labor strikes in society theme
The feature of strike action among organized worker groups in society is discussed.
Notes
Not to be confused with "bowling strikes", which rarely appear as social issues in stories.
17 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 13 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf1x12 | choice | The docking bay workers went on strike for better working conditions. |
| ds94x16 | choice | Rom created a union for Quark's employees and went on strike to Quark's dismay. |
| movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) | major | The strike action taken by the miners threatened to tear the Morgan family apart, as the father Gwilym Morgan was principally opposed to unions, while his older sons were socialist leaning. |
| theexpanse1x05 | major | In a flashback storyline, miners seized control of Anderson Station to protest their harsh working conditions and the treatment of their families. It ended with the miners and their loved ones being massacred down to the last child. |
| ahp5x21 | minor | In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock commented on some workers who were picketing for extra hours. |
| bridesheadrevisited1981e1x07 | minor | Charles rushed back to England to work as a strikebreaker in the 1926 United Kingdom general strike. |
| columbo1971e5x03 | minor | A news headline about the possibility of New York municipal workers going on strike played over Brenner's car radio. |
| futurama3x06 | minor | There was a robot strike at the bending plant. |
| movie: A Time of Roses (1969) | minor | The factory technicians organized a strike. |
| movie: Ninotchka (1939) | minor | A drunken Ninotchka rallied the powder room attendants to go on strike. |