List of strikes in Mexico
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Throughout Mexican history, a number of strikes, labour disputes, student strikes, hunger strikes, and other industrial actions have occurred.
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.
20th century
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
- 1936 Mexican rail strike[4][5]
- 1937 Mexican oil workers' strike, leading to the Mexican oil expropriation.[6][7]
1950s
1960s
1970s
- 1974 Lecumberri Prison hunger strike, hunger strike by American and Canadian inmates held at the Lecumberri Prison on charges of drug smuggling.[14][15][16]
- 1977 UNAM strike[17]
- 1978 Mexican air traffic controllers' strike[18][19]
1980s
- 1987 UNAM strike, 18-day strike by students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.[20][21][22]
- 1987 Ford Mexico strike, 40-day strike by Ford Motor Company workers in Hermosillo, Mexico.[23]
1990s
- 1990 Corona strike, 7-week strike by Corona brewery workers in Mexico.[24]
- 1999 UNAM strike