General strike
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A general strike is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates. General strikes are characterised by the participation of wo
Constantin François de Chassebœuf, whose early conception of the general strike lay the groundwork for its systematic formulation in the 19th century
William Benbow pictured in Punch in 1848
Statue commemorating the 1842 general strike
Mikhail Bakunin, leader of the anti-authoritarian faction of First International, which advocated for a revolutionary general strike to overthrow the state and capitalism
Taft–Hartley Act
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The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, better known as the Taft–Hartley Act, is a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions. It was enacted by the 80th Unite
General strike
…disobedience that often involved a total shutdown of workplaces, offices, shops, and courts of law. In the U.S., its legislature passed the anti-union Taft–Hartley Act in the wake of the women-led 1946 Oakland General Strike. It outlawed actions taken by unionized workers in support of workers at other companies…
David Dubinsky of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union speaks against the Taft–Hartley Act, May 4, 1947
1952 political march by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union; among their signs is "Repeal Hartley–Taft Act"