent. Isa Soares reports.
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 5, 2012
Anglo American Platinum, the world's largest platinum producer, has sacked up to 12,000 miners in South Africa for staging what the company said is an unlawful strike. The industrial action has also spread to other mining industries with over 75,0...
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 26, 2012
The former youth leader of the African National Congress has been granted bail after being charged with money laundering. Julius Malema says the allegations are a political plot to silence his criticism of president Jacob Zuma. Al Jazeera's Haru...
ITN News
| Sep 26, 2012
Greek police fired teargas at hooded protesters hurling stones, bottles, and petrol bombs, as tens of thousands took to the streets of Athens in the biggest anti-austerity protest in months. Report by Sophie Foster.
Al Jazeera English
| Sep 21, 2012
Industrial action is spreading in South Africa, with nationwide protests and labor strikes showing no sign of ending soon. Production in the mining sector has already been affected as a result of the widespread protests, and demonstrations have ...
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Strike action, also called labor strike, on strike, greve, 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 important during the Industrial Revolution, when mass labor became important in factories and mines. In most countries, strike actions were quickly made illegal, as factory owners had far more political power than workers. Most western countries partially legalized striking in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
Strikes are sometimes used to pressure governments to change policies. Occasionally, strikes destabilize the rule of a particular political party or ruler; in such cases, strikes are often part of a broader social movement taking the form of a campaign of civil resistance. A notable example is the 1980 Gdańsk Shipyard strike led by Lech Wałęsa. This strike was significant in the long campaign of civil resistance for political change in Poland, and was an important mobilized effort that contributed to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the end of communist party rule in eastern Europe.
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