1973 Uruguayan general strike

Strike action in response to the 1973 military coup in UruguaySeptember 2026 On 27 June 1973Handelman Howard Labor-Industrial Conflict and the Collapse of Uruguayan Democracy Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs November 1981 23 4 371–394 10.2307/165451 165451 a coup was declared in Uruguay by the president, Juan María Bordaberry, who closed parliament and imposed direct rule from a junta of military generals. The official reason was to crush the Tupamaros, a Marxist urban guerrilla movement. Within hours of the coup being declared, the leftist trade union Convención Nacional de Trabajadores called a general strike. Factory occupations took place throughout the country, and many ports, banks and stores closed.Uruguay Seeks End of General Strike https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/30/archives/uruguay-seeks-end-of-general-strike.html 4 April 2020 New York Times June 30, 1973 On 2 July 1973 the CNT was officially dissolved, though many affiliated unions were allowed to temporary operate, and two days later the government gave all employers the authority to dismiss workers who failed to return to work. The strike ended 15 days after it started, with nearly all unions busted and most of the trade union leaders in jail, dead, or exiled to Argentina. Unions and political parties remained illegal until the Uruguayan general strikes of 1984, 1984-01-19 Around the World; Uruguay's Capital Paralyzed by Strike en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/19/world/around-the-world-uruguay-s-capital-paralyzed-by-strike.html 2023-06-06 0362-4331 Associated Press1984: Uruguay General Strike https://libcom.org/article/1984-uruguay-general-strike 2023-06-06 Global Nonviolent Action Database en January 16, 2017 Auker Becker Meghan Libcom.org which were a set of several 24-hour general strikes that eventually forced the military to accept civilian rule and the restoration of democracy. See also Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay Organized labour References Uruguayan General Strike, 1973 Category:1973 labor disputes and strikes Category:Protests in Uruguay Category:1973 in Uruguay Category:Labor in Uruguay Category:Labor disputes in Uruguay