Timeline of strikes in 2005
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In 2005, a number of labour strikes, labour disputes, and other industrial actions occurred.
Background
[edit]A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor working conditions. Strikes can also occur to demonstrate solidarity with workers in other workplaces or pressure governments to change policies.
Timeline
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Continuing strikes from 2004
[edit]January
[edit]- 2005 Belize unrest
- 2005–06 Cameroon Airlines strike[1]
- 2005 Malawi judges strike, strike by judges in Malawi demanding replacement of the government-issued cars.[2][3]
February
[edit]March
[edit]- 2005 Citroën strike, strike by Citroën autoworkers in France.[4][5]
- 2005 Cyprus Airways strike, strike by Cyprus Airways stewards and pilots after 22 stewards were fired.[6][7]
- 2005 Škoda strike, strike by Škoda Auto workers in Czechia, the first strike in Škoda history.[8][9]
April
[edit]May
[edit]- 2005 BBC strike
- 2005 HSBC strike, the first strike in the banking sector in the United Kingdom in eight years.[10]
June
[edit]- 2-day general strike in Zimbabwe against Operation Murambatsvina.[11][12]
- 2005 Greek bank strikes[13][14]
- 2005 Honda India strike, strike by Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India workers.[15][16]
- 2005 Hydro One strike, 105-day strike by Hydro One workers in Ontario, Canada.[17][18][19]
- 2005 Vancouver truckers' strike[20][21]
July
[edit]- 2005 Asiana Airlines strike, strike by Asiana Airlines pilots in South Korea.[22][23]
- Guantanamo Bay hunger strikes
- 2005 India tea strike, by tea industry workers in India.[24]
- 2005 South African Airways strike[25][26]
- Taishi Village Incident, including hunger strikes, for the removal of the head of the villagers' committee in Taishi, Guangzhou, China.[27][28]
- 2005 Tongan public service strike
August
[edit]- 2005 Air Vanuatu strike[29]
- 2005–06 Northwest Airlines strike, strike by Northwest Airlines mechanists in the United States.[30][31][32]
- 2005 Qatari construction workers strike[33]
September
[edit]- 2005 Boeing machinists strike[34][35]
- 2005 SNCM strike, 24-day strike by Société nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée ferry workers in Corsica, represented by the Corsican Workers' Trade Union.[36][37][38]
October
[edit]- 2005 Belgian general strike[39][40][41]
- 2005 British Columbian teachers' strike, 2-week strike by teachers in British Columbia, Canada, represented by the British Columbia Teachers' Federation.[42][43]
- 2005 Lakeside Packers strike, 3-week strike by Lakeside Packers workers in Alberta, Canada.[44][45]
November
[edit]- 2005 Bulgarian teachers' strike[46][47][48]
- 2005–06 NYU strike, strike by New York University graduate students, represented by the Graduate Student Organizing Committee.[49][50]
- 2005 Société Le Nickel strike, strike by Société Le Nickel miners in New Caledonia.[51]
- 2005 Spanish miners' strike[52]
December
[edit]- 2005 Beijing News strike, strike by journalists at The Beijing News after editor-in-chief Yang Bin and two other editors were fired.[53][54]
- 2005 New York City transit strike
List of lockouts in 2005
[edit]Commentary
[edit]According to Statistics Netherlands, there were 28 strikes in the Netherlands in 2005, the highest number since 1991, but with less working days lost compared to 2004.[55]
References
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- ^ "Malawi's judges end car strike". BBC. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "A new kind of strike in France (Citroën etc.), 2005". LibCom. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "A Aulnay, les grévistes de Citroën ont obtenu gain de cause". Le Monde. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Strike grounds Cyprus Airways' planes". The Business Times. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "CY top brass quit". Cyprus Mail. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "First strike for thirteen years at Skoda, Czech Republic, 2005". LibCom. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Kadavá, Charlotte (8 May 2005). "Strike at Škoda Auto". European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Treanor, Jill (28 May 2005). "HSBC staff strike over pay and dole out peanuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Opposition Assesses Strike". Voice of America. 10 June 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "'Slow start' for Zimbabwe strike". BBC News. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Mehrabian, George (25 July 2005). "Greece: Bank workers protest gov't pension cuts". The Militant. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "2005: Bank clerks and dockers on month-long strikes in Greece". LibCom. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Strike and police brutality at Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, 2005". LibCom. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Honda Motorcycle workers to hold rally to mark 2005 incident". The Economic Times. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "1,000 hydro workers strike in Ontario". CBC News. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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- ^ Coulter, Kendra (1 March 2009). "Engineering Resistance : Energy Professionals and the 2005 Strike in Neoliberal Ontario". Just Labour. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Bate, Alison (30 July 2005). "What the Truckers' Fight Is All About". The Tyee. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "BREAKING NEWS: Striking port truckers create havoc; carriers cope". Truck News. 27 June 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Choe, Sang-Hun (11 August 2005). "South Korea orders end to Asiana pilots' strike". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Lee, Jong-Heon (11 August 2005). "Analysis: S.Korean airline hit by strike". UPI. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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- ^ "Police arrest protesters on hunger strike in Chinese village". The New York Times. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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- ^ Lawrence, William (14 April 2011). "Vanuatuan airline workers seek arbitration in labor dispute, 2005". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Maynard, Micheline (22 August 2005). "Well-Laid Plan Kept Northwest Flying in Strike". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Miah, Malik (20 November 2006). "Viewpoint: Looking Back on the Northwest Strike". Labor Notes. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "The 2005 Northwest Airlines strike". LibCom. 27 December 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Trinh, Jennifer (26 March 2005). "Qatari construction workers strike against non-payment of wages, 2005". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Greenhouse, Steven (9 September 2005). "Positions harden in Boeing machinists' strike". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Greenhouse, Steven (13 September 2005). "Day 11 of Strike by Boeing Machinists With No End in Sight". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "La mutinerie du Paoli". FranceCulture. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Chemin, Ariane (29 September 2005). "Le conflit de la SNCM se durcit et menace d'enflammer la Corse". Le Monde. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Tourists stuck in Corsica ports". BBC News. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Van Gyes, Guy (24 October 2005). "FGTB/ABVV holds 24-hour general strike". European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "La Belgique mobilisée pour sa première grève générale depuis treize ans". Le Monde. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "October 7: A Successful General Strike in Belgium". Political Affairs. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "B.C. teachers end strike". CBC News. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Camfield, David (1 January 2009). "Sympathy for the teacher: Labour law and transgressive workers' collective action in British Columbia, 2005". Capital & Class. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Lakeside workers vote to end strike". CBC News. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Foster, Jason (1 October 2016). "Solidarity on the TransCanada: The Role of Immigrant Activism and Innovative Union Tactics in the 2005 Lakeside Packers Strike". Labour/Le Travail. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Skarby, Elina (7 December 2005). "The Bulgarian Teachers Trade Union Protests Against the 2006 Education Budget". European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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- ^ Lawrence, William (28 March 2011). "New Caledonian workers' union defends fired comrades, 2005". Global Nonviolent Action Database. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Artiles, Antonio Martín (7 December 2005). "Five-day strike in the coal mines". European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Walkout protest hits China paper". BBC News. 30 December 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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