A number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred in 1951.
Background A labor strike is a work stoppage, caused by the mass refusal of employees to work, usually in response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also take place to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or to pressure governments to change policies.
Timeline
Continuing strikes from 1950 Corroboree Strikes. In Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Led by Fred Nadpur Waters. Empire Zinc strike 1950–51 Irish rail strike
January
February 1951 Grenada general strike 1951 Lānaʻi pineapple strike. 201-day strike by pineapple plantation workers in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi. 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute
March Barcelona tram strike
April Moton School Strike 1951 Detroit transit strike. 59-day strike by transit workers in Detroit, United States. 1951 Polish miners strikes. Wave of strikes by miners, especially in the Dąbrowa Basin, Poland.
May 1951 Egyptian doctors' strike
June 1951 Khartoum police strike
July
August
September
October 1951 New York wildcat dock strike
November 1951–52 Dublin hotel strike. 7-month strike by hotel workers in Dublin, Ireland, for the introduction of service charges. 1951 Israeli seamen’s strike. Seven week strike by seamen in Israel.
December 1951 Mitsukoshi strike, strike by Mitsukoshi workers, the first strike by workers at a major department store in Japan.
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