data-sort-type="number" | Number of workers | data-sort-type="date" | Strike | Date | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4,300,000-5,000,000 | Strike wave of 1945–46 | 1945–46 | nationwide | ||
4,000,000 | Strike wave of 1919 | 1919 | nationwide | ||
750,000-800,000 | 1946 Steel Strike | 1946 | nationwide | ||
675,000 | 1983 AT&T strike | 1983 | nationwide | ||
610,000 | 1922 UMW General coal strike | 1922 | nationwide | ||
560,000 | 1952 steel strike | 1952 | nationwide | ||
540,000[1] | 1971 Rail strike | 1971 | nationwide | ||
519,000 | Steel strike of 1959 | 1959 | nationwide | ||
500,000[2] | 1956 steel strike | 1956 | nationwide | ||
500,000[3] | 1949 steel strike | 1949 | naionwide | ||
459,000[4] | 1967 US Railroad strike | 1967 | nationwide | ||
440,000[5] | 1971 Telephone strike | 1971 | nationwide | ||
400,000[6] | 1970 General Motors Strike | 1970 | nationwide | ||
400,000 | Textile workers' strike (1934) | 1934 | New England, Mid-Atlantic region and U.S. southern states | ||
400,000 | Great Railroad Strike of 1922 | 1922 | nationwide | ||
400,000[7] | 1955 Steel strike | 1955 | nationwide | ||
400,000 | 1949 US coal strike | 1949 | nationwide | ||
400,000 | 1946 UMW mine strike | 1946 | nationwide | ||
400,000[8] [9] [10] | 1935 US Bituminous Coal Strike | 1935 | nationwide | ||
394,000 | 1919 UMW Coal strike | 1919 | nationwide | ||
370,000 | Telephone Strike | 1947 | nationwide | ||
365,000 | Steel strike of 1919 | 1919 | nationwide | ||
360,000[11] | 1943 Bituminous coal strike | 1943 | nationwide | ||
343,000[12] | 1947 Bituminous coal strike | 1947 | nationwide | ||
330,000[13] | 1939 US Bituminous coal strike | 1939 | nationwide | ||
321,000[14] | 1978 Railroad strike | 1978 | nationwide | ||
320,000[15] | United Auto Workers strike of 1945–1946 | 1945 | nationwide | ||
320,000[16] | 1948 US Bituminous coal strike | 1948 | nationwide | ||
300,000[17] | 1958 General Motors strike | 1958 | nationwide | ||
275,000[18] | 1964 General Motors strike | 1964 | nationwide | ||
270,000[19] | 1952 Bituminous coal strike | 1952 | nationwide | ||
257,000[20] | 1969 Telephone strike | 1969 | nationwide | ||
250,000 | Pullman Strike | 1894 | Originally Pullman, Chicago, spread nationwide | ||
250,000[21] [22] [23] | 1946 Rail Strike | 1946 | nationwide | ||
249,300[24] | 1976 Truckers strike | 1976 | nationwide | ||
239,000[25] | 1961 General Motors Strike | 1961 | nationwide | ||
219,400[26] | 1979 Truckers strike | 1979 | nationwide | ||
+205,207 | Bituminous coal miners' strike | 1894 | nationwide | ||
+200,000 | Great Southwest railroad strike | 1886 | nationwide | ||
200,000 | U.S. Postal Service strike of 1970 | 1970 | nationwide | ||
200,000 | 1927 Indiana bituminous strike | 1927 | nationwide | ||
193,000 | 1967 US truckers strike | 1967 | nationwide | ||
185,000 | 1997 UPS Strike | 1997 | nationwide | ||
180,000 | Bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894 | 1894 | nationwide | ||
175,000[27] | 1950 US Rail strike | 1950 | nationwide | ||
174,000 | 1946 United Electrical GE strike | 1946 | nationwide | ||
166,300 | 1976 Ford motor strike | 1976 | nationwide | ||
164,000[28] | 1969–1970 General Electric strike | 1969-70 | nationwide | ||
160,000[29] | Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978 | 1977–78 | nationwide | ||
160,000[30] | 1955 General Motors strike | 1955 | nationwide | ||
160,000 | 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike | 2023 | nationwide (primarily Los Angeles and New York City) | ||
159,000[31] | 1967 Ford Motors strike | 1967 | nationwide | ||
152,000 idled[32] | 1998 General Motors strike | 1998 | Flint, Michigan | ||
150,000 | 1952 Telephone strike | 1952 | nationwide | ||
145,000[33] | 1980 California construction strikes | 1980 | California | ||
142,000[34] | 1946 Licensed personal maritime strike | 1946 | nationwide | ||
+136,000 | Flint sit-down strike | 1936 | Flint, Michigan | ||
136,000[35] | 1996 General Motors Strike | 1996 | Dayton, OH | ||
135,000 | 2000 commercial actors strike | 2000 | Hollywood | ||
134,400 | 1943 steelworkers strike | 1943 | Northeastern United States | ||
132,000 | 1946 Unlicensed personal maritime strike | 1946 | nationwide | ||
130,000 | 1900 Anthracite coal strike[36] | 1900 | Eastern Pennsylvania | ||
125,000 | 1957 Western Electric strike[37] | 1957 | nationwide | ||
120,000[38] | Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 | 1974 | nationwide | ||
116,000[39] | 1966 rail strike | 1966 | |||
116,000 | 1961 Ford Motors strike | 1961 | nationwide | ||
111,400[40] | 1973 Chrysler strike | 1973 | nationwide | ||
110,100 | 1976 Bituminous coal strike | 1976 | |||
110,000[41] | 1970 US truckers strike | 1970 | nationwide | ||
110,000 | 2018–2019 education workers' strikes | 2018–2019 | nationwide | ||
105,000 | 1971 Bituminous coal strike | 1971 | |||
105,000 | 1958 Dress workers strike | 1958 | New England | ||
102,000[42] [43] | 2004 SBC Communications workers strike | 2004 | nationwide | ||
+100,000 | Great Railroad Strike | 1877 | nationwide | ||
+100,000 | 1902 Anthracite coal strike | 1902 | Pennsylvania | ||
100,000's[44] | 1918-20 New York City rent strikes | 1918-20 | New York City | ||
100,000 | 1947 Iowa one-day general strike | 1947 | Iowa | ||
100,000[45] | 1872 New York City Eight Hour Day Strike | 1872 | New York City | ||
100,000[46] | 1973 Chicago construction strike | 1973 | Chicago, IL | ||
95,000 | 1950 Chrysler strike | 1950 | - | ||
90,000[47] | 1952 Oil workers strike | 1952 | nationwide | ||
85,700[48] [49] | 1974 US textile workers strike | 1974 | nationwide | ||
85,000 | Verizon Strike | 2000 | nationwide | ||
83,000 | 1948 US Meatpacking strike[50] [51] | 1948 | nationwide | ||
80,000 (~)[52] | 1994 US truckers strike | 1994 | nationwide | ||
80,000 | 1950 Western Electric strike | 1950 | nationwide | ||
78,000 | 1955 Ford Motor strike | 1955 | nationwide | ||
75,000 | 2023 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers strike | 2023 | |||
75,000 | 1948 Chrysler strike | 1948 | Midwestern United States | ||
75,000 | 1958 Ford Motor strike | 1958 | |||
73,000[53] | 1973 Pennsylvania Central Transportation strike | 1973 | Northeastern United States | ||
73,000[54] | 1998 Bell Atlantic strike | 1998 | nationwide | ||
73,000 | 1961 Airline strike | 1961 | nationwide | ||
73,000 | 1943 Pennsylvania Anthracite coal strike | 1943 | Eastern Pennsylvania | ||
70,000[55] | 1972 Chicago builders strike | 1972 | Chicago | ||
70,000[56] | Southern California supermarket strike of 2003–2004 | 2003–2004 | Southern California | ||
70,000 | 1951 rail strike | 1951 | nationwide | ||
73,000 | 2007 General Motors strike | 2007 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
72,000[57] | 1960 Pennsylvania Railroad Co. strike | 1960 | |||
68,000-85,000 | New England Textile Strike | 1922 | Northeast | ||
+67,000 | Little Steel strike | 1937 | nationwide | ||
67,000[58] | 1980 actors strike | 1980 | nationwide (primarily Hollywood) | ||
66,000 | 1968 Bituminous coal strike | 1968 | |||
65,000 | 1971 Northern and Central California construction strikes | 1971 | California | ||
64,100 | 1974 Western Electric strike | 1974 | |||
63,000[59] | 1975 New York City teachers strike | 1975 | New York City | ||
63,000 | 1960 General Electric strike | 1960 | nationwide | ||
63,100 | 1980 Petroleum strike | 1980 | nationwide | ||
62,000 | 1949 Ford Motor Michigan strike | 1949 | Michigan | ||
61,900 | 1975 Bituminous coal strike | 1975 | |||
60,000[60] | 1953 California construction strike | 1953 | Northern and Central California | ||
60,000[61] | 1956 East & Gulf Coast longshoremen strike | 1956 | East & Gulf Coast | ||
59,000 | 1969 UMW coal strike | 1969 | |||
56,200 | 1976 Rubber workers strike | 1976 | nationwide | ||
56,000 | 1958 Chrysler strike | 1958 | |||
55,000 | 1978 Southern California retail clerks strike | 1978 | Southern California | ||
54,800[62] | 1944 Detroit Foremen's Strike | 1944 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
53,940 (~) | New York City Teacher's Strike of 1968 | 1968 | New York City | ||
52,700 | 1975 AFSCME Pennsylvania strike | 1975 | Pennsylvania | ||
52,000 | 1950 International Harvester strike | 1950 | |||
52,000[63] | 1959 East & Gulf Coast longshoremen strike | 1959 | East & Gulf Coast | ||
+50,000[64] | Clockmakers' strike | 1910 | New York City | ||
50,000[65] | 1962 East & Gulf Coast longshoremen strike | 1962 | East & Gulf Coast | ||
50,000 | 1970 Southern California construction strike | 1970 | Southern California | ||
50,000 | 1974 Southern California construction strike | 1974 | Southern California | ||
50,000 | 1980 Southern California construction strike | 1980 | Southern California | ||
50,000 | 1968 Michigan construction strike | 1968 | Michigan | ||
50,000 | 1967 Rubber workers strike | 1967 | |||
50,000 | 1947 Shipyard strike | 1947 | nationwide | ||
50,000 | 1946 Oakland general strike | 1946 | Oakland, California | ||
50,000 | 1953 Telephone strike | 1953 | |||
50,000[66] | 1972 Minneapolis construction contractors strike | 1972 | Minneapolis and surrounding areas | ||
50,000 idled | SS California strike | 1936 | San Pedro, California | ||
49,800 | 2023 United Auto Workers strike | 2023 | nationwide | ||
49,000 | 1969 Oil workers strike | 1969 | |||
48,000 | 2022 University of California academic workers' strike | 2022 | California | ||
48,000 | 1951 Woolen workers strike | 1951 | East Coast | ||
48,000[67] | 2018 University of California Medical Centers Strike | 2018 | California | ||
48,000[68] | 2019 General Motors strike | 2019 | nationwide | ||
47,300 | 1979 United Airlines strike | 1979 | nationwide | ||
47,000[69] | 2000 L.A. County Workers Strike | 2000 | California | ||
47,000 | 1967 New York City teachers strike | 1967 | New York City | ||
47,000 | 1956 US Glass strike | 1956 | |||
46,000 | 1968 East & Gulf Coast Stevedoring strike | 1968 | East & Gulf Coast | ||
46,000[70] | 2011 Verizon Strike | 2011 | nationwide | ||
45,800 | 1969 Bituminous coal strike | 1969 | |||
45,000 | 1974 Northwest contractors strikes | 1974 | Northwestern United States | ||
45,000[71] | 1929 New York City Garment Strike | 1929 | New York City | ||
45,000 | 1952 Westcoast lumber strike | 1952 | West Coast of the United States | ||
44,000-60,000[72] [73] | 1945 Pacific Northwest lumber strike | 1945 | Pacific Northwest | ||
44,000 | 1955 Westinghouse electric strike | 1955 | |||
44,000 | November 1967 General Motors strike[74] | 1967 | Pontiac, Michigan | ||
43,000 | 1971 International Harvester strike | 1971 | nationwide | ||
41,000 | 1910 Chicago garment workers' strike | 1910–1911 | Chicago | ||
40,400 | 1979 Caterpillar strike | 1979 | |||
40,000 | 1951 Cotton workers strike | 1951 | Southern United States | ||
40,000 | 1955 International Harvester strike | 1955 | |||
40,000[75] | 1965 Glassblower strike | 1965 | |||
40,000 | 1966 UMW coal strike | 1966 | |||
40,000 | 2016 Verizon workers' strike | 2016 | East Coast | ||
37,100 | 1979 Westinghouse Electric strike | 1979 | |||
36,000[76] | 1973 Caterpillar strike | 1973 | nationwide | ||
35,000[77] | 1934 West Coast waterfront strike | 1934 | U.S. West Coast | ||
35,000 | International Harvester strike of 1979–1980 | 1979-80 | |||
33,000 | 1966 New York City transit strike | 1966 | New York City | ||
33,000 | 1995 Boeing Strike | 1995 | Washington State (Everett/Seattle/Renton) | ||
32,000 - 34,000 | 2005 New York City transit strike | 2005 | New York City | ||
31,000 | 2019 Stop & Shop strike | 2019 | Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut | ||
31,000 | 1946 New York City truckers strike | 1946 | New York City & New Jersey | ||
30,000–35,000 | 1938 New York City truckers strike | 1938 | New York City & New Jersey | ||
30,000 | 1952 Packinghouse workers strike | 1952 | |||
30,000 | Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911 | 1911 | Illinois, Mississippi and Texas | ||
30,000 | 2019 Los Angeles Unified School District teachers' strike | 2019 | Los Angeles County, California | ||
30,000 | 1928 New Bedford textile strike | 1928 | New Bedford, Massachusetts | ||
30,000 | 1935 Pacific Northwest lumber strike | 1935 | Pacific Northwest | ||
30,000[78] | 1912 Lawrence textile strike or "Bread and Roses" strike | 1912 | Lawrence, Massachusetts | ||
27,000 | Boeing Machinists Strike of 2008[79] | 2008 | Seattle, Washington | ||
26,000[80] | 1967 Caterpillar strike | 1967 | Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Pennsylvania | ||
+25,700 | Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968 | 1968 | Florida | ||
25,000 - 60,000 | Anti-Rent War and strikes | 1839-45 | Hudson Valley, Upstate New York | ||
24,000[81] | 1951 Caterpillar strike | 1951 | East Peoria, Illinois | ||
23,000[82] | 1973 Chicago teachers strike | 1973 | Chicago | ||
20,000[83] | 1948 Caterpillar strike | 1948 | Peoria, Illinois | ||
+20,000 | 1982 garment workers' strike[84] | 1982 | New York City | ||
20,000 | 2019 AT&T strike | 2019 | Southern United States | ||
20,000 | Philadelphia General Strike | 1835 | Philadelphia | ||
20,000 | New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860 | 1860 | Lynn, Massachusetts | ||
20,000-30,000 | New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 | 1909 | Manhattan, New York | ||
19,000[85] | 1985 Pan Am strike | 1985 | nationwide | ||
17,000 | 1962 New York City newspaper strike | 1962 | New York City | ||
16,000 | 1973 Philadelphia teachers strike | 1973 | Philadelphia | ||
16,000 | Santa Clara cannery strike | 1931 | Santa Clara, California | ||
15,000-16,000 | 1919 NYC Harbor Strike | 1919 | New York City | ||
15,000 | 1836 Mill Women's Strike (Lowell, Massachusetts) | 1836 | Lowell, Massachusetts | ||
15,000 | Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–1911 | 1910–1911 | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | ||
15,000 | 1920 Alabama coal strike | 1920 | Alabama | ||
15,000 | 1957 Long Island strike | 1957 | Long Island, New York | ||
15,000 | Boeing Strike of 1948 | 1948 | Seattle, Washington | ||
15,000 | 1926 Passaic textile strike | 1926 | Passaic, New Jersey | ||
15,000[86] | 1835 New England Mill Strike | 1835 | New England | ||
14,000 | Copper Country strike of 1913–1914 | 1913–1914 | Upper Michigan | ||
14,000[87] | 1994 Caterpillar strike | 1994 | Illinois, Pennsylvania and Colorado | ||
14,000 | Bay View massacre | 1886 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ||
13,000 | Air traffic controllers' strike | 1981 | nationwide | ||
12,600 | 1973 Detroit teachers strike | 1973 | Detroit | ||
+12,000[88] | Tampa cigar makers' strike of 1910–11 | 1910–1911 | Tampa, Florida | ||
12,000 | 1938 San Antonio pecan shellers strike | 1938 | San Antonio | ||
12,000 minimum | Tool and die strike of 1939 | 1939 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
12,000[89] | 1951 Aliquippa steelworkers strike | 1951 | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania | ||
12,000 | Colorado Coalfield War | 1913 | Ludlow, Colorado | ||
12,000 | Longshore Strike (1971, U.S.) | 1971 | U.S. West Coast Hawaii and British Columbia | ||
12,000 | 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike | 2007–2008 | Hollywood, California | ||
12,000 | 1973 Cleveland teachers strike | 1973 | Cleveland | ||
12,000 | September 1967 General Motors strike | 1967 | Dayton, Ohio | ||
11,600[90] [91] | 2021 Washington state carpenters strike | 2021 | Washington | ||
11,500 | 2023 Writers Guild of America strike | 2023 | nationwide (primarily Los Angeles and New York City) | ||
10,000-14,000[92] | 1933 Detroit auto strike | 1933 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
10,500 | Hollywood Black Friday | 1945 | Hollywood, California | ||
10,000 at least | Auto-Lite strike | 1934 | Toledo, Ohio | ||
10,000-30,000 | 1917 Twin Cities streetcar strike | 1917 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||
+10,000 | Delano grape strike | 1965–70 | Delano, California | ||
10,000[93] | 1907 San Francisco streetcar strike | 1907 | San Francisco, California | ||
10,000 | 2021 John Deere strike | 2021 | Nationwide | ||
10,000 | Goodyear strike | 1948 | Akron, Ohio | ||
10,000 | Pacific Northwest lumber strike | 1935 | U.S. Pacific Northwest | ||
10,000 | 1907 New York City rent strike | 1907 | New York City | ||
10,000 | Cigar makers' strike of 1877 | 1877–1878 | New York City | ||
10,000 idle | 1978 New York City newspaper strike | 1978 | New York City | ||
10,000 | Thibodaux massacre (Sugar cane workers' strike) | 1887 | Lafourche Parish, Louisiana | ||
10,000 | Battle of Blair Mountain | 1921 | Logan County, West Virginia | ||
9,000 | 1988 Writers Guild of America strike | 1988 | Hollywood, California | ||
9,000[94] | 2023 Rutgers University strike | 2023 | New Jersey | ||
8,500 | 1981 Writers Guild of America strike | 1981 | Hollywood, California | ||
+8,400[95] | Colorado Coal Strike | 1927 | Serene, Colorado | ||
8,000 | Tampa cigar makers' strike of 1931 | 1931 | Tampa, Florida | ||
8,000 | 1923 San Pedro maritime strike | 1923 | San Pedro, Los Angeles, California | ||
8,000 | Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909 | 1909 | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania | ||
7,700 | Marriott Hotels strike[96] [97] | 2018 | Bethesda, Maryland | ||
7,500 | Coal miners' strike of 1873 | 1873 | Northeastern Ohio, Northwestern Pennsylvania | ||
7,500[98] | 1935 Gulf Coast longshoremen's strike | 1935 | U.S. Gulf Coast | ||
7,100 | 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike | 1953 | Milwaukee | ||
7,000 | 1949 New York City brewery strike | 1949 | New York City | ||
7,000 | Tompkins Square Riot | 1874 | New York City | ||
6,500 | 1912 New York City waiters' strike | 1912 | New York City | ||
6,500 | Homestead strike | 1892 | Homestead, Pennsylvania | ||
6,550 | 2015 United Steel Workers Oil Refinery Strike[99] | 2015 | California, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas and Washington | ||
+6,000[100] | Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937 | 1936–37 | New York City | ||
+6,000[101] | US Maritime Strike of 1921 | 1921 | nationwide | ||
+6,000 | 1911 Grand Rapids furniture workers strike | 1911 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | ||
6,000 | Salad Bowl strike | 1970–71 | nationwide | ||
5,800 | Harlan County War | 1931 | Harlan County, Kentucky | ||
5,000 | Newsboys Strike | 1899 | New York, New York | ||
5,000 | Ford Hunger March | 1932 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
5,000 | Imperial Valley lettuce strike of 1930 | 1930 | Imperial Valley, California | ||
+4,500 | Philadelphia Transit Strike | 1944 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||
4,500[102] | 2022 Minneapolis teacher's strike | 2022 | Minneapolis | ||
4,300 | 2020 Bath shipbuilders strike | 2020 | Bath, Maine | ||
4,000 - 5,000 | 1937 Lewiston–Auburn shoe strike | 1937 | Lewiston, Maine and Auburn, Maine | ||
4,000 | Chrysler wildcat strike | 1968 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
+4,000[103] | Southern California drywall strike | 1992 | Southern California | ||
3,700 | 2023 Portland Association of Teachers strike | 2023 | Portland, Oregon | ||
3,500 | Coeur d'Alene labor strike | 1892 | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | ||
3,000 | St. Louis streetcar strike of 1900 | 1900 | St. Louis, Missouri | ||
3,000[104] | Chinese Labor Strike of 1867[105] | 1867 | Sierra Nevada, California | ||
3,000 | Guilford Transportation Industries railroad workers' strike | 1986 | North Billerica, Massachusetts | ||
3,000 | 2021 Columbia University strike | 2021 | New York City | ||
3,000[106] | 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike | 1881 | Atlanta | ||
2,900 | 2021 Virginia Volvo Trucks strike | 2021 | Dublin, Virginia | ||
2,600 | San Francisco newspaper strike of 1994 | 1994 | San Francisco, California | ||
2,500 | Detroit Newspaper Strike | 1995–97 | Detroit, Michigan | ||
2,300 | 2015 Kohler Strike[107] | 2015 | Kohler, Wisconsin | ||
2,250 | Leadville miners' strike | 1896 | Leadville, Colorado | ||
2,200[108] [109] | 2021 New York University strike | 2021 | New York City | ||
+2,300[110] | Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 | 1983 | Greenlee County, Arizona | ||
2,100 | Boston cigar makers' strike of 1919 | 1919 | Boston | ||
2,100 | 2020 Michigan graduate students strike | 2020 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | ||
2,000 | 2021 Mercy Hospital strike | 2021 | Buffalo, New York | ||
2,000 (~) | 1835 Paterson textile strike | 1835 | Paterson, New Jersey | ||
+2,000[111] | Puget Sound fishermen's strike of 1949 | 1949 | Puget Sound, Washington | ||
+2,000 | Pittston Coal strike | 1989–90 | Pittston, Pennsylvania | ||
2,000 | 1904 New York City Rent Strike | 1904 | New York City | ||
1,000s | 2010 Georgia prison strike | 2010 | Georgia | ||
1,000s | 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike | 1945–46 | Charleston, South Carolina | ||
1,000s | Bayonne refinery strikes | 1915–16 | Bayonne, New Jersey | ||
1,850 (~) | Paterson silk strike | 1913 | Paterson, New Jersey | ||
1,800 | Loray Mill strike | 1929 | Gastonia, North Carolina | ||
1,700 | 1973 New York City gravediggers' strike | 1973 | New York City | ||
1,500 | 1977–78 Coors strike | 1977–78 | Golden, Colorado | ||
1,500[112] | Atlanta transit strike of 1950 | 1950 | Atlanta | ||
1,500 | 1985–86 Hormel strike | 1985–86 | Austin, Minnesota | ||
1,400 | 2021 Kellogg's strike | 2021 | Nationwide | ||
1,400 | 2021 Hunts Point Produce Market strike | 2021 | New York City | ||
1,325 | 2003 Broadway Musicians Strike | 2003 | New York City | ||
1,300 | Memphis sanitation strike | 1968 | Memphis, Tennessee | ||
1,300 | 2021 Allegheny Technologies strike | 2021 | Northern United States | ||
1,300 | 1977 Atlanta sanitation strike | 1977 | Atlanta | ||
+1,200 | Oxnard strike of 1903 | 1903 | Oxnard, California | ||
1,200 | International Paper strike | 1987 | Corinth, New York | ||
1,100 | Tacoma nurses strike 2014 | 2014 | Tacoma and Lakewood, Washington | ||
1,100 | 2021–2023 Warrior Met Coal strike | 2021–2023 | Alabama | ||
1,100[113] | 2007 Orange County transit strike | 2007 | Orange, California | ||
1,100 | 1929 New Orleans streetcar strike | 1929 | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||
+1,000[114] | 1934 Kohler strike | 1934 | Sheboygan, Wisconsin | ||
1,000 | 1985–1987 Watsonville Cannery strike | 1985–87 | Watsonville, California | ||
1,000 (~) | 1913 El Paso smelters' strike | 1913 | El Paso, Texas | ||
1,000 | 1916–1917 northern Minnesota lumber strike | 1916–1917 | Minnesota | ||
1,000 | 2021 Nabisco strike | 2021 | Nationwide | ||
+900 | 2021 Cook County nurses strike[115] [116] | 2021 | Cook County, Illinois | ||
855[117] | Hayward teachers strike | 2007 | Hayward, California | ||
+800 | 2020 University of Illinois Hospital strikes | 2020 | Chicago | ||
800 | 2021 Saint Vincent Hospital strike | 2021 | Worcester, Massachusetts | ||
800 | 1828 Mill Women's Strike (New Hampshire) | 1828 | New Hampshire | ||
800 | Jeffboat wildcat strike | 2001 | Jeffersonville, Indiana | ||
800 | 2012 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach strike | 2012 | Los Angeles and Long Beach, California | ||
700 | Pacific Electric Railway strike of 1903 | 1903 | Los Angeles | ||
700 | 1981 Schlitz strike | 1981 | Milwaukee | ||
700 | 1985–1986 New Bedford fishermen's strike | 1985–86 | New Bedford, Massachusetts | ||
700[118] | 2007 Freightliner wildcat strike | 2007 | Portland, Oregon | ||
700 | 1964–1965 Scripto strike | 1964–65 | Atlanta | ||
664 (~) | 1912–1913 Little Falls textile strike | 1912–1913 | Little Falls, New York | ||
+600 | 1934–35 Milwaukee sales clerks' strike[119] | 1934–35 | Milwaukee | ||
600 | 2021 Frito-Lay strike | 2021 | Topeka, Kansas | ||
560 (~) | Wright State University 2019 faculty strike | 2019 | Dayton, Ohio | ||
550 | Frontier Hotel Culinary Workers (Las Vegas, US 1991–1998) | 1991 | Las Vegas | ||
515 | Buffalo switchmen's strike | 1892 | Buffalo, New York | ||
420 | 2021 Heaven Hill strike | 2021 | Bardstown, Kentucky | ||
400 | 2019 Alaska ferry workers strike | 2019 | Alaska | ||
400 | 2020–2021 Alabama aluminum plant strike | 2020–2021 | Muscle Shoals, Alabama | ||
400 | Texas farm workers' strike | 1966 | Texas | ||
400 at least | Weight Strike[120] | 1899 | Ybor City, Tampa, Florida | ||
382 | 2018 DeKalb County School District bus drivers' strike | 2018 | DeKalb County, Georgia | ||
375 | 2020 Santa Cruz graduate students' strike | 2020 | Santa Cruz, California | ||
350[121] | 2007 Broadway Stagehand Strike | 2007 | New York City | ||
328 | Port Chicago mutiny | 1944 | Port Chicago, California | ||
300–400 | Lattimer massacre | 1897 | Lattimer, Pennsylvania | ||
300-400 (~) | 1914–1915 Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills strike | 1914–1915 | Atlanta | ||
300 | Collar Laundry Union strike[122] | 1864 | Troy, New York | ||
250 | 2022–2023 HarperCollins strike | 2022–2023 | New York City | ||
250 | 2003 June 15 Hospitality workers at the Congress Plaza Hotel.[123] | 2003 | Chicago, Illinois | ||
250 | 1949 Calvary Cemetery strike | 1949 | New York City | ||
250 | Coeur d'Alene labor confrontation | 1899 | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | ||
211 | 1968 St. Petersburg, FL sanitation strike | 1968 | St. Petersburg, Florida | ||
+200 | Disney animators' strike | 1941 | Burbank, California | ||
+200 | 2018 Alabama Coca-Cola strike | 2018 | Alabama and Mississippi | ||
225 | 1907 Skowhegan textile strike | 1907 | Skowhegan, Maine | ||
200 | 2021 St. Paul Park refinery strike | 2021 | St. Paul Park, Minnesota | ||
175 | 1835 Washington Navy Yard labor strike | 1835 | Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. | ||
175 | 1983 Greyhound Bus Lines strike in Seattle | 1983 | Seattle | ||
156 | 2021 St. Charles Bend strike | 2021 | Bend, Oregon | ||
120 | 2018 Atlanta sanitation strike | 2018 | Atlanta | ||
100 | University of Miami Justice for Janitors campaign | 2006 | Coral Gables, Florida | ||
80 | Georgia Railroad strike | 1909 | Georgia | ||
75 | Camp Dump strike | 1883 | Omaha, Nebraska | ||
75 | 1937 Fleischer Studios strike | 1937 | New York City | ||
40 | Indentured Servants' Plot | 1661 | Virginia colony | ||
26[124] | 2020 New Orleans sanitation strike | 2020 | New Orleans | ||
23 | Century Airlines pilots' strike | 1932 | Chicago, Illinois | ||
- | Minneapolis general strike of 1934 | 1934 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||
- | Great Northern Railway strike | 1894 | nationwide | ||
- | Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike | 1936 | U.S. Gulf Coast | ||
- | Indianapolis streetcar strike of 1913 | 1913 | Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
- | Los Angeles streetcar strike of 1919[125] | 1919 | Los Angeles, California | ||
- | Carbon County Strike | 1903 | Carbon County, Utah | ||
- | Colorado Labor Wars, Western Federation of Miners | 1903–1904 | Colorado | ||
- | 1979 Boston University strike | 1979 | Boston | ||
- | 2021 Oregon Tech strike | 2021 | Oregon | ||
- | 2016–2017 video game voice actor strike[126] | 2016–2017 | Los Angeles, California | ||
- | 2018 Taylorsville Georgia-Pacific strike | 2018 | Taylorsville, Mississippi | ||
- | California agricultural strikes of 1933 | 1933 | California | ||
- | 1934 New York hotel strike | 1934 | New York City | ||
- | Strike for Black Lives | 2020 | Nationwide | ||
- | Polish craftsmen's strike | 1619 | Jamestown | ||
- | 2021 Kaiser Permanente strike | 2021 | Nationwide | ||
- | 1834 Mill Women's Strike (Lowell, Massachusetts) | 1834 | Lowell, Massachusetts | ||
- | 1948 Miami Garment workers strike[127] | 1948 | Miami, Florida | ||
- | North Adams strike | 1870 | North Adams, Massachusetts | ||
- | Boston garment worker strike[128] | 1907 | Boston | ||
- | Cotton pickers' strike of 1891 | 1891 | Lee County, Arkansas | ||
- | Upper Peninsula miners' strike | 1865 | Marquette, Michigan | ||
- | Louisiana-Texas Lumber War of 1911–1912 | 1911–1912 | Eastern Louisiana | ||
- | Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912 | 1912 | Kanawha County, West Virginia | ||
- | Pensacola streetcar operators' strike | 1908 | Pensacola, Florida | ||
- | U.S. Steel recognition strike of 1901 | 1901 | Homestead, Pennsylvania | ||
- | Coal Creek War | 1891 | Anderson County, Tennessee | ||
- | Newsboys' strike | 1899 | New York City | ||
- | Seattle Fishermen halibut strike of 1912 | 1912–13 | Seattle, Washington | ||
- | 1916 Atlanta streetcar strike | 1916 | Atlanta | ||
- | Denver streetcar strike of 1920 | 1920 | Denver, Colorado | ||
- | 1992 CSX railroad strike | 1992 | nationwide | ||
- | 1982 animators' strike | 1982 | Greater Los Angeles | ||
- | 1960 Writers Guild of America strike | 1960 | Hollywood, California | ||
- | St. John's University strike of 1966–67 | 1966–67 | New York City | ||
- | 2007–2008 CBS News writers strike | 2007–2008 | New York City | ||
- | 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike | 1919 | New York City | ||
- | 1942-43 musicians' strike | 1942–43 | nationwide | ||
- | 1981 Milwaukee Police strike | 1981 | Milwaukee | ||
- | Boston Police Strike | 1919 | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
- | 1971 NYPD Work Stoppage | 1971 | New York City | ||
- | 1995 NBA lockout | 1995 | nationwide | ||
- | 1996 NBA lockout | 1996–97 | nationwide | ||
- | 2011 NBA lockout | 2011 | nationwide | ||
- | 1998–99 NBA lockout | 1998–99 | nationwide | ||
- | 1968 NFL strike/lockout | 1968 | Florida | ||
- | 2011 NFL lockout | 2011 | nationwide | ||
- | 2012 NFL referee lockout | 2012 | nationwide | ||
- | 1982 NFL strike | 1982 | nationwide | ||
- | 1974 NFL strike | 1974 | nationwide | ||
- | 1987 NFL strike | 1987 | nationwide | ||
- | 1992 NHL strike | 1992 | nationwide | ||
- | 1994–95 NHL lockout | 1994–95 | nationwide | ||
- | 2012–13 NHL lockout | 2012–13 | nationwide | ||
- | 2004–05 NHL lockout | 2004–2005 | nationwide | ||
- | 1990 Major League Baseball lockout | 1990 | nationwide | ||
- | 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike | 1994–95 | nationwide | ||
- | 1981 Major League Baseball strike | 1981 | nationwide | ||
- | 2010 Major League Soccer lockout/strike | 2010 | nationwide | ||
- | 1972 Major League Baseball strike | 1972 | nationwide | ||
- | 1985 Major League Baseball strike | 1985 | nationwide | ||
- | Major Indoor Soccer League lockout | 1986 | nationwide |