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Great Strike of February 7th Peking-Hankow Railway Workers Great Strike | |||
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Part of the first labor movement upsurge in China | |||
After the founding of New China, in July 1951, a public trial sentenced Zhao Jixian to death, who was considered a culprit behind the deaths of the workers. On the walls in the photo, portrayed are Ge Shugui, Wu Zhen, unknown, Shi Yang and Li Xiangqian, who died in the strike. | |||
Date | 4th–7th Feb 1923 | ||
Location | along the Peking–Hankow railway, mainly Changxindian Subdistrict, Zhengzhou and Hankou | ||
Caused by | At the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese workers were treated poorly and were deeply exploited; The establishment of trade unions was blocked. | ||
Goals |
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Methods | Strikes, processions, collective agreements, solidarity actions and picketings | ||
Resulted in | Failed. Wuhan, Changxindian, and Zhengzhou were under martial law. The Beiyang Army and police entered Jiang'an and Changxindian to intervene and disperse the striking workers. Before the National Revolutionary Army's Northern Expedition to liberate Wuhan, the trade unions went underground. | ||
Parties | |||
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Lead figures | |||
Zhang Guotao Wu Peifu | |||
Casualties and losses | |||
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The Great Strike of February 7th or Peking-Hankow Railway Workers' Great Strike was a general strike which took place in February 1923.
At the beginning it was only an internal rally, but under the intervention of Beiyang cliques it eventually developed into a general strike. The situation uncontrollably escalated into bloody clashes in which soldiers and police shot workers, 52 of whom were killed. In the strike also about hundred people injured and thousands of workers were expelled.
Notelist
- 二七大罷工, Èr-Qī Dàbàgōng, "Erqi Strike"
- 京汉铁路工人大罢工
See also
References
- The Compilation Committee of the Factory Chronicle of Jiang'an Vehicle Factory in Wuhan (1993). The Factory Chronicle of Jiang'an Vehicle Factory in Wuhan.
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