Sentences with phrase «general strike»

What we're dealing with here is a political statement, which seems to be mimicking general strikes of earlier decades.

More recently, a wave of industrial action has broken out across southern Europe, culminating in general strikes in Spain and Portugal and associated stoppages in Greece, Italy, France and Belgium.

Lozano also took a break from her creamy paintings in 1969 to propose a «general strike for peace,» but she meant a strike of museums.

Teachers have called for a 24 - hour public sector general strike against cuts to children's services in England.

A board member and spokesman for the Quebec civil lawyers» and notaries» union — Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois, or LANEQ — he tried in vain in May to find members who were willing to share their first - hand experiences on the picket lines during their historic four - month general strike, the longest in Canadian public service history.

We nerds at Art Nerd are over the moon to hear that Molly Crabapple's «May Day General Strike» print was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art!!!

Brits planning on flying to Spain or Portugal were warned to check the schedules today, after general strikes closed both countries down.

The best art work in the P.S. 1 show is Lozano's 1969 General Strike Piece: GENERALLY BUT DETERMINEDLY AVOID BEING PRESENT AT OFFICIAL OR «UPTOWN» FUNCTIONS OR GATHERINGS RELATED TO THE «ART WORLD» IN ORDER TO PURSUE INVESTIGATIONS OF TOTAL PERSONAL AND PUBLIC REVOLUTION.

THE Federal Government has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to overheat the system with its threat to go on general strike and embark on mass...

This coverage does not include general strike scenarios where most of the workers of a county, city, province, or state cease working.

Labour shadow minister refuses FIVE times to say if party condemns illegal general strikes in car crash interview

Phillip Clarke, a teacher from Lewes, said: «What that means is demonstrations, industrial action and doing whatever we can to make a 24 - hour public sector general strike a possibility to begin the fight - back against this government.»

The gallery will be closed on January 20th in observation of the J20 general strike, acknowledging William Louis - Dreyfus's anti voter - suppression activism.

The following is a statement from Travel Guard on the Spain general strike.

The year before this banner was made the Labour Party formed a government for the first time; the year after it was made, Britain saw its first and only General Strike.

In December, as Greek policy - makers approved yet another round of budget cuts — tough legislation that caps salaries at state - owned companies, cuts many state salaries by 10 % and diminishes collective bargaining power — some 20,000 protestors jammed the streets in the country's seventh general strike that year.

9-05-1972 Leaders of the Québec Common Front go to jail for defying back to work laws during the April general strike.

During the «Day without Latinxs & Immigrants,» thousands of workers struck and thousands of students were absent from school Over 100 businesses closed during the march (partial list here) Photos here Video here Over ten thousand people marched in Waukesha today as part of a Day Without Latinxs & Immigrants statewide general strike.

It would've been 500,000, she says, if not for a Sophie shortage caused by the French general strikes.

To that end, riots in Athens, protests in Lisbon and a Spanish general strike are actually rather helpful to the coalition government.

At the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaders.

A century on from the UK's only ever general strike, the major federation for organised labour in Britain must learn to be more effective.

It comes after it emerged last week that Unite had submitted documents to the TUC calling for a 24 - hour general strike against austerity measures.

Later, the viewer is treated to images of numerous historical monuments in the city as they learn about such key historical events as the Winnipeg General Strike, the defeat of the Winnipeg Jets, and even the Golden Boy pageant scandal and a racetrack tragedy that found numerous horses sent to an icy death.

She added: «The call for general strike chimed with the members in our staffrooms because teachers know how high the stakes are.»

It's entirely possible that the bottom will fall out of the market from time to time because there is some unexpectedly sudden development, like a huge general strike in Greece, or something going on that spreads to Spain or Italy.

Outside the 1920s general strikes, this would be the lowest level since 1894, when the Manchester ship canal opened, Nicholas II became Tsar of Russia and Karl Benz patented his gasoline - powered car.

The following is a statement from Travel Guard on the France General strike.

It was the site of the Scranton General Strike in 1877.

His death resulted in Canada's first general strike.

Protests and bloodshed continued and in 1936 the Palestinians held a six - month General Strike to protest against the confiscation of land and Jewish immigration.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Unions in Greece have called a three - day general strike to protest against new bailout austerity measures, in a sign of growing discontent with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras» left - wing government.

The superimposed image on the cover of Europe, Greece, Athens, Acropolis, is a micro-macro perspective on the week of general strikes in Athens in October 2011.

LABOUR»S shadow justice secretary refused five times to say if Jeremy Corbyn's party would condemn an illegal general strike in a car crash interview this morning.

In solidarity with the J20 General Strike, and in preparation for the January 21 marches in New York, DC, and elsewhere, Queens Museum will close for the day to host an afternoon for the production of signs, posters, banners, and buttons in preparation for upcoming marches and actions.

Greece's largest labor union, the GSEE, has called a general strike for May 17 to protest the latest austerity package.

During the Socred government years of 1983 - 84, he was head of the BC Federation of Labour, fighting Bill Bennett's «restraint» budget while B.C. teetered on the edge of a general strike.

I want to thank you so much, Michael Hudson, because we just got a report in from Oakland, the general strike, the first in more than a half a century.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Tens of thousands joined anti-government protests across Greece Thursday as the country was crippled by a general strike against painful pension reforms demanded by bailout lenders.

15-05-1919 A general strike called by the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council brings out 30,000 workers in support of the unions in the building and metal trades.

The decision to go on a general strike was postponed, and then decided again, this process has lasted from last year to now because the parliament always persuade very effectively.

For similar reasons he was unsympathetic towards the General Strike of 1926 and to Irish Republicanism, particularly when it turned to violence — and so earned the sobriquet of «the Black and Tan Cardinal».

We see a family disintegrating, a general strike ravaging the streets of London, the upper classes being cruel and adulterous.

Ben and Cristina's #Right2Work dinners are hitting the road, with upcoming events in New York City on May 1, Atlanta on September 1, San Francisco on November 22, D.C. on January 18 2018, and a general strike of restaurants and rally in Philly on May 1st, 2018.

They had enormous support in the country but we never saw the levels of trade union support witnessed in 1926 with the General Strike.