Timeline of strikes in 1986
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In 1986, a number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred.
Background
[edit]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
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Continuing strikes from 1985
[edit]- Anti-Duvalier protest movement, including strikes, against the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier in Haiti.[1]
- 1985–1986 Delhi University strike, by Delhi University faculty in India.[2][3]
- 1984 Globe Steel strike, 4-year strike by Globe Steel Corporation steelworkers in the Philippines, the longest strike in the country's history.[4][5]
- 1985–1986 Hormel strike
- 1985–1986 New Bedford fishermen's strike
- 1985–86 Nuclear Fuel Services strike, 10-month strike by Nuclear Fuel Services workers.[6][7]
- 1985–87 Silentnight strike, 18-month strike by Silentnight workers in the United Kingdom.[8][9][10]
- 1985–86 Victorian nurses' strikes[11][12][13]
- 1985–1987 Watsonville Cannery strike
January
[edit]- One-day general strike in Argentina against austerity measures.[14]
- Wapping dispute
February
[edit]- People Power Revolution, in the Philippines.
March
[edit]- One-day general strike by Northern Irish unionists, in protest against the Anglo-Irish Agreement.[15]
- 1986 Subic Bay Naval Base strike, 12-day strike by Filipino workers at the U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay over severance pay.[16][17]
- 1986 Trans World Airlines strike, strike by Trans World Airlines flight attendants.[18][19][20]
April
[edit]- 1986 Belgian miners' strike, by miners in Belgium over restructuring plans.[21]
- 1986 California lawyers' strike, by 33 attorneys in California, the first strike in State Bar of California history.[22]
- 1986 Norwegian oil workers' strike[23]
May
[edit]- One-day general strike by Black workers in South Africa demanding that May Day be made a national holiday.[24]
June
[edit]- One-day general strike by Black workers in South Africa to mark the 10th anniversary of the Soweto uprising.[25]
- 1986 Ontario doctors' strike[26]
- 1986 Weyerhaeuser strike, 7-week strike by Weyerhaeuser lumber workers in the United States.[27][28]
July
[edit]- 1986 Agence France-Presse strike, 4-day strike by Agence France-Presse journalists.[29]
- 1986 Boise Cascade strike, 76-day strike by Boise Cascade workers represented by the United Paperworkers' International Union.[30][31][32]
- 1986 Israeli nurses' strikes, including an 18-day strike by nurses in Israel.[33][34]
- Jornadas de Protesta Nacional, including a general strike in July 1986 against the Military dictatorship of Chile[35]
August
[edit]- 1986 California wine strike[36][37]
- 1986–1987 John Deere strike
- 1986 Peru bank strike, 12-day strike by bank workers in Peru.[38]
- Strike by Sudan Airways workers calling for security guarantees following the 1986 Sudan Airways Fokker F-27 shootdown.[39]
- 1986 USX steel strike
September
[edit]October
[edit]- 1986 General Motors South Africa strike[42]
- 1986 Swift Packing strike[43][44]
- 1986 Temple University strike, 3-week strike by Temple University faculty.[45]
November
[edit]December
[edit]- December 1986 Punjab general strike, 2-day general strike by Sikhs in the Pujab, in protest against the death sentences of the assassins of Indira Gandhi.[46]
References
[edit]- ^ Roseberry-Polier, Alison (24 April 2011). "Haitians overthrow regime, 1984-1986". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Controversy, bitterness dog Delhi University Teachers Association strike for better pay". India Today. February 28, 1986.
- ^ Thomas, T. M. (1986). "The Significance of DUTA Strike". Social Scientist. 14 (2/3): 74–78. doi:10.2307/3520175. JSTOR 3520175 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Quimpo, Susan F. (22 September 2015). "IN PHOTOS: 1980s strike at Globe Steel". Rappler. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ Chan, Carolyn; Nunez, Enrique (January 1, 1987). "Picketline". Bachelor's Theses.
- ^ "BITTER STRIKE AT FUEL PLANT OVER SAFETY". The New York Times. 18 January 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "NUCLEAR-FUEL STRIKE OF SETTLED". The New York Times. 1 April 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "What came after the longest strike in history was finally put to bed". Craven Herald. April 10, 2009.
- ^ Mustchin, Stephen (August 8, 2014). "Dismissal of strikers and industrial disputes: the 1985–1987 strike and mass sackings at Silentnight". Labor History. 55 (4): 448–464. doi:10.1080/0023656X.2014.932521 – via CrossRef.
- ^ "The Last Battle for Barnoldswick". tribunemag.co.uk.
- ^ "The Victoria nurses' strike, 1985 | libcom.org". libcom.org.
- ^ Branch), An Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian. "The 1986 50-day Victorian nurses and midwives strike". stories.anmfvic.asn.au.
- ^ Bessant, Judith (October 9, 1992). "'Good Women and Good Nurses' Conflicting Identities in the Victorian Nurses Strikes, 1985-86". Labour History (63): 155–173. doi:10.2307/27509144. JSTOR 27509144. S2CID 146908411.
- ^ "STRIKE HITS ARGENTINA". The New York Times. 25 January 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Lohr, Steve (11 March 1986). "PROTESTANT CAUSE HURT BY BELFAST STRIKE". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Fineman, Mark (23 March 1986). "Filipino Pickets Block Gates of U.S. Naval Base". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Scott, Ann (3 April 1986). "Marines romp at bars after base strike ends". UPI. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "TWA to appeal ruling on strikers". UPI. 27 May 1987. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Gardner, Marilyn (9 March 1988). "Flight attendants see trouble in the skies. Two years after TWA strike, workers say discrimination persists". CS Monitor. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Hartshorn Jr., Paul (6 March 2021). "35 Years Later: Remembering the Beginning of the TWA Flight Attendant Strike". Association of Professional Flight Attendants. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "MINERS HALT STRIKE IN BELGIUM". The New York Times. 5 May 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Oliver, Myrna (21 May 1986). "First Strike Against State Bar Ends : 33 Attorneys Agree to Arbitration, Return to Work Today". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Norway May Take Action to End 19-Day Oil Strike". Los Angeles Times. 24 April 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Cowell, Alan (2 May 1986). "1.5 MILLION BLACK WORKERS STAGE BIGGEST STRIKE EVER IN SOUTH AFRICA". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Frankel, Glenn (17 June 1986). "Blacks by the Millions Strike in South Africa To Mark Anniversary". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Educating Future Physicians for Ontario and the physicians' strike of 1986: the roots of Canadian competency-based medical education". CMAJ.
- ^ "Shots Fired in Strike Incident At Weyerhaeuser Co. Sawmill". The New York Times. 24 June 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Anstine, Dennis (30 July 1986). "The seven-week-long strike involving 7,500 Weyerhaeuser Co. workers ended..." UPI. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Paris Journalists End Strike; Agency to Modify Staff Cuts". The New York Times. 20 July 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "MAINE TOWN DIVIDED BY BITTER STRIKE". The New York Times. 28 December 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Lamb, David (3 November 1988). "Strike's Bitter Legacy : Strangers in Their Own Hometown". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Arsenault, Kerri (10 May 2018). "How My Father's Strike Nearly Broke Our Town in Two". LitHub. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Nurses End Their Strike". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 11 July 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "11,000 Nurses Stage Walkout". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 23 September 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Frasca, Tim (7 July 1986). "Chile's changing opposition. New coalition's successful strike renews doubts over Pinochet's long-term prospects". CS Monitor. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Stein, Mark A. (17 September 1986). "5-Week-Old Winery Strike Spreads--Gallo Hit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Johnston, Lonn (30 September 1986). "Wineries Threaten to Replace Striking Workers Permanently". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Peru Bank Strike Ends". The New York Times. 26 August 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Employees of Sudan Airways Strike for Security Measures". The New York Times. 24 August 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ McQuiston, John T. (17 September 1986). "STRIKE BRINGS EMERGENCY IN ATLANTIC CITY". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Look back at the violent casino workers strike of 1986". The Press of Atlantic City. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "STRIKE AT G.M. FACTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA COLLAPSES". The New York Times. 19 November 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Talks Today in Swift Strike". The New York Times. 23 October 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Nine arrested during strike violence at Swift". UPI. 17 October 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Temple Professors End Strike". Los Angeles Times. 27 October 1986. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ Hazarika, Sanjoy (30 December 1986). "2-DAY STRIKE IN THE PUNJAB". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2024.