• The 1958 Paraguayan general strike was a general strike organized in Paraguay in August 1958, marking the first national general strike in the country...
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    Longshoremen's Strike. The result of the strike was the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of the United States. The San Francisco General Strike of 1934...
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    of credit; and with increasingly poor workers, who organized 1958 Paraguayan general strike demanding increased pay. In addition, the new Argentine government...
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    The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most famous and influential strikes in Canadian history. For six weeks, May 15 to June 26, more than...
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    The Seattle General Strike was a five-day general work stoppage by 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington from February 6 to 11, 1919. The...
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    The Minneapolis general strike of 1934 grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, the major distribution...
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  • Colorado Party. In 1958, after a general strike, many unionists were exiled, and formed the CPT-E, a CPT in exile. CPT again operates in Paraguay. Until 1974...
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    The 1835 Philadelphia general strike took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the first general strike in North America and involved some 20,000...
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    Vancouver general strike which took place on 2 August 1918, was the first general strike in Canadian history. There had been talks of organizing a general strike...
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    striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign...
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