Sources: France 24
Thousands of workers and hundreds of businesses go on general strike in Minnesota, United States, to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deployment in the state. 2026-01-23
The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers and the General Union of Workers, which together represent nearly 1 million workers in Portugal, launch a general strike across the country to protest against the government's planned changes to labour laws. 2025-12-11
The largest general strike in more than 50 years occurs in Northern Ireland. 2024-01-18
In India, the largest-ever general strike occurs, consisting of an estimated 250,000,000 people. 2020-11-26
Catalonia goes to a general strike in protest of the prison sentence of the Catalan independentists leaders. Thousands of demonstrators arrive walking to Barcelona from the whole region. 2019-10-18
Parisian metro workers launch a general strike, the largest of its kind since 2007, in protest at Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. Ten of the sixteen metro lines and two major regional train lines are shut down during morning rush hour. 2019-09-13
A general strike is called in Tunisia following the assassination of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi on July 25. 2013-07-26
Workers in Spain commence a general strike over government austerity measures. 2012-03-29
A general strike continues in Bangladesh over a proposed change to the electoral system. 2011-07-7
Greek trade unions go on a general strike with transport links including airline flights being cancelled. 2011-06-28