The general strike of 1893 was a major general strike in Belgium in April 1893 called by the Belgian Labour Party to pressure the government of Auguste Beernaert to introduce universal male suffrage i
Un soir de grève (1893) by Eugène Laermans
Troops of the paramilitary Garde Civique fire on strikers near Mons on 17 April 1893
The general strike of 1902 was a major general strike in Belgium, aimed at forcing electoral reform and notably the end of the system of plural voting. It officially lasted between 10 and 20 April. Th
Depiction of the 1902 strike by Henri Meunier
