List of miners' strikes

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

StrikeCountryRegionYear(s)Larger movement
African Mine Workers' strike South Africa Witwatersrand 1946
Alabama miners' strike of 1920 United States Alabama 1920 United Mine Workers of America
Anaconda Road massacre United States Montana 1920 Industrial Workers of the World
Anthracite coal strike of 1902 United States Pennsylvania 1902United Mine Workers of America
Arizona copper mine strike 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 1937 Australia Victoria 1937
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 StatesNationwide1894United Mine Workers of America
Bituminous coal strike of 1927 United States Indiana 1927
Bituminous coal strike of 1973 [1] United States West Virginia 1973
Bituminous coal strike of 1974 United StatesNationwide1974
Bituminous coal strike of 1977–78 United StatesNationwide1977–1978
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 1981United Mine Workers of America
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 [ citation needed ]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 1912United Mine Workers of America
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 AfricaNationwide2007
South Wales miners' strike (1910) [ citation needed ]Wales South Wales 1910
United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919 United StatesNationwide1919United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers coal strike of 1922 [ citation needed ]United StatesNationwide1922United Mine Workers
Upper Peninsula miners' strike of 1865 United States Michigan 1865
UK national coal strike of 1893 United KingdomNationwide1893
UK national coal strike of 1912 United KingdomNationwide1912
UK miners' strike of 1921 [ citation needed ]United KingdomNationwide1921
UK miners' strike of 1926 United KingdomNationwide1926 1926 United Kingdom general strike
UK miners' strike of 1972 United KingdomNationwide1972
UK miners' strike of 1974 United KingdomNationwide1974
UK miners' strike of 1984–85 United KingdomNationwide1984–85
Waihi miners' strike New Zealand Waihi 1912
West Virginia coal wars United States West Virginia 1912–1921United Mine Workers of America
Welsh coal strike of 1898 United Kingdom Wales 1898
Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–1911 United States Pennsylvania 1910–1911United Mine Workers of America
Warrior Met Coal strike United StatesAlabama2021–2023United Mine Workers of America

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Department of Labor; John T. Dunlop; Secretary, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Julius Shiskin, Commissioner. Analysis of Work Stoppages, 1973 (1975). Bulletin, issue 1877.
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