List of miners' strikes


Miners' strikes are when miners conduct strike actions.
StrikeCountryRegionYearLarger movement
African Mine Workers' strikeWitwatersrand1946
Alabama miners' strike of 1920United StatesAlabama1920United Mine Workers
Anaconda Road massacreUnited StatesMontana1920Industrial Workers of the World
Arizona copper mine strike of 1983United StatesArizona1983–86
Asbestos strike of 1949CanadaQuebec1949
Asturian miners' strike of 1934SpainAsturias1934
Asturian miners' strike of 2012SpainAsturias2012
Australian coal strike of 1949AustraliaNew South Wales1949
Bituminous coal strike of 1894United StatesNationwide1894United Mine Workers
Bituminous coal strike of 1927United StatesIndiana1927
Bituminous coal strike of 1974United StatesNationwide1974
Bituminous coal strike of 1977–78United StatesNationwide1977–78
Broken Hill miners' strike of 1892AustraliaNew South Wales1892
Cananea strikeMexicoSonora1906
Cape Breton coal strike of 1981CanadaNova Scotia1981United Mine Workers
Coal Creek miners' strike of 1891–1892United StatesTennessee1891–1892
Columbine Mine strikeUnited StatesColorado1927Coal Wars
Copper Country strike of 1913–14United StatesMichigan1913–14
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894United StatesColorado1894
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1903United StatesColorado1903–04Colorado Labor Wars
Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977RomaniaTransylvania1977
Khewra Salt Mines workers strikes 1849–1930British IndiaPunjab1849–1930
Kosovo miners' strike of 1989YugoslaviaKosovska Mitrovica1989
Leadville miners' strikeUnited StatesColorado1896–97
Ludlow strikeUnited StatesColorado1914Colorado Coalfield War
Lupeni strike of 1929RomaniaTransylvania1929
Marikana miners' strikeSouth AfricaMarikana2012
Mount Isa Mines strike of 1964AustraliaQueensland1964–65
Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912United StatesWest Virginia1912United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania coal miner's strike of 1902United StatesPennsylvania1902
Real del Monte silver miners' strike of 1766Hidalgo1766
South Africa miners' strike of 2007South AfricaNationwide2007
United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919United StatesNationwide1919United Mine Workers
Upper Peninsula miners' strike of 1865United StatesMichigan1865
UK national coal strike of 1912United KingdomNationwide1912
UK miners' strike of 1926United KingdomNationwide19261926 United Kingdom general strike
UK miners' strike of 1972United KingdomNationwide1972
UK miners' strike of 1974United KingdomNationwide1974
UK miners' strike of 1984–85United KingdomNationwide1984–85
Waihi miners' strikeNew ZealandWaihi1912
Welsh coal strike of 1898United KingdomWales1898
Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11United StatesPennsylvania1910–11United Mine Workers