Strike | Country | Region | Year(s) | Larger movement |
African Mine Workers' strike | South Africa | Witwatersrand | 1946 | |
Alabama miners' strike of 1920 | United States | Alabama | 1920 | United Mine Workers |
Anaconda Road massacre | United States | Montana | 1920 | Industrial Workers of the World |
Anthracite coal strike of 1902 | United States | Pennsylvania | 1902 | United Mine Workers |
Arizona copper mine strike of 1983 | United States | Arizona | 1983–1986 | |
Asbestos strike of 1949 | Canada | Quebec | 1949 | |
Asturian miners' strike of 1934 | Spain | Asturias | 1934 | |
Asturian miners' strike of 2012 | Spain | Asturias | 2012 | |
Australian coal strike of 1949 | Australia | New South Wales | 1949 | |
Blackball miner's strike of 1908 | New Zealand | Blackball | 1908 | |
Bituminous coal strike of 1894 | United States | Nationwide | 1894 | United Mine Workers |
Bituminous coal strike of 1927 | United States | Indiana | 1927 | |
Bituminous coal strike of 1973[1] | United States | West Virginia | 1973 | |
Bituminous coal strike of 1974 | United States | Nationwide | 1974 | |
Bituminous coal strike of 1977–78 | United States | Nationwide | 1977–1978 | |
Broken Hill miners' strike of 1892 | Australia | New South Wales | 1892 | |
Cananea strike | Mexico | Sonora | 1906 | |
Cape Breton coal strike of 1981 | Canada | Nova Scotia | 1981 | United Mine Workers |
Coal Creek miners' strike of 1891–1892 | United States | Tennessee | 1891–1892 | |
Columbine Mine strike | United States | Colorado | 1927 | Coal Wars |
Copper Country strike of 1913–14 | United States | Michigan | 1913–1914 | |
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 | United States | Colorado | 1894 | Western Federation of Miners |
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1903 | United States | Colorado | 1903–1904 | Colorado Labor Wars |
Elliot Lake miners' strike of 1974 | Canada | Elliot Lake | 1974 | United Steelworkers |
Empire Zinc strike | United States | New Mexico | 1950–1952 | |
Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977 | Romania | Transylvania | 1977 | |
Khewra Salt Mines workers strikes 1849–1930 | British India | Punjab | 1849–1930 | |
Kosovo miners' strike of 1989 | Yugoslavia | Kosovska Mitrovica | 1989 | |
Leadville miners' strike | United States | Colorado | 1896–1897 | |
Ludlow strike | United States | Colorado | 1914 | Colorado Coalfield War |
Lupeni strike of 1929 | Romania | Transylvania | 1929 | |
Marikana miners' strike | South Africa | Marikana | 2012 | |
Mount Isa Mines strike of 1964 | Australia | Queensland | 1964–1965 | |
Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912 | United States | West Virginia | 1912 | United Mine Workers |
Pittston Coal strike | United States | Pennsylvania | 1989–1990 | |
Real del Monte silver miners' strike of 1766 | Kingdom of Spain | Hidalgo | 1766 | |
South Africa miners' strike of 2007 | South Africa | Nationwide | 2007 | |
United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919 | United States | Nationwide | 1919 | United Mine Workers |
United Mine Workers coal strike of 1922 | United States | Nationwide | 1922 | United Mine Workers |
Upper Peninsula miners' strike of 1865 | United States | Michigan | 1865 | |
UK national coal strike of 1893 | United Kingdom | Nationwide | 1893 | |
UK national coal strike of 1912 | United Kingdom | Nationwide | 1912 | |
UK miners' strike of 1926 | United Kingdom | Nationwide | 1926 | 1926 United Kingdom general strike |
UK miners' strike of 1972 | United Kingdom | Nationwide | 1972 | |
UK miners' strike of 1974 | United Kingdom | Nationwide | 1974 | |
UK miners' strike of 1984–85 | United Kingdom | Nationwide | 1984–85 | |
Waihi miners' strike | New Zealand | Waihi | 1912 | |
West Virginia coal wars | United States | West Virginia | 1912–1921 | United Mine Workers |
Welsh coal strike of 1898 | United Kingdom | Wales | 1898 | |
Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11 | United States | Pennsylvania | 1910–1911 | United Mine Workers |
Warrior Met Coal strike | United States | Alabama | 2021-2023 | United Mine Workers |