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    National railway strike of 1911 was the first national strike of railway workers in Britain. It arose from longstanding disputes between workers and railway...
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    Llanelli riots of 1911 were a series of events precipitated by the National Railway Strike of 1911. Mass picketing action at Llanelli railway station was...
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  • The 1911 Liverpool general transport strike, also known as the great transport workers' strike, involved dockers, railway workers, sailors and other tradesmen...
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    departed London. August 17–20 – Britain's National Railway strike of 1911, its first national strike of railway workers; on August 19 it leads to the Llanelli...
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    came a strike by the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman factory in Chicago in spring 1894. When it failed, the ARU launched a national boycott...
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    The Great Railroad Strike of 1922, or the Railway Shopmen's Strike, was a nationwide strike of railroad workers in the United States. Launched on July...
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    Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922))
    Jeffery 2006, p. 93. this may refer either to the National Railway strike of 1911 or to the 1911 dock strike. Jeffery 2006, p. 94. Jeffery 2006, p. 91. Jeffery...
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  • The Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911 was a labor action in the United States of a number of railroad workers unions against the Illinois Central...
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    a year. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first strike that spread across multiple states in the U.S. The strike finally ended 52 days later...
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    the National Railway strike of 1911. At the time, its general secretary was Samuel Chorlton, who later became an assistant general secretary of the NUR...
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  • County coal strike of 1910–1911, or the Westmoreland coal miners' strike, was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America....
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  • lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1911. January 22 – The Southern Railway introduces the Carolina Special between Cincinnati, Ohio...
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    Coal strike of 1902 (also known as the anthracite coal strike) was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern...
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    workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign on a broader national or international level)...
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    The Lawrence Textile Strike, also known as the Bread and Roses Strike, was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912 led by the...
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    The heritage of Han: the Gelaohui and the 1911 revolution in Sichuan. University of Iowa. p. 156. Retrieved 2 March 2012. The railway company's chief...
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  • Eastern Railway footplatemen founded a union called the Engine Drivers' and Firemen's Society. It unsuccessfully attempted strike action, as a result of which...
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  • August 1911 during the National Railway strike of 1911. A large mob resorted to throwing stones at every train that passed through Whittington. Railway officials...
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    carters and railway workers like the 1913 Sligo dock strike. Between 1911 and 1913, membership of the ITGWU rose from 4,000 to 10,000, to the alarm of employers...
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    Homestead strike, also known as the Homestead steel strike, Homestead massacre, or Battle of Homestead, was an industrial lockout and strike that began...
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    Singer Corporation (category American subsidiaries of foreign companies)
    keeping salary overheads low, and in 1911, a mass walk out of 10,000 workers, the 'Singer Strike', took place in support of twelve women polishers, who had...
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  • States portal List of strikes List of striking US workers by year Statistics, United States Bureau of Labor (1973-01-01). "Analysis of Work Stoppages, 1971 :...
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    Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike and industrial action in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass...
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    private investors. In September 1911 the workers of the Great Southern and Western Railway went on strike nationally after two checkers at Kingsbridge...
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    Railway, Cincinnati) Royal Palm (Southern Railway, Cincinnati) South Wind (Louisville & Nashville, Chicago) "Florida Railroad Strike Is Symbolic of National...
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    Munnar (redirect from History of Munnar)
    plantations. In 1908, construction started on a new railway which opened in 1909. By 1911, around 16,000 acres of the region was under cultivation. In 1924, a...
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  • an ongoing railway strike is deleted. September: The London County Council admits its first adult students to its literary institutes, of which the City...
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    Robert Borden (category Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada))
    who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I. Borden was born...
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  • Lockout began. 1911 (Wales) Two men are shot dead by police during the Llanelli railway strike of August 1911, leading to rioting. 25 March 1911 (United States)...
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    railroad strike of 1877 was a series of work stoppages and civil unrest in Chicago, Illinois, which occurred as part of the larger national strikes and rioting...
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