General strike

On December 6th, 1928, General Carlos Cortés Vargas shouted the order to fire and a cataclysmic wave of machine gun bullets answered his resounding call. Soldiers formed uneven lines along the low dust-beaten buildings of the plaza in Ciénaga Magdalena, corralling a swirling horde of three thousand banana workers with their wives and children. The crowded mass agitated back and forth amid the seismic volley of gunfire before falling like a single man. Hot sparks flashed from rifle barrels. Screams

Les Bouts de bois de Dieu by Ousmane Sembène is a 1960 novel. Published in the same year as the independence of eight African countries, the novel details the events of the 1947-1948 railroad strike on the Dakar-Niger railway. Based on the historical events of the 1947 and 1952 strikes in Senegal, Sembène portrays the collective power of the workers in overcoming the inequalities of the black community in French colonial Africa at this time. Sembène’s use of literary techniques throughout Les Bouts

artists. The strike is often considered as a last remedy to provide benefits for the labors and workers. It would be disadvantage for both producers and the artists, as we have seen writers guide of America organized the longest strike, which cost the industry so much money. It is always considered to negotiate face-to-face with the concerned person to provide a fair value, which the union is demanding, Labor staged a Broadway strike harsh working conditions. It would take lawsuits strikes, and hardliner

fortune quiet, though word of the strike had reached San Francisco by the middle of that year, and from then on, the rush west for gold was underway. In the next year, the news had spread across the country, and even President Polk began telling the nation about the gold to be found in California. People came in a mad rush from all over the country in search of fortune in the gold fields; some came from the military following the war with the Spanish, others came across land from the inner frontier

immediately after the strike begins, Mac comes to the realization that there likely is no chance of the workers winning the strike, yet he continues to fight for his beliefs. Some may interpret this as selfish for risking the lives of these workers, however this is undoubtedly false as Mac risks his own life alongside the other strikers. Mac also has no financial reward for helping with the strike and is spending his time educating the workers a valuable lesson on how to strike that will help them

American history can generally be vast and complex, but can be broken down into moments and time periods that are divided, unified, and have changed the United States into the country it is today. Unfortunately, some of American history is filled with mistakes that are made by previous countrymen. The Red Scare was a period in which several hundred immigrants were rounded up of poorly made, radical political views, of the federal government in the years of 1917 - 1920, following the Bolshevik

trade union development in Nigeria, few industrial conflicts were recorded. For instance, on 9th January 1920, the Nigerian Mechanic Union embarked on the first official strike to resist insufficient wages, long hours of working, stoppage of war bonus, and non-payment of wages for public holidays. With the success of the 1920 strike, the colonial governors introduced trade union laws in their colonies. Thus, it can be deduced that after formal establishments of trade unions in Nigeria industrial climate

In general, a strike is when workers intentionally stop all processes of work to try to force their employer to agree on a certain set of demands. The worker has all power to do this because the worker is essentially selling their labour in return for a wage from the employer and if these wages (as one example), are deemed not sufficient by the employee, they go on strike. This results in a halt of productivity/production which is detrimental for the employer. Employers also have some leverage against

was born on the 21st of January, 1876, in Liverpool, England. He was an Irish activist for workers' rights and a labor organizer. He founded the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union and is famous for his activism and his work to improve the quality of life for Irish workers. After he had established the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, it swiftly became the region's largest union. The union collapsed shortly after the Dublin Lockout, and Jim Larkin moved to the United States in 1914

The Pullman Strike of 1894 On May 11th, 1894, one of the most violent labor strikes in American history took place in Pullman, Illinois. This labor strike, initiated by the American Railway Union (ARU) and led by Eugene Debs against the extremely wealthy and powerful George Pullman and his company, the Pullman Palace Car Company. This strike became a turning point in the national battle regarding U.S. labor laws, and was instrumental in the regulation of corporations by the government. The event