Timeline of strikes in 1974
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Strikes in 1974
In 1974, a number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions 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.
Timeline
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Continuing strikes from 1973
- 1973–74 American truckers' strikes[1][2][3]
- 1973–74 Brookside strike, 13-month strike by coal miners in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.[4][5]
- Farah strike[6]
- 1973–76 LIP strikes, at the LIP in France.[7][8]
- Navnirman Andolan. Student-led movement in Gujarat, India, against corruption, including strikes.
January
February
March
- Bihar Movement. Student-led movement against corruption in Bihar, India, including strikes.
April
- 1974 Elliot Lake miners strike. 14-day wildcat strike by uranium miners at the Denison Mine in Canada over safety concerns.
- 1974 Japanese transit strike[9][10]
May
- 1974 Dublin bus strike, 9-week strike by bus drivers in Dublin.[11][12]
- 1974 Imperial Typewriters strike. 3-month strike by East African Asian women workers for Imperial Typewriters in the United Kingdom over discrimination.[13][14][15]
- 1974 railway strike in India. 20-day strike by Indian Railways workers, represented by the All India Railwaymen's Federation, for an eight-hour working day.
- Ulster Workers' Council strike. General strike by Northern Irish unionists opposed to the Sunningdale Agreement.
June
July
- Baltimore police strike
- 1974 Lecumberri Prison hunger strike, hunger strike by American and Canadian inmates held at the Lecumberri Prison on charges of drug smuggling.[16][17][18]
- 1974 NFL strike. Strike by National Football League players in the United States, represented by the NFL Players Association, over the Rozelle Rule.
August
September
October
November
- 1974 UMW Bituminous coal strike. 28-day strike led by the United Mine Workers of America.
December
References
- ↑ "Ohio Protest Goes On". The New York Times. 6 December 1973. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ↑ "MOST TRUCKERS END 11-DAY STRIKE". The New York Times. 12 February 1974. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ↑ Bisanz, Charles F. (1977). "The Anatomy of a Mass Public Protest Action: A Shutdown by Independent Truck Drivers". Human Organization. 36 (1): 62–66. doi:10.17730/humo.36.1.a174682x941tm117 (inactive 12 December 2025). JSTOR 44125241.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2025 (link) - ↑ Gethings, David W. (24 April 2013). "Harlan County, KY, coal miners win affiliation with UMWA union, United States, 1973-1974". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ↑ "13-Month Strike is Ended By Kentucky Mine Accord". The New York Times. 30 August 1974. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ↑ Perlmutter, Emanuel (25 February 1974). "Farah Strike Ends After 21 Months". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Boulouque, Sylvain (28 July 2023). "Grèves, occupation, autogestion: l'histoire des Lip célébrée dans deux ouvrages". Slate. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ↑ "Nationwide strike cripples Japan". The Straits Times. 12 April 1974. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ↑ Halloran, Richard (14 April 1974). "30% PAY RISE ENDS BIG JAPAN STRIKE". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ↑ Sweeney, Pat (8 October 1974). "Dublin Bus Strike Causes 40% Drop in Retail Sales". RTÉ. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ↑ "1974 - the year when". The Irish Independent. 3 January 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ↑ Ramdin, Ron (1987). "The Imperial Typewriters strike, 1974". LibCom. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ Papadakis, Saskia (5 August 2025). "Black struggles, black workers? Race Today and the 1974 Imperial Typewriters strike". Ethnic and Racial Studies. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "Imperial Typewriters strike project recalls 'shameful' union". BBC News. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "LATIN AMERICA: A Tragic Trail's End for the Yankee Mules". Time Magazine. 12 August 1974. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ↑ "U.S. and Canadian Prisoners End Hunger Strike in Mexico". The New York Times. 24 July 1974. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ↑ "U. S. Prisoners in Mexico Assert Protests Have Not Eased Plight". The New York Times. 23 May 1976. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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