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A number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred in 1953.

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

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Continuing strikes from 1952

• Downey's pub strike, 14-year strike by pub workers in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, from 1939 to 1953, over the firing of a barman; one of the longest strikes in world history.
• 1952–53 Singapore Naval Base strike, 10-day strike by industrial workers at the Singapore Naval Base.

January

• 1953 Karachi student strike, in Karachi, Pakistan.

February

• 1953 Danish conscripts' strike, strikes by military conscripts in Denmark against extension of the length of conscription.

March

• 1953 Longbridge strike, 11-week strike by Austin Motor Company autoworkers at the Longbridge plant in the United Kingdom.
• 1953 Paparua Prison strike, prison strike in Aotearoa New Zealand.

April

• 1953 Bremen dock strike, 7-week strike by dockworkers in Bremen, West Germany.

May

• 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike
• Norilsk uprising, prison strike in the Soviet Union.
• Plovdiv tobacco workers' strike, in the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
• 1953 Swedish food strike, strike by food industry workers in Sweden.

June

• East German uprising of 1953

July

• Vorkuta uprising, prison strike in the Soviet Union.

August

• August 1953 French strikes, fr, mass wave of strikes in France against the government of Joseph Laniel.
• 1953 British Guiana crisis, political crisis in British Guiana beginning with the election of the left-wing People's Progressive Party and a significant strike in the sugar industry, ending with a British intervention to remove the PPP government.
• 1953 Ceylonese Hartal
• 1953 Lucknow student protests, at the University of Lucknow in India.

September

• 1953 Indonesian plantations strike

October

November

• 1953 Mexican film strike, 6-week strike by film composers in Mexico.
• 1953 New Jersey gas strike, 6-week strike by Public Service Electric and Gas Company workers in New Jersey, United States.

December

• 1953 French airport strike, 8-day strike by airport ground staff in France.

References

1. "LONGEST STRIKE GOES ON; Death of Irish Pubkeeper Fails to End 14-Year Union Ban". The New York Times. 5 June 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
2. "Irish End 14-Year Strike When Family Sells Pub". The New York Times. 27 November 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
3. "NAVAL BASE STRIKE TO END". Singapore Free Press. 7 January 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
4. "Karachi Student Strike Gains". The New York Times. 25 January 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
5. "KARACHI: Students` movement of 1953 celebrated". Dawn. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
6. Husain, Shahid (8 January 2015). "Remembering the historic January 7 student movement". The News International. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
7. "Soldiers call off strike". The Straits Times. 19 February 1953. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
8. "The Longbridge Strike". The Spectator. 13 March 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
9. "Austin Works Dispute". Hansard. 12 March 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
10. "STRIKE ENDS AT AUSTIN WORKS". The Press. 6 May 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
11. "SIT-DOWN STRIKE IN PRISON". The Telegraph. 18 March 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
12. "German Dock Strike Ends". Singapore Standard. 10 June 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
13. "FOOD CRISIS IN SWEDEN; Strikes and Lockouts Are Called as Wage Talks Collapse". The New York Times. 4 May 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
14. "SWEDISH STRIKE IN FOOD INDUSTRIES". The Cairns Post. 7 May 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
15. "French Strikes". The Spectator. 14 August 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
16. Giniger, Henry (18 August 1953). "CRISIS IN FRANCE TAKES GRAVE TURN". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
17. "France in Grave National Crisis". The Sun. 12 August 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
18. "THE OVERTHROW OF THE PPP GOVERNMENT IN 1953". Guyana News. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
19. "1953: Britain sends troops to Guiana". BBC News. 6 October 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
20. "STRIKE CALL IN GUIANA". The Press. 14 October 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
21. "Lucknow Students Hunger Strike". Indian Daily Mail. 30 October 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
22. "FIRES SET IN LUCKNOW; Postoffices Burned by Student Rioters as Curfew Is Eased". The New York Times. 3 November 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
23. Wilkinson, Tom (1 December 2022). "The Undisciplined Youth and a Moral Panic in Independent India, Circa 1947-1964". Journal of Historical Sociology. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
24. "STRIKE ON ESTATES IN INDONESIA ENDS". The New York Times. 19 September 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
25. "TAPPERS' STRIKE 'NOT LEGAL'". Singapore Free Press. 17 September 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
26. "Mexico Film Strike Ends". The New York Times. 30 December 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
27. "THE NEW JERSEY GAS STRIKE". The New York Times. 10 December 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
28. "JERSEY GAS STRIKE ENDS IN 6TH WEEK; Company and Union Agree to Arbitration -- Men Told to Return to Work Today". The New York Times. 30 December 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
29. "FRENCH AIRPORT STRIKE ENDS". The Press. 29 December 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2024.

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