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    The Portuguese general strike of 1934 took place on 18 January throughout the whole country, although in an ill-coordinated way. Strikes and demonstrations...
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    Mário Castelhano (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    uprising and later clandestinely returned to Portugal, where he organised the Portuguese general strike of 1934. He was again arrested and deported, later...
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    solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized political campaign on a...
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    miners' strike of 1934 was a major strike action undertaken by miners in Asturias against the new CEDA-led government, from October 4-19. The strike and subsequent...
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    Silves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsilvɨʃ] ) is a city and municipality in the Portuguese region of Algarve, in southern Portugal. The population of the...
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    regime, unions and strikes were banned at the end of 1933. APT does not appear to have been affected by the Portuguese general strike of 1934, called to protest...
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    Anarchism in Africa (category CS1 Portuguese-language sources (pt))
    back to Portugal. In the wake of the Portuguese general strike of 1934, the Estado Novo established a concentration camp on the north bank of the Kunene...
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    US-wide strike against the General Motors Corporation, workers used the tactic of the sit down strike. It was "the longest strike against a major manufacturer"...
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    adopted the sitdown strike as a means for demanding unionization of factories, achieving major successes at Goodyear Tire (1936), General Motors (1936-37)...
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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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