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A strike paper, strike bulletin or strike newspaper is a news publication started by participants in a strike action.

A 1983 Finnish nursing strike started a strike paper to efficiently communicate with its members.

In popular culture

Papergirl by Melinda McCracken is a novel about a girl who distributes the strikers' newspaper during the 1919 Winnipeg general strike.

Examples

• The Citizens' Voice (1978–present), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• Detroit Sunday Journal (1995–1999), Detroit, Michigan
• Madison Press Connection (1977–1980), Madison, Wisconsin
• The Baltimore Banner (1964)
• Sōgi News (1932), Kyushu, Japan
• British Worker (1926)
• Evening Star, Toronto
• Guardian Express (1982-1985), Welland, Ontario
• Seattle Union Record
• Portland Reporter (1960-1964)
• Green Bay News-Chronicle (1972-2005)

References

1. "Strike Papers". Presstime. Vol. 7. 1985. pp. 30–.
2. Hayward, Sarah; Fee, Elizabeth (1992). "More in Sorrow Than in Anger: The British Nurses' Strike of 1988". International Journal of Health Services. 22 (3): 397–415. doi:10.2190/CKJC-UGCX-DTFN-W9AK. ISSN 0020-7314. JSTOR 45131053. PMID 1644505. S2CID 1540266.
3. Petz, Sarah (May 5, 2019). "Daughter of late Winnipeg writer revives long lost novel on 1919 General Strike". CBC News.
4. Berkowitz, Monroe (1990). "Review of On Strike! Capital Cities and the Wilkes-Barre Newspaper Unions". Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 43 (4): 480–481. doi:10.2307/2524137. ISSN 0019-7939. JSTOR 2524137.
5. Kozlowski, Kim (March 7, 2016). "Wayne State digitizes Detroit newspaper strike journal". The Detroit News. The Detroit News.
6. Wagner, Dave; Buhle, Paul (1983). "Workers' Control and the News: The Madison, Wisconsin, Press Connection". In Green, James (ed.). Workers' Struggles, Past and Present: A 'Radical America' Reader. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 379–388. doi:10.1353/book.59700. ISBN 978-1-4399-1784-8.
7. Axelrod, Joshua (October 30, 2022). "Pittsburgh Union Progress carrying forward a rich tradition of strike papers". Pittsburgh Union Progress. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
8. Smith, W. Donald (1996). "The 1932 Asō Coal Strike: Korean—Japanese Solidarity and Conflict". Korean Studies. 20: 94–122. ISSN 0145-840X. JSTOR 23719604.
9. "'The British Worker' and 'The Scottish Worker', 1926". The University of Warwick. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
10. Dupuis, Michael (June 2005). "Manitoba History: The Toronto Star and the Winnipeg General Strike". Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
11. Patrias, Carmela; Savage, Larry. Union Power: Solidarity and Struggle in Niagra.
12. "Striking in Seattle". PBS. November 21, 2000. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
13. Diehl, Caleb (November 23, 2015). "The Portland Newspaper Wars of the 1960s". Portland Monthly. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
14. Barrington, Ray (June 3, 2005). "A Look Back: 32 Years of N-C Ups and Downs". Green Bay News-Chronicle. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

• Journalism
• Organized labor

• Strike paper
• Strikes (protest)
• Newspapers by type