In 1948, a number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred.
Background 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
Continuing strikes from 1948 1947–49 Chicago printers' strike 1947–48 French West African rail strike, by railway workers in French West Africa. 1947–48 Kawasaki strike Pilbara strike Toho strikes
January 1948 American Federation of Musicians strike 1948 Cyprus miners' strike
February Jeju uprising 1948 Queensland railway strike
March 1948 Minnesota meatpackers' strike
April 1948 Boeing strike 1948 Southern Rhodesia general strike
May 1948 Hokkaido rail strikes 1948 Italian agricultural strikes
June 1948 Enmore strike, in Enmore, British Guiana. 1948 London docks strikehttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19480623.2.42https://libcom.org/article/labour-government-vs-dockers-1945-1951
July 1948 Bahia textile strike July 1948 Italian general strike, general strike in Italy called by the Italian General Confederation of Labour following an assassination attempt on Palmiro Togliatti.
August 1948 Zanzibar general strike
September 1948 French miners' strike, fr. Longshore strike 1948
October 1948 New York brewery strike
November
December
Changes in legislation In July, the Japanese government issues Government Ordinance #201 following a directive from the under American post-war occupation authority, banning public sector workers from collective bargaining and striking.
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