Timeline of strikes in 2023
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A number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions have occurred in 2023. In the United States, the series of strikes has also been referred to as "hot labor summer,"[1][2][3] a play on Hot Girl Summer.
Background[edit]
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[edit]
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Continuing strikes from 2022[edit]
- 2022-2023 Medevial Times, California strike;
- 2022–2023 HarperCollins strike;
- 2022–2023 National Health Service strikes;
- 2021–2023 Stagecoach strikes;
- 2018–2023 UK higher education strikes;
- 2022–2023 United Kingdom postal workers strikes;
- 2022–2023 United Kingdom railway strikes;
- 2021–2023 Warrior Met Coal strike;
January[edit]
- 2023 French pension reform unrest;
- 2023 Israeli judicial reform protests;
- 2023 Lebanon teachers strike;[4][5]
- 2023 Temple University strike
February[edit]
- 2023 Alaskan school bus drivers strike;[6]
- 2023 Canadian women’s soccer labour dispute;[7] [8]
- 2023 Palestinian teachers strike;[9][10]
March[edit]
- 2023 Fraser Valley transit strike;[11][12]
- 2023 German public transport strike;
- 2023 New Zealand teachers strike;[13][14]
- Tempi train crash protests;
- 2023 transport strike in the Philippines;
April[edit]
- 2023 Canadian federal worker strike;
- 2023 Los Angeles teachers strike;[15][16]
- 2023 Nigerian airport strikes;[17]
- 2023 Rutgers University strike;
- 2023 Stockholm train strike;[18]
- 2023 UNRWA strike;[19]
May[edit]
- 2023 Oakland teachers strike;[20][21]
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike;
- 2023 Romanian teachers' strike;
- 2023 Thüringer Waldquell strike;[22]
- 2023 Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant wildcat strike;[23]
June[edit]
- 2023 Gannett strike;[24]
- 2023 Hydro Ottawa strike;[25]
- 2023 Le Journal du Dimanche strike - strike by the staff of Le Journal du Dimanche after far-right journalist Geoffroy Lejeune was appointed the newspaper's editor-in-chief;[26]
- 2023 Starbucks strike;
- 2023 Wabtec strike;[27][28]
July[edit]
August[edit]
- 2023 Cape Town taxi strike;
- 2023 Irn-Bru strike;[29][30]
- 2023 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital strike;[31][32]
- 2023 Sogo & Seibu strike - strike at the flagship Seibu Department Store in Tokyo in protest over the store's sale to the American Fortress Investment Group, representing the first strike at a major department store in Japan in over 60 years;[33]
September[edit]
- 2023 Chevron Australia strike - strike at the three liquefied natural gas facilities of the Chevron Corporation in Australia, representing around 5% of global LNG production;[34][35]
- 2023 Prince Albert city workers strike - the first strike of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan city workers in history, with striking workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees;[36][37]
- 2023 Pakistan traders strike;[38]
- 2023 Royal Society of Arts strike - the first strike in the history of the Royal Society of Arts;[39][40]
- 2023 Scottish school strikes;[41]
- 2023 South Korean rail strike;[42]
- 2023 South Korean teachers protests;[43]
- 2023 Sri Lankan rail strike;[44]
- 2023 United Auto Workers strike
- 2023 Las Vegas Culinary Union strike[45]
October[edit]
- 2023 Detroit casino strike;
- 2023 Kaiser Permanente strike[46]
- 2023 Mexico federal court strike;[47]
- 2023 Seenigama Devale strike;[48]
- 2023 Tesla Sweden strike;[49]
- 2023 UAW Mack Truck strike[50]
- 2023 Iceland women's strike;[51]
December[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "How L.A. became the epicenter of solidarity". Los Angeles Times. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ Karlamangla, Soumya (2023-09-05). "California's Hot Labor Summer Is Not Over Yet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ Hsu, Andrea (September 4, 2023). "4 things to know on Labor Day — from the Hot Labor Summer to the Hollywood strikes". NPR.
- ^ Abuelgasim, Fay (16 March 2023). "Lebanon's empty schools bode long-term damage from crisis". AP News. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Khurma, Merissa (8 February 2023). "Education in Lebanon in Crisis: The Teacher's Strike and Preventing a Lost Generation". Wilson Centre. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Alaska school bus strike ends with new agreement ratified". AP News. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ McVeigh, Niall (11 February 2023). "Canada women's team on strike over pay equity issues, says Christine Sinclair". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Gonzalez, Isabel (3 March 2023). "Canada women's soccer labor dispute, explained: Canada Soccer, national team reach interim funding agreement". CBS Sports. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "EU calls for 'immediate solution' to Palestine teachers strike". The Middle East Monitor. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Debre, Isabel (29 March 2023). "Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis". AP News. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Fraser Valley transit strike ends as union ratifies agreement". CBC News. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Brown, Janet (26 June 2023). "Abbotsford group calls for end to 'deeply harming' 3-month Fraser Valley bus strike". Global News. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Craymer, Lucy (16 March 2023). "Nearly 50,000 New Zealand teachers strike over pay, conditions". Reuters. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Teachers rolling strike action begins today: What you need to know". New Zealand Herald. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Rios, Edwin (21 March 2023). "Half a million kids out of class as LA school workers strike for better pay". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Blume, Howard (24 March 2023). "LAUSD and union workers who led massive strike reach tentative settlement". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Asadu, Chinedu (17 April 2023). "Nigerian airport workers go on strike; travelers stranded". AP News. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Stockholm trains disrupted as drivers start three-day wildcat strike". The Local Sweden. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Farhat, Beatrice (10 April 2023). "UNRWA staff in Gaza strike as demands remain unmet". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Chea, Terry (5 May 2023). "Oakland teachers union on strike; schools open without them". AP News. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ Nielsen, Katie (10 May 2023). "Oakland teacher strike reaches full week; parents find classroom alternatives". CBS News. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "East German workers strike, claiming they are paid less than counterparts in the west". AP News. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Wildcat strike at a Russian army-supplying plant and the first mass armed desertion in Donbass". LibCom. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ Olson, Alexandra (6 June 2023). "Hundreds of journalists strike to demand leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain". AP News. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Strike over for hundreds of Hydro Ottawa workers". CBC News. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Alderman, Liz (30 June 2023). "A French Newsroom on Strike After Appointment of 'Far-Right' Editor". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ Martin, Jim (16 August 2023). "What's on the line as Wabtec strike in Erie nears the two-month mark?". USA Today. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Locomotive manufacturer, union reach tentative deal to end 2-month strike". AP News. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Tiwari, Vidushi (24 August 2023). "Irn-Bru supplies under threat as workers resume strike action". STV News. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Tobi (26 July 2023). "Irn-Bru workers call strikes that could 'dry up supplies in weeks'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Nurses at New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital go on strike". AP News. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Striking nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital now have to cover their own health insurance costs". CBS News. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Katsumura, Mariko (31 August 2023). "Workers stage Japan's first strike in decades over department store sale". Reuters. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ McGuirk, Rob (22 September 2023). "Labor unions say they will end strike actions at Chevron's three LNG plants in Australia". AP News. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Chow, Emily (8 September 2023). "Explainer: Chevron Australia LNG workers start strike. What happens now?". Reuters. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Frew, Nicholas (11 September 2023). "City of Prince Albert inside workers on strike as impasse reached over wage hike". CBC News. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Prince Albert city workers strike action impacting services". Global News. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Khan, Zarar (2 September 2023). "Pakistani traders strike countrywide against high inflation and utility bills". AP News. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Tobi (5 September 2023). "Royal Society of Arts staff vote to strike for first time in its history". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Ali, Taj (21 September 2023). "Art In Dispute". Tribune. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Brooks, Libby (26 September 2023). "Strike by support staff closes hundreds of Scottish schools". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Rail workers' 4-day strike comes to end; train services to normalize by night". The Korea Herald. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Yeung, Jesie (5 September 2023). "South Korean teachers hold mass protests after suicide highlights pressures from parents". CNN. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Mallawarachi, Bharatha (13 September 2023). "Sri Lanka deploys troops as the railway workers' strike worsens". AP News. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Las Vegas Culinary Union strike vote: Hospitality workers gear up to walk out". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ Dazio, Stefanie; Dovarganes, Damian (2023-10-04). "Health care workers picket outside US hospitals in multiple states, kicking off 3-day strike". Associated Press. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ^ Shailer, Daniel (19 October 2023). "Workers at Mexico's federal courts launch a 4-day strike over president's planned budget cuts". AP News. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Unholy row: Curse-invoking Sri Lanka shamans strike over pay". The Strait Times. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Tesla threatens to bring in strikebreakers as Swedish workers strike". The Local Sweden. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "UAW workers reject Mack Trucks contract offer and vote to go on strike".
- ^ Bryant, Miranda (23 October 2023). "Iceland's first full-day women's strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2023.