Sources: France 24
Lufthansa staff conduct a one-day strike to protest the airline's cost-cutting measures, grounding at least 460 flights and affecting nearly 70,000 passengers. 2026-02-12
Sporadic clashes occur in East India between trade unionists and left-wing groups against police and Trinamool Congress supporters during a current general strike opposing the "Special Intensive Revision". 2025-07-10
Greeks organize a 24-hour nationwide general strike on the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash, Greece's deadliest railway disaster. 2025-02-28
Palestinians in several cities in the occupied West Bank enact a general strike in protest against a recent Israeli strike on Gaza that killed 90 people and injured 300 more. 2024-07-14
Major Nigerian unions Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress begin an indefinite general strike, causing closures of schools, public offices, and airports, as well as a shutdown of the national power grid amid a cost-of-living crisis and record low minimum wages in Nigeria. 2024-06-3
Two people are killed in Conakry, Guinea, during protests related to an ongoing nationwide strike. 2024-02-27
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers votes to go on a national strike in the United Kingdom for the first time since 1994 after demanding a "decent pay rise, job security and no compulsory redundancies". 2022-05-24
Greek labor unions begin a general strike to protest ongoing government austerity measures shuting down public medical, educational, and transportational services. 2014-11-27
The Bangladeshi Opposition calls a general strike over restoration of a caretaker administration with reports of explosions and clashes between police and protesters in the capital Dhaka. 2012-12-13
Trade unions in Greece call a general strike in protest against continuing austerity measures. 2012-09-26