Timeline of strikes in 1946

In 1946, a number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred.

Background

A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also occur to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or pressure governments to change policies.

Timeline

Continuing strikes from 1945

January

May

June

1946 Montreal Cottons strike

July

August

September

1946 Alberta farmers' strike^[17]^[18]
1946 Burmese police strike, strike by police in Mynamar protesting against British rule in Burma.^[19]
Hawaiian sugar strike of 1946
Korean general strike of September 1946
1946 Singapore Harbour Board strike, strike by Singapore Harbour Board dockworkers.^[20]

October

Autumn Uprising of 1946, in Korea.
1946 Dartmoor strike, prison strike by military prisoners at HM Prison Dartmoor in the United Kingdom.^[21]^[22]^[23]
1946 London hotel strike^[24]^[25]

November

1946 Philadelphia newspapers' strike^[26]^[27]
1946 St. Paul teachers' strike, one of the first teachers' strikes in American history.

December

1946 Oakland general strike

References

^ Muñoz, Aurora (3 December 2009). "Senegalese workers general strike for increased wages, 1945-1946". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ Rennebohm, Max (29 November 2009). "Haitians overthrow a dictator, 1946". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ https://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/book/17598/chapter-abstract/175224984
^ https://www.nytimes.com/1946/01/31/archives/singapore-strike-ends-union-satisfied-that-strength-of-labor-has.html
^ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19460131-1.2.22
^ "The student movement in Egypt over the last century". Middle East Monitor. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ Tarek, Sherif (21 February 2012). "Egypt students mark '46 workers and students anti-British uprising with anti-SCAF marches, protests". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ https://www.labourcourt.ie/en/about-us/historical-note/the-into-teachers-strike-of-1946/the-into-and-the-1946-teacher-strike-by-eugene-mccormack-1996.pdf
^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206685044
^ https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.299319457504890
^ Moscow, Warren (30 May 1946). "THOUSANDS RETURN TO ROCHESTER JOBS; General Strike's Settlement Called Victory by Union-- City Disputes This Dewey "Pressure" Reported Unions Win 3 Points". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ Conatz, Juan (9 June 2012). "The 1946 General Strike of Rochester, New York". LibCom. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ https://www.nytimes.com/1946/08/03/archives/indian-postal-strike-ended.html
^ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19460729.2.63?end_date=31-12-1946&items_per_page=10&query=strike&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1946
^ https://www.nytimes.com/1946/08/25/archives/rail-strike-in-india-21500-men-go-out-on-2500-miles-of-line-in.html
^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148438
^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56450192
^ https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Strike+action+is+forced+upon+us!%22+The+Alberta+Farmers%27+strike+of...-a0424620185
^ https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/when-myanmars-police-joined-civil-disobedience-movement-75-years-ago.html
^ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/maltribune19461101-1.2.17
^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279424197
^ https://www.nytimes.com/1946/10/15/archives/dartmoor-strike-on-british-military-prisoners-said-to-be-fighting.html
^ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/morningtribune19461018-1.2.95
^ https://www.nytimes.com/1946/10/08/archives/500-at-savoy-to-strike-london-hotel-faces-demand-for-union.html
^ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19461011.2.62
^ https://time.com/archive/6773734/the-press-go-ahead-shoot/
^ https://www.nytimes.com/1946/12/07/archives/guild-pickets-in-court-20-cleared-8-sentenced-10-await-trial-in.html

[1] Muñoz, Aurora (3 December 2009). "Senegalese workers general strike for increased wages, 1945-1946". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[2] Rennebohm, Max (29 November 2009). "Haitians overthrow a dictator, 1946". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[3] ttps://academic.oup.com/north-carolina-scholarship-online/book/17598/chapter-abstract/175224984

[4] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1946/01/31/archives/singapore-strike-ends-union-satisfied-that-strength-of-labor-has.html

[5] ttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19460131-1.2.22

[6] "The student movement in Egypt over the last century". Middle East Monitor. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[7] Tarek, Sherif (21 February 2012). "Egypt students mark '46 workers and students anti-British uprising with anti-SCAF marches, protests". Al-Ahram. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[8] ttps://www.labourcourt.ie/en/about-us/historical-note/the-into-teachers-strike-of-1946/the-into-and-the-1946-teacher-strike-by-eugene-mccormack-1996.pdf

[9] ttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206685044

[10] ttps://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.299319457504890

[11] Moscow, Warren (30 May 1946). "THOUSANDS RETURN TO ROCHESTER JOBS; General Strike's Settlement Called Victory by Union-- City Disputes This Dewey "Pressure" Reported Unions Win 3 Points". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[12] Conatz, Juan (9 June 2012). "The 1946 General Strike of Rochester, New York". LibCom. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[13] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1946/08/03/archives/indian-postal-strike-ended.html

[14] ttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19460729.2.63?end_date=31-12-1946&items_per_page=10&query=strike&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1946

[15] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1946/08/25/archives/rail-strike-in-india-21500-men-go-out-on-2500-miles-of-line-in.html

[16] ttps://www.jstor.org/stable/44148438

[17] ttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56450192

[18] ttps://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Strike+action+is+forced+upon+us!%22+The+Alberta+Farmers%27+strike+of...-a0424620185

[19] ttps://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/when-myanmars-police-joined-civil-disobedience-movement-75-years-ago.html

[20] ttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/maltribune19461101-1.2.17

[21] ttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279424197

[22] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1946/10/15/archives/dartmoor-strike-on-british-military-prisoners-said-to-be-fighting.html

[23] ttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/morningtribune19461018-1.2.95

[24] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1946/10/08/archives/500-at-savoy-to-strike-london-hotel-faces-demand-for-union.html

[25] ttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19461011.2.62

[26] ttps://time.com/archive/6773734/the-press-go-ahead-shoot/

[27] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1946/12/07/archives/guild-pickets-in-court-20-cleared-8-sentenced-10-await-trial-in.html

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