Railroad strikes of 1903 in the Netherlands

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The railroad strikes of 1903 were strikes in the Netherlands by the railway staff regarding the right of workers to organize into a union and negotiate and implement the right to strike.^[1]

At the beginning of the 20th century, some employers allowed their workers to have union membership, while in some companies, union membership was obligatory. This led, in January 1903, to a labor dispute in the Amsterdam harbor, which soon spread across the country.^[2]

References

↑ "De spoorwegstaking van 1903 – IsGeschiedenis.nl". IsGeschiedenis (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
↑ "De hoofdrolspelers van 1903". Vakbondshistorie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-09-11.

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