1946 Palestine general strike
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The 1946 Palestine general strike was a general strike in Mandatory Palestine, then under British rule, in April 1946.[1][2]
On 9 April 1946, 500 postal workers in Tel Aviv and Jaffa walked out on strike.[3] The striking workers were joined by other post workers elsewhere in Palestine the next day, and later that week, by railway workers, the first general rail-post strike in the history of Mandatory Palestine. Other civil servants in Palestine would also join the strike, bringing total participation to 23 000 workers.[4][5] The colonial officials attempted to use soldiers to replace the striking workers.[6]
Chief Secretary of the Mandate John Valentine Wistar Shaw met with the strike leaders for the first time on 18 April.[7] The strike ended on 24 April, with an agreement to raise wages for junior employees and a war bonus being issued to the workers.[8]