Britain's biggest strike in more than a decade, what other large-scale strikes have taken place in history?

There have been countless strikes throughout history, and as a history buff, here are some of the more famous, larger and historically significant ones.

When it comes to large-scale strikes in history, it's important to mention the United Kingdom, which was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and the birthplace of the labor movement.

1926 British General Strike

1926 May 4, the British trade unions launched the largest general strike in history.1926 strike is the largest strike in the history of the United Kingdom, and it is the history of the modern British workers' movement is a major events.

Cause of the strike: Caused by the government's abolition of post-war subsidies which reduced miners' wages.

Number of people involved: around 6 million

Process of the strike:

The general strike began on May 4 (one says May 3), 1926, with around 3 million people taking part in the strike on that day, including all the major industrial sectors. The total number of strikers at the climax was nearly 6 million. In addition to the coal-mining industry, workers in the electrical, iron and steel, railroad, construction and printing industries all joined the strike. All the big industrial centers were paralyzed. Under these circumstances the Government was obliged to introduce an emergency transport service for essential supplies, and thousands of special police officers were employed, and buses and trains were driven by volunteers. As the Baldwin government repeatedly negotiated with the union leaders, the leaders of the workers' congresses doubted the future of the strike, and the unions became increasingly strapped for funds. The national economy was in chaos, and in some places strike committees and action committees took control of transport and food supplies, exercising part of the functions of the local authorities. The British ****tribalists also demanded the nationalization of the mines and the establishment of workers' supervision of the mines. The general strike became increasingly political.

On May 11, a Supreme Court judge declared the general strike illegal. the government of S. Baldwin organized a large number of reserves into production to break the strike and refused to make any contact with the unions before resuming work. It also deceived the union congresses into agreeing to the resumption of work by using the reorganization of the coal industry as a bait. At this time the right-wing trade union leaders feared that further development of the general strike and intensification of the struggle would strengthen the influence of the revolutionary forces.

On May 12, the General Council of the Congress of Trade Unions declared a halt to the general strike. Then the right-wing leaders of the unions signed humiliating agreements with business owners and the general strike failed. Since then, more than a million miners have continued to strike without support, and finally had to return to work on Nov. 30 when their funds ran out.

Outcome of the strike:

In November 1926, the miners were forced to return to work due to extreme hunger and exhaustion. They were forced to accept the mine owners' conditions of a 10% reduction in wages and the abolition of the seven-hour day.

The struggle of the British working class was widely supported by the proletariat in China, the Soviet Union, Germany, France and the United States. The 200,000 workers in Shanghai, China, donated money to finance it. The 1926 General Strike dealt a heavy blow to the British bourgeoisie and showed the strength and fighting spirit of the British working class.The 1926 General Strike won the respect and support of the international proletariat. It was a great shock to British society and all industries were hit.

But the failure of the General Strike had serious consequences for the British working class: in 1927 Parliament passed the Industrial Disputes and Trade Unions Act, which outlawed the General Strike and all sympathy strikes, prohibited the organization of mass strike pickets, and restricted the right of trade unions to raise funds for political purposes. The masses of workers called it the "Charter of Labor Thieves". The British bourgeoisie began to vigorously pursue a campaign of "industrial rationalization" with the cooperation of right-wing trade union leaders, intensifying the repression and exploitation of workers.

Besides Britain, there were also many strikes in other countries of the world, and some of the more influential ones were:

June Uprising of the French Workers: June 22, 1848, broke out because the bourgeoisie stole the fruits of the revolution and set up the Second **** and State of France.

General Strike of the Railroad Workers of the United States: 1877, broke out because the employers intended to lower wages.

Great Strike of Chicago Workers: May 1, 1886, workers fought for an eight-hour workday, the origin of May Day, International Labor Day.

Bread and Roses Strike: circa 1912, the struggle of women textile workers in the United States in 1912, which erupted as capitalists tried to speed up production and cut workers' wages.

General Strike of the Ruhr Miners in Germany: The three largest strikes by Ruhr coal miners took place in 1889, 1905, and 1912.

On May 4, 1889, it erupted over the fact that workers were laboring too long while their actual earnings were decreasing.

On Jan. 7, 1905, it erupted over extended labor hours and the closing of mines by the Bruchstrasser Mining Company.

On March Day, 1912, it erupted over falling wages, rising prices, longer labor hours and worsening labor conditions.

After talking about the foreign ones, here we are talking about the domestic ones.

The June 3 Strike

On June 3, 1919 (May 6, 1919, according to the lunar calendar), the Chinese working class went on its first large-scale political strike.

Reason for Strike: In solidarity with the May Fourth student movement, on June 3, 1919, Beijing students, in opposition to the Beijing government's capitulation of selling out the country and suppression of the patriotic movement, took to the streets to give speeches, and the warlord government sent a large number of military and police officers to suppress the strike. More than 170 students were arrested.

Number of participants: about 2 million

Process of the strike:

On June 3, 1919, the Chinese working class went on its first large-scale political strike. Launched from Shanghai, about 70,000 workers in more than 50 enterprises, including textile, machine, railroad, automobile, ship and ironworks, went on strike. Among them, the general strike by workers of Shanghai-Nanjing and Shanghai-Hangzhou railroads had a great impact on the whole country.

Workers in Jinan, Tianjin, Nanjing, Changsha, Hankou and Hangzhou also went on strike. Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Hubei and other provinces sent representatives to Beijing to petition for the abolition of Article 21 and all secret treaties with Japan. The wave of anti-imperialism in the country seriously threatened the rule of the warlord government.

Results of the strike:

On the 6th and 7th, the warlord government released all the arrested students, and on the 10th, it issued an order to remove Cao Rulin, Lu Zongyi, and Zhang Zongxian from their posts. 28th, Chinese delegates attending the Peace Conference in Paris refused to sign the peace treaty.

Thus, the May Fourth Movement had developed into a nationwide revolutionary movement with the working class as the main force and the participation of the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie. The center of the movement moved from Beijing to Shanghai.

The "June 3rd Strike" demonstrated the new fighting posture of the Chinese working class and its pioneering role and leadership in the anti-imperialist and anti-feudalist struggle after it entered the political arena.

In addition to this, there were many other dramatic strike movements in China:

Anyuan Road Mining Workers' Strike: Occurring in September 1922, the workers of the Anyuan Road Mining Strike demanded that the authorities recognize the right of the clubs to have representatives of the workers and that wages be increased, and the more famous slogan of the strike was " Once a cow and horse, now be a man".

Longhai Railway Workers' Strike: On November 20, 1921, the engine workers of the Longhai Railway held a strike against layoffs, wage cuts, and mistreatment of workers.

Hong Kong Seafarers' Strike: Chinese seafarers' workers, who lived in great hardship under the direct oppression of British imperialism, began a general strike on January 12, 1922, after Hong Kong seafarers' demand for wage increases was rejected by British capitalists.

Shanghai Japanese Yarn Factory Workers Stage General Strike:?On February 9, 1925, protesting against the factory's dismissal of more than 40 workers for no reason and the arrest of four workers' representatives, a general strike that shocked the Far East was held under the leadership of Chinese *** party members Deng Zhongxia and Liu Hua.