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A number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred in 1976.

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. (December 2024)

Continuing strikes from 1975

• 1975–77 Le Parisien Libéré strike, 29-month strike by Le Parisien Libéré printers in France.
• 1973–76 LIP strikes, at the LIP in France.
• 1975–1976 Pittsburgh teachers' strike
• 1975–80 Sonacotra rent strike, rent strike by immigrant workers in France.
• 1975–1976 Washington Post pressmen's strike

January

• 1976 Honolulu nurses' strike, 19-day strike by nurses in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

February

• 1976 UNOG strike, strike by United Nations Office at Geneva workers over wages.
• 1976 Warilla High School strike, 4-week strike by Warilla High School teachers in Australia.

March

• Land Day, general strike in Palestine following moves by the Israeli government to seize Arab-owned land; since annually commemorated.
• March 24 strike, in the Republic of the Congo.
• Vitoria massacre

April

• 1976 US rubberworkers' strike

May

• 1976 University of Fribourg strike, 3-week strike by journalism students at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland after the firing of a faculty member.

June

• 1976 CASAW wildcat strike, wildcat strike by Alcan smelters in Canada.
• Irish bank strikes (1966–1976), third of the related three strikes in Ireland.
• June 1976 protests, including strikes, in the Polish People's Republic, against increase in the price of basic commodities.

July

• 1976 California cannery strike
• 1976 Seattle nurses strike, in the United States.

August

• Grunwick dispute, in the United Kingdom.
• 1976 Israeli VAT protests, protests including strikes in Israel against introduction of value added tax and in Palestine against imposition of the tax in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

September

• 1976 Colombian doctors' strike, 51-day strike by doctors in Colombia.
• 1976 Dubied strike, by Edouard Dubied & Co workers in Switzerland.

October

• 1976 Canadian general strike
• 1976 Peruvian fishermen's strike, strike by fishermen in Peru over plans to privatise the Peruvian fishing fleet.

November

• 1976–77 Roca radiators strike, strike by Roca workers in Spain.

December

• 1976–77 Palestinian prisoners' protests, series of protests and strikes by Palestinians in Israeli custody.

List of lockouts in 1976

• 1976 Major League Baseball lockout

References

1. "PARIS NEWSPAPER STRIKE ENDS AFTER 29 MONTHS". The New York Times. 17 August 1977. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
2. "28 mois de grève : quand les salariés du "Parisien libéré" tentaient de survivre dans le conflit". FranceCulture. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
3. Leprince, Chloé (11 June 2023). "Occupation, séquestration, auto-gestion : en 1973, la grève des Lip c'est d'abord "un boulot monumental"". FranceCulture. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
4. Boulouque, Sylvain (28 July 2023). "Grèves, occupation, autogestion: l'histoire des Lip célébrée dans deux ouvrages". Slate. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
5. "Strike by Pittsburgh Teachers Ends With $19 Million in Raises". The New York Times. 27 January 1976. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
6. Shelton, Jon (15 March 2017). The Pittsburgh Teacher Strike of 1975–76 and the Crisis of the Labor-Liberal Coalition. Vol. 1. University of Illinois Press. doi:10.5406/illinois/9780252040870.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-252-04087-0. Retrieved 7 December 2024. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
7. Dedieu, Jean-Philippe; Mbodj-Pouye, Aissatou (28 September 2015). "The first collective protest of black African migrants in postcolonial France (1960–1975): a struggle for housing and rights". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 39 (6): 958–975. doi:10.1080/01419870.2015.1081964. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
8. "Honolulu Nurses End Strike". The New York Times. 17 February 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
9. "U.N. Geneva Staff Strikes Over Bargaining Issue". The New York Times. 26 February 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
10. Beigbeder, Yves (1 March 1978). "La grevè de 1976 à I'Office des Nations Unies à Genève et ses conséquences". Canadian Public Administration. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
11. "Teachers make gains". Tribune. 17 March 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
12. Bradley, Jim (14 February 2001). "Warilla teachers' strike remembered". Green Left. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
13. Ashbolt, A. (1 January 2006). "The Warilla High School Strike: a veritable class struggle". Illawarra Unity. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
14. "1976: Rubberworkers Strike". LibCom. 1 May 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
15. Smith, Robert D. (24 April 1976). "Rubber Strike Is Viewed as Roadblock To Resurgence of American Economy". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
16. "Fribourg: fin de la grève à l'Institut de journalisme". Le Nouvelliste. 12 June 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
17. "Cannery Workers Accept 3‐Year Pact And End Walkout". The New York Times. 1 August 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
18. Ford, Gerald R. (27 July 1976). "Statement on the Settlement of the Cannery Strike in California". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
19. "West Bank Anti-vat Strike". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 6 August 1976. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
20. "Work and Commerce In West Bank Halted By Arab Tax Strike". The New York Times. 16 December 1976. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
21. "Israeli Grocers Strike Against Vat". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 17 August 1976. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
22. "Colombian Doctors End Strike". The New York Times. 28 October 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
23. Kramer, Pierre (20 August 1976). "Dubied en grève". Radio Télévision Suisse. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
24. "Il y a 40 ans, la grève chez Dubied". RTN. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
25. "9000 pêcheurs péruviens en grève licenciés". Journal du Jura. 23 October 1976. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
26. "Interim Report - Report No 172, March 1978". International Labour Organization. 1 March 1978. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
27. Alonso, Albert (5 December 2006). "Huelga de Roca, una lucha ejemplar al margen de las grandes centrales". Diagonal. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
28. "Roca radiators strike, 1976-7". LibCom. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
29. "360 Arab Inmates in Ashkelon Prison Stage Hunger Strike". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 6 January 1977. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
30. "Israelis Seize More Arabs As Protests Expand". The New York Times. 9 March 1977. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
31. "Strike of Arab Prisoners in Israel". Journal of Palestine Studies. 7 (1): 169–171. 1 September 1977. doi:10.2307/2536538. JSTOR 2536538. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
32. Chomsky, Noam (17 March 1977). "Protest from Israel". New York Review of Books. 24 (4). Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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