A coalition of immigrant-advocacy, labor and community groups announced plans Friday for a 24-hour community strike by immigrants as part of its continuing protests against federal deportation raids.

Since then there have been a handful of general strikes in individual cities, for example the Seattle general strike in 1919 and the general strikes in Oakland and Stamford, Connecticut in 1946.

These days, calls for a general strike are often the domain of “starry-eyed dreamers,” Dan DiMaggio noted in a November 2023 article for Labor Notes. But what makes the push stand out is who ...

Italian trade unions CGIL and UIL will hold an eight-hour general strike on Nov. 29 to protest against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni government's budget plans, their leaders said on Wednesday.

Argentina’s labor unions began a nationwide general strike on Wednesday against austerity measures and reforms by the country’s libertarian President Javier Milei. CNN values your feedback 1.

Argentine unions launched a huge general strike on Thursday against painful austerity measures and planned reforms by new libertarian President Javier Milei, whose cost-cutting drive has ...

A general strike initiated by 10 central trade unions and backed by Left parties unfolded in West Bengal, aiming to protest ...

Whenever the trade union bureaucracy call a general strike in Greece, it is a sure sign that they fear an escalation of the class struggle which could spiral out of their control.

The daylong strike comes as President Javier Milei has sought to eliminate Argentina’s fiscal deficit through severe austerity measures.

These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st-century United States.