List of miners' strikes

The following is a list of miners' strikes. Miners' strikes are when miners conduct strike actions.

Strike	Country	Region	Year(s)	Larger movement
African Mine Workers' strike	South Africa	Witwatersrand	1946
Alabama miners' strike of 1920	United States	Alabama	1920	United Mine Workers
Anaconda Road massacre	United States	Montana	1920	Industrial Workers of the World
Anthracite coal strike of 1902	United States	Pennsylvania	1902	United Mine Workers
Arizona copper mine strike of 1983	United States	Arizona	1983–1986
Asbestos strike of 1949	Canada	Quebec	1949
Asturian miners' strike of 1934	Spain	Asturias	1934
Asturian miners' strike of 2012	Spain	Asturias	2012
Australian coal strike of 1949	Australia	New South Wales	1949
Blackball miner's strike of 1908	New Zealand	Blackball	1908
Bituminous coal strike of 1894	United States	Nationwide	1894	United Mine Workers
Bituminous coal strike of 1927	United States	Indiana	1927
Bituminous coal strike of 1973	United States	West Virginia	1973
Bituminous coal strike of 1974	United States	Nationwide	1974
Bituminous coal strike of 1977–78	United States	Nationwide	1977–1978
Broken Hill miners' strike of 1892	Australia	New South Wales	1892
Cananea strike	Mexico	Sonora	1906
Cape Breton coal strike of 1981	Canada	Nova Scotia	1981	United Mine Workers
Coal Creek miners' strike of 1891–1892	United States	Tennessee	1891–1892
Columbine Mine strike	United States	Colorado	1927	Coal Wars
Copper Country strike of 1913–14	United States	Michigan	1913–1914
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894	United States	Colorado	1894	Western Federation of Miners
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1903	United States	Colorado	1903–1904	Colorado Labor Wars
Elliot Lake miners' strike of 1974	Canada	Elliot Lake	1974	United Steelworkers
Empire Zinc strike	United States	New Mexico	1950–1952
Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977	Romania	Transylvania	1977
Khewra Salt Mines workers strikes 1849–1930	British India	Punjab	1849–1930
Kosovo miners' strike of 1989	Yugoslavia	Kosovska Mitrovica	1989
Leadville miners' strike	United States	Colorado	1896–1897
Ludlow strike	United States	Colorado	1914	Colorado Coalfield War
Lupeni strike of 1929	Romania	Transylvania	1929
Marikana miners' strike	South Africa	Marikana	2012
Mount Isa Mines strike of 1964	Australia	Queensland	1964–1965
Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912	United States	West Virginia	1912	United Mine Workers
Pittston Coal strike	United States	Pennsylvania	1989–1990
Real del Monte silver miners' strike of 1766	Kingdom of Spain	Hidalgo	1766
South Africa miners' strike of 2007	South Africa	Nationwide	2007
South Wales miners' strike (1910)	Wales	South Wales	1910
United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919	United States	Nationwide	1919	United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers coal strike of 1922	United States	Nationwide	1922	United Mine Workers
Upper Peninsula miners' strike of 1865	United States	Michigan	1865
UK national coal strike of 1893	United Kingdom	Nationwide	1893
UK national coal strike of 1912	United Kingdom	Nationwide	1912
UK miners' strike of 1921	United Kingdom	Nationwide	1921
UK miners' strike of 1926	United Kingdom	Nationwide	1926	1926 United Kingdom general strike
UK miners' strike of 1972	United Kingdom	Nationwide	1972
UK miners' strike of 1974	United Kingdom	Nationwide	1974
UK miners' strike of 1984–85	United Kingdom	Nationwide	1984–85
Waihi miners' strike	New Zealand	Waihi	1912
West Virginia coal wars	United States	West Virginia	1912–1921	United Mine Workers
Welsh coal strike of 1898	United Kingdom	Wales	1898
Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11	United States	Pennsylvania	1910–1911	United Mine Workers
Warrior Met Coal strike	United States	Alabama	2021-2023	United Mine Workers

See also

• List of strikes
• History of coal mining in the United States