Where there any similar strikes globally, which caused a similar significance?
Postal Worker's Strike (1970)
The first strike in U.S. Post Office history began in New York with a walkout of letter carriers. Out of 750,000 postal employees, 210,000 joined the strike, stopping mail service in New York, Philadelphia and Detroit. President Nixon declared a state of emergency and assigned the military to work city post offices.
Pullman Strike (1893 - 1894)
In the late 1800s, the Pullman Palace Car Company manufactured exclusive luxury cars. A strike was led to decrease the demand for Pullman luxury cars and to increase wages. The strikers burned cars and certain targeted buildings. With the escalation of violence, 12,000 federal police, were called in to stop the strike. Soldiers killed 13 strikers and wounded 57 before the strike was brought to an unsuccessful conclusion.
South Africa Miners Strike
A one-day strike began and concluded on December 4th, 2007. Most of the mining industry went on strike against the unsafe conditions of working in mines around South Africa. While the dangers of mines are nothing new, it was the rise in deaths between 2006 and 2007 and a government plan to reduce this number, which was successful after the strike.
The first strike in U.S. Post Office history began in New York with a walkout of letter carriers. Out of 750,000 postal employees, 210,000 joined the strike, stopping mail service in New York, Philadelphia and Detroit. President Nixon declared a state of emergency and assigned the military to work city post offices.
Pullman Strike (1893 - 1894)
In the late 1800s, the Pullman Palace Car Company manufactured exclusive luxury cars. A strike was led to decrease the demand for Pullman luxury cars and to increase wages. The strikers burned cars and certain targeted buildings. With the escalation of violence, 12,000 federal police, were called in to stop the strike. Soldiers killed 13 strikers and wounded 57 before the strike was brought to an unsuccessful conclusion.
South Africa Miners Strike
A one-day strike began and concluded on December 4th, 2007. Most of the mining industry went on strike against the unsafe conditions of working in mines around South Africa. While the dangers of mines are nothing new, it was the rise in deaths between 2006 and 2007 and a government plan to reduce this number, which was successful after the strike.