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In 1948, a number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred.

Background

A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also occur to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or pressure governments to change policies.

Timeline

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2024)

Continuing strikes from 1948

• 1947–49 Chicago printers' strike
• 1947–48 French West African rail strike, by railway workers in French West Africa.
• 1947–48 Kawasaki strike
• Pilbara strike
• Toho strikes

January

• 1948 American Federation of Musicians strike
• 1948 Cyprus miners' strike

February

• Jeju uprising
• 1948 Queensland railway strike

March

• 1948 Minnesota meatpackers' strike

April

• 1948 Boeing strike
• 1948 Southern Rhodesia general strike

May

• 1948 Hokkaido rail strikes
• 1948 Italian agricultural strikes

June

• 1948 Enmore strike, in Enmore, British Guiana.
• 1948 London docks strike

July

• 1948 Bahia textile strike
• July 1948 Italian general strike, general strike in Italy called by the Italian General Confederation of Labour following an assassination attempt on Palmiro Togliatti.

August

• 1948 Zanzibar general strike

September

• 1948 French miners' strike, fr.
• Longshore strike 1948

October

• 1948 New York brewery strike

November

December

Changes in legislation

In July, the Japanese government issues Government Ordinance #201 following a directive from the under American post-war occupation authority, banning public sector workers from collective bargaining and striking.

References

1. "Chicago Printers Go on Strike After Preparing Early Editions; Chicago Printers Go on Strike After Preparing Early Editions". The New York Times. 25 November 1947. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
2. "Chicago Printers End Two Years Strike". Barrier Daily Truth. 16 September 1949.
3. Muñoz, Aurora (12 November 2009). "French West African railway workers strike for greater benefits, 1947-1948". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
4. Hamada, Nobuo (2002). "The Kawasaki Strike (1948) and Nishiyama Yataro". Keiei Shigaku (Japan Business History Review). 37 (4): 25–48. doi:10.5029/bhsj.37.4_25.
5. Myers, Marc (26 December 2012). "The Silence That Sparked New Sounds". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
6. Chrysostomou, Annette (29 January 2017). "Lessons from a strike 70 years ago". The Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
7. Lanoue, William (16 May 2023). "1948 Meatpackers Strike". Labor History Resource Project. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
8. Green, Susan (7 June 1948). "Packinghouse: We Must Assess Strike's Lessons". Labor Action. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
9. Barnes, Teresa (1995). "'So That a Labourer Could Live with His Family': Overlooked Factors in Social and Economic Strife in Urban Colonial Zimbabwe, 1945-1952". Journal of Southern African Studies. 21 (1): 95–113. Bibcode:1995JSAfS..21...95B. doi:10.1080/03057079508708435. JSTOR 2637333.
10. Phimister, Ian; Raftopoulos, Brian (2000). ""Kana sora ratswa ngaritswe": African Nationalists and Black Workers – the 1948 General Strike in Colonial Zimbabwe". Journal of Historical Sociology. 13 (3): 289–324. doi:10.1111/1467-6443.00119.
11. Parroti, Lindsey (22 August 1948). "HOKKAIDO STRIKE IS BROKEN BY TOKYO; Rail Men Returning to Work After Government Threatens to Punish 1,000". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
12. "RAIL STRIKES IN JAPAN; Workers Start 1-Day Stoppages, Stranding Commuters". The New York Times. 19 May 1948. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
13. Secchia, Pietro (15 June 1948). "Italian People in New Phase of Struggle". For a Lasting Peace, for a People's Democracy!. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
14. "The Enmore Martyrs: Symbols of courage, resilience, and the unwavering spirit of the Guyanese people". Department of Public Information. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
15. "The Enmore Martyrs and their contribution to the working class struggle in Guyana". Guayana Chronicle. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
16. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19480623.2.42
17. https://libcom.org/article/labour-government-vs-dockers-1945-1951
18. Negro, Antonio Luigi (2012). ""Não trabalhou porque não quis": Greve de trabalhadores têxteis na Justiça do Trabalho (Bahia, 1948)". Revista Brasileira de História. 32 (64): 101–128. doi:10.1590/S0102-01882012000200007.
19. Archambault, Fabien (2012). "« on a tiré sur Togliatti ! » la difficile interprétation de l'attentat du 14 juillet 1948". La Révolution Française (1). doi:10.4000/lrf.466.
20. "L'AGITATION S'APAISE EN ITALIE où la grève générale a pris fin ce matin". 17 July 1948.
21. Ensign, Olivia (28 March 2010). "Zanzibar workers general strike in Zanzibar City, Tanzania, 1948". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
22. Clayton, Anthony (22 January 2018). "The 1948 Zanzibar General Strike". LibCom. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
23. Ropert, Pierre (18 September 2020). "Grève des mineurs de 1948 : après la répression, l'indemnisation". FranceCulture. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
24. Sabéran, Haydée (24 July 2014). "Les vies brisées des mineurs grévistes de 1948 au grand jour". Libération. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
25. "City Beer Supply Cut by Half By a Wildcat Strike of 2,687; WILDCAT STRIKERS CUT BEER SUPPLIES". The New York Times. 15 October 1948. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
26. "End of Beer Strike Up to Men As Brewers and Union Agree; BREWERS, UNION AGREE ON TERMS". The New York Times. 22 October 1948. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
27. "5-11 Labor Movement". National Diet Library. 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

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