| Strike
|
Country
|
Region
|
Year(s)
|
Larger movement
|
| African Mine Workers' strike
|
South Africa
|
Witwatersrand
|
1946
|
|
| Alabama miners' strike of 1920
|
United States
|
Alabama
|
1920
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Anaconda Road massacre
|
United States
|
Montana
|
1920
|
Industrial Workers of the World
|
| Anthracite coal strike of 1902
|
United States
|
Pennsylvania
|
1902
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Arizona copper mine strike of 1983
|
United States
|
Arizona
|
1983–1986
|
|
| Asbestos strike of 1949
|
Canada
|
Quebec
|
1949
|
|
| Asturian miners' strike of 1934
|
Spain
|
Asturias
|
1934
|
|
| Asturian miners' strike of 2012
|
Spain
|
Asturias
|
2012
|
|
| Australian coal strike of 1949
|
Australia
|
New South Wales
|
1949
|
|
| Blackball miner's strike of 1908
|
New Zealand
|
Blackball
|
1908
|
|
| Bituminous coal strike of 1894
|
United States
|
Nationwide
|
1894
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Bituminous coal strike of 1927
|
United States
|
Indiana
|
1927
|
|
| Bituminous coal strike of 1973
|
United States
|
West Virginia
|
1973
|
|
| Bituminous coal strike of 1974
|
United States
|
Nationwide
|
1974
|
|
| Bituminous coal strike of 1977–78
|
United States
|
Nationwide
|
1977–1978
|
|
| Broken Hill miners' strike of 1892
|
Australia
|
New South Wales
|
1892
|
|
| Cananea strike
|
Mexico
|
Sonora
|
1906
|
|
| Cape Breton coal strike of 1981
|
Canada
|
Nova Scotia
|
1981
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Coal Creek miners' strike of 1891–1892
|
United States
|
Tennessee
|
1891–1892
|
|
| Columbine Mine strike
|
United States
|
Colorado
|
1927
|
Coal Wars
|
| Copper Country strike of 1913–14
|
United States
|
Michigan
|
1913–1914
|
|
| Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894
|
United States
|
Colorado
|
1894
|
Western Federation of Miners
|
| Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1903
|
United States
|
Colorado
|
1903–1904
|
Colorado Labor Wars
|
| Elliot Lake miners' strike of 1974
|
Canada
|
Elliot Lake
|
1974
|
United Steelworkers
|
| Empire Zinc strike
|
United States
|
New Mexico
|
1950–1952
|
|
| Jiu Valley miners' strike of 1977
|
Romania
|
Transylvania
|
1977
|
|
| Khewra Salt Mines workers strikes 1849–1930
|
British India
|
Punjab
|
1849–1930
|
|
| Kosovo miners' strike of 1989
|
Yugoslavia
|
Kosovska Mitrovica
|
1989
|
|
| Leadville miners' strike
|
United States
|
Colorado
|
1896–1897
|
|
| Ludlow strike
|
United States
|
Colorado
|
1914
|
Colorado Coalfield War
|
| Lupeni strike of 1929
|
Romania
|
Transylvania
|
1929
|
|
| Marikana miners' strike
|
South Africa
|
Marikana
|
2012
|
|
| Mount Isa Mines strike of 1964
|
Australia
|
Queensland
|
1964–1965
|
|
| Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912
|
United States
|
West Virginia
|
1912
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Pittston Coal strike
|
United States
|
Pennsylvania
|
1989–1990
|
|
| Real del Monte silver miners' strike of 1766
|
Kingdom of Spain
|
Hidalgo
|
1766
|
|
| South Africa miners' strike of 2007
|
South Africa
|
Nationwide
|
2007
|
|
| South Wales miners' strike (1910)
|
Wales
|
South Wales
|
1910
|
|
| United Mine Workers coal strike of 1919
|
United States
|
Nationwide
|
1919
|
United Mine Workers
|
| United Mine Workers coal strike of 1922
|
United States
|
Nationwide
|
1922
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Upper Peninsula miners' strike of 1865
|
United States
|
Michigan
|
1865
|
|
| UK national coal strike of 1893
|
United Kingdom
|
Nationwide
|
1893
|
|
| UK national coal strike of 1912
|
United Kingdom
|
Nationwide
|
1912
|
|
| UK miners' strike of 1921
|
United Kingdom
|
Nationwide
|
1921
|
|
| UK miners' strike of 1926
|
United Kingdom
|
Nationwide
|
1926
|
1926 United Kingdom general strike
|
| UK miners' strike of 1972
|
United Kingdom
|
Nationwide
|
1972
|
|
| UK miners' strike of 1974
|
United Kingdom
|
Nationwide
|
1974
|
|
| UK miners' strike of 1984–85
|
United Kingdom
|
Nationwide
|
1984–85
|
|
| Waihi miners' strike
|
New Zealand
|
Waihi
|
1912
|
|
| West Virginia coal wars
|
United States
|
West Virginia
|
1912–1921
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Welsh coal strike of 1898
|
United Kingdom
|
Wales
|
1898
|
|
| Westmoreland County coal strike of 1910–11
|
United States
|
Pennsylvania
|
1910–1911
|
United Mine Workers
|
| Warrior Met Coal strike
|
United States
|
Alabama
|
2021-2023
|
United Mine Workers
|
