182 stay in strike
"In the stay-in strike—the term is used by both Peterson and Knowles173— the workers halt work but remain at the place of work, such as the factory, and refuse to leave until their demands are granted. This has been more frequently called a sit-down strike, but the term stay-in strike is recommended here as more accurate (for the workers do not literally remain sitting down), and in order to avoid confusion with the sit-down described in Chapter Seven. When used by miners, this has been called a stay-down strike, since they remain down in the mines for its duration."...
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Albanian workers force shift toward democracy, 1991
During the Cold War era, Albanians endured the totalitarian rule of Enver Hoxha. When Hoxha died in 1985, Ramiz Alia took over a Communist country with a history of repression and burdened by massive debt, poverty, and widespread underdevelopment. Fo...
Chicago workers sit-in, gain benefits after factory shutdown, 2008 (Republic Windows and Doors)
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Egyptian workers strike and occupy textile factory for better pay, representation, and conditions, 2007
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Polish shipyard workers' initiate regime change, 1970-71
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Polish workers strike, stop price increases, 1976
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Uruguayans general strike against the military government, 1984
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East German workers strike to protect wages, 1953
On 15 June 1953, in East Berlin, construction workers on the Stalinallee Avenue began to voice their issues with the SED’s (Socialist Unity Party) new regulations. The SED trade union officials, following mass worker emigration from East Germany, inc...