Timeline of strikes in 1992

A number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred in 1992.

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 1991

• 1991–1998 Caterpillar labor dispute, including strikes by Caterpillar Inc. workers in the United States. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• First Intifada, including strikes, against the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
• 1991 Frontier strike, over 6-years long strike by workers at the New Frontier Hotel and Casino, represented by the Culinary Workers Union, one of the longest strikes in American history. ^[5]
• 1990–93 Greyhound strike, by Greyhound Lines drivers. ^[6]
• 1990–1992 movement in Madagascar
• 1990–92 University of Bridgeport strike ^{[7] [8]}
• Vatukoula mine strike, 33-year strike by Vatukoula mine miners in Fiji, from 1991 to 2024. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

March

• 1992 Pittsburgh bus strike, 26-day strike by bus drivers in Pittsburgh, United States. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

April

• 1992 APPM Dispute, 3-week strike at an Associated Pulp and Paper mill in Burnie, Australia. ^{[17] [18] [19]}
• 1992 German public sector strike, the largest public sector strike in Germany in 18 years. ^{[20] [21]}
• 1992 Filipino air traffic controllers' strike, 18-day strike by air traffic controllers in the Philippines. ^[22]
• 1992 Kroger strike, 9-week strike by Kroger supermarket workers in the United States. ^{[23] [24]}
• 1992 NHL strike, by NHL ice hockey players in Canada and the United States.
• April 1992 Nepalese general strike

June

• 1992 Bangladesh transport strike ^[25]
• 1992 Bermuda transport strike ^[26]
• Southern California drywall strike
• 1992 United States railroad strike

July

• 1992–93 Polish strikes, mass wave of strikes in the Third Polish Republic. ^{[27] [28] [29]}

August

• 1992 Russian air traffic controllers' strike ^{[30] [31] [32]}
• 1992 South Africa general strike ^{[33] [34]}

September

• 1992 Detroit teachers' strike ^[35]
• 1992 Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike, part of the First Intifada. ^{[36] [37] [38]}

October

• 1992 Trintoc strike, 3-week strike by Trintoc oil workers in Trinidad and Tobago. ^[39]

November

• 1992 Italian tobacco strike, strike by workers of the Italian tobacco monopoly. ^{[40] [41]}

December

• 1992–93 Polish miners' strike, 20-day strike by coal miners against layoffs, part of the 1992–93 Polish strikes. ^[42]

References

1. Devinatz, Victor G. (1 June 2005). "A Heroic Defeat: The Caterpillar Labor Dispute and the UAW, 1991-1998" . Labor Studies Journal. 30 (2): 1–18. doi:10.1177/0160449X0503000201 . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
2. Tyson, James L. (5 December 1995). "Caterpillar Workers Crawl Back to Jobs". CS Monitor. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
3. Cimini, Michael H. (1 October 1998). "Caterpillar's Prolonged Dispute Ends" (PDF). Bureau of Labor Statistics . Retrieved 13 November 2024.
4. Surowiecki, James (13 March 1998). "Caterpillar's Crawl to Control". Slate. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
5. "Remembering the Frontier Strike: 30 years later". Culinary Workers Union Local 226. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
6. Weintraub, Richard M. (20 April 1993). "GREYHOUND, TRANSIT UNION SETTLE 3-YEAR-OLD STRIKE". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
7. Magner, Denise K. (28 November 1990). "Bitter Faculty Strike Continues at U. of Bridgeport". The Chronicle of Higher Education . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
8. "Strike by Professors Is Settled At the University of Bridgeport". The New York Times. 29 August 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
9. "International Support for Fiji Miners' 19-Year Strike". IndustriALL Global Union . 28 June 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
10. Dixon, Norm (23 September 1992). "Fiji miners closer to victory". Green Left . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
11. "The riot that claimed a life". Fiji Times . 3 March 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
12. Chaudhary, Felix (4 July 2024). "Vatukoula strike ends with $9.2m settlement". Fiji One . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
13. "Miners hopeful of better days ahead". Fiji Times . 10 March 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
14. "Pittsburgh transit riders scramble in wake of strike". UPI. 16 March 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
15. "Pittsburgh Judge Orders End To 26-Day-Old Transit Strike". The New York Times. 11 April 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
16. Evans, William N. (1 March 2005). "The benefits of prenatal care: evidence from the PAT bus strike" . Journal of Econometrics . 125 (1–2): 207–239. doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.04.007 . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
17. Baker, David (2 October 1999). "Community Police Peacekeeping Amidst Bitter and Divisive Industrial Confrontation: The 1992 APPM Dispute at Burnie". Labour & Community. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
18. Tierney, Robert (1 December 1999). "Class Struggle and the "Community of Families": The 1992 Dispute at Associated Pulp and Paper Mills". Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
19. Jamieson, Ian (24 June 1992). "APPM: after the strike". Green Left . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
20. Jones, Tamara (4 May 1992). "German Strikes Threaten to Paralyze Air, Freight Traffic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
21. "Making a Difference; Shutting Down Germany for a 5.4% Raise". The New York Times. 10 May 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
22. "Philippine air controllers end 18-day strike". The Straits Times. 22 April 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
23. "Few customers at strikebound Kroger stores". UPI. 14 April 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
24. "https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/06/18/Nine-week-Kroger-strike-could-end-Thursday/7678708840000/". UPI. 18 June 1992.{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
25. "Bangladesh transport strike ends". The Business Times . 3 July 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
26. "Bermuda union strike widens". The Business Times . 3 July 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
27. Noakes, Frank (12 August 1992). "Poland slides deeper into crisis". Green Left . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
28. Koza, Patricia (17 August 1992). "Wage protests spreading in Poland". UPI. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
29. "Strikes in Poland: background summary". European Trade Union Institute. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2024. Since 1989, when the political and economic transformation first took off, the number of strikes has remained quite consistently low, with the exception of two periods: 1992-1993 (resistance to the initial wave of industrial restructuring) and 2007-2008 (post-EU accession economic prosperity period, combined with a massive outward migration to the EU-15, which enhanced the bargaining power of employees).
30. "MOSCOW : Flying Into Trouble". Los Angeles Times. 11 August 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
31. "St Petersburg sues air traffic controllers". The Business Times. 20 August 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
32. "Air Traffic Controllers End Failure of A Strike". Orlando Sentinel. 16 August 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
33. "WORLD IN BRIEF : SOUTH AFRICA : Blacks Call General Strike for Aug. 3-4". Los Angeles Times. 24 July 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
34. Battersby, John (5 August 1992). "S. African General Strike Seen as Black Referendum". CS Monitor. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
35. "Detroit Teachers Vote to End 27-Day Strike". The New York Times. 28 September 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
36. Haberman, Clyde (12 October 1992). "Hunger Strike Lights a Spark Among Palestinians". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
37. Abu Sneineh, Mustafa (1 May 2019). "Beds, kettles and books: How hunger strikes changed the cells of Palestinian prisoners". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
38. "Arab Prisoners' Demands Accepted". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 17 November 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
39. "Trinidad workers' strike ends". The Business Times. 28 October 1992. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
40. Cowell, Alan (26 November 1992). "A Tobacco Strike Is Driving Italians to Desperate Ends". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
41. Montalbano, William D. (25 November 1992). "For Smokers in Italy, Strike Stubs Out Dolce Vita". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
42. Turek, Bogdan (4 January 1993). "Poland's coal miners end strike". UPI. Retrieved 14 November 2024.