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In 1981, a number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred.
Background
A labor strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. 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 1980
- 1980-81 Bangalore public sector strike[1][2]
- 1980-81 West Bank teachers strike, by Israeli-employed Palestinian teachers in the West Bank demanding pay raises to match their salaries with the salaries of teachers in Israel.[3]
January
February
March
April
- 1981 Bermuda general strike, the first general strike in Bermudan history.[8][9]
- 1981 Danish printers' strike, 11-week strike in the printing industry in Denmark.[10]
- 1981 Dannon Yogurt strike, 5-week strike by Danone workers in New York, represented by the Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees.[11]
- 1981 Wagner College strike, 20-day strike by faculty at Wagner College.[12]
- 1981 Writers Guild of America strike
May
- 1981 Nigerian general strike[13]
June
- 1981 Birzeit University strike, strike by students at Birzeit University in the West Bank in protest against Israeli forces' harassment of students.[14]
- 1981 Canada Post strike, 42-day strike by Canada Post workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers demanding the right to paid maternity leave.[15][16]
- 1981 Major League Baseball strike
- 1981 Schlitz strike
July
- 1981 British Columbian lumber strike, by forestry workers in British Columbia, Canada, represented by the International Woodworkers of America; the first province-wide forestry strike since 1959.[17]
- Cape Breton coal strike of 1981
- 1981 Ford Brazil strike[18]
- 1981 Georgia Power strike, by Georgia Power staff in the United States, represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.[19]
- 1981 Minnesota public sector strike, 22-day strike.[20]
- 1981 Polish hunger demonstrations
August
- 1981 Cape Cod Hospital strike, 17-day strike by nurses at Cape Cod Hospital.[21][22]
- 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization strike
- 1981 Sierra Leone general strike, the first in the history of Sierra Leone.[23]
- 1981 Stelco strike, 125-day strike by Stelco steelworkers in Canada.[24]
September
October
November
- 1981 El Al strike, 12-day strike by El Al staff in Israel.[29][30]
- 1981 Bolivian tin miners' strike[31]
- 1981 British Leyland strike, month-long strike by British Leyland workers in the United Kingdom over proposals to reduce the amount of break times workers received.[32][33]
- 1981 Massachusetts bus strike, 42-day strike by transit workers in Massachusetts, represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union.[34]
December
- December 1981 Gaza general strike, general strike in the Gaza Strip.[35][36]
- 1981 Golan Heights Druze strike, by members of the Druze community in the Golan Heights protesting the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights.[37]
- Milwaukee police strike
- 1981 strike at the Piast Coal Mine in Bieruń
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References
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