Industrial Dispute Collection

The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument, 1891
'The Strike of the Sheep Shearers in Australia; A Striker's idea of Argument: Firing the Bush, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Female telephone operators on strike in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919. One of many strikes that broke out in the United States in 1919

The Boston Police Strike, Massachusetts, USA, September 1919. A loyal policeman instructing a mounted State Guardsman. The majority of Bostons police force went out on strike on on 9 September 1919

Girl employees of Woolworths five and dime store, West Fourteenth Street, New York, USA, 1937. Sleeping on the floor of the store during their strike in March 1937

Milk churns being delivered to Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike, 8 May 1926. The General Strike lasted ten days, from 3 to 13 May 1926

State troops to the rescue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 9 September 1919. Artist
State troops to the rescue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919. A Company going on duty during the citys Police Strike, which broke out on 9 September 1919

The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, Belfast, Ireland, 1907. Artist: AE Brown
The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, Belfast, Ireland, 1907. Guarding the docks during the dock strike of 1907

Coal strike, USA, 1902. Men and women lining up during the 1902 Coal Strike for their allotment of coal. The strike, by the United Mine Worker of America union

Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Artist
Riot during a strike by Standard Oil workers, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA, 1915. Standard Oil employees went on strike on 15 July 1915 over pay and union organisation

Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. Artist
Armed troops confronting protesters during an industrial dispute, USA, 1912. 1912 saw a number of industrial disputes, most notably a strike by immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Warwickshire farm labourers strike: meeting at Whitnash, 1872 (1906). Artist: William Rainey
Warwickshire farm labourers strike: meeting at Whitnash, 1872 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Artist: Arthur Salmon
Featherstone riots: the soldiers firing on the people, 1893 (1906). Two miners from the Yorkshire town were killed when troops opened fire during a strike

A coal mine lockout, South Wales, 1875. Mine workers negotiate the setting of accounts and the granting of leave to pick coal on the tips. From The Illustrated London News (20 February 1875)

The pawn office at Merthyr-Tydfil, Wales, 1875. Mining families pawn possessions during the lock-out in South Wales. A print from The Illustrated London News, (20 February 1875)

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