1855 Catalan general strike

1855 Catalan general strike
Part of the Bienio progresista
Date2–10 July, 1855
Location
41°22′58″N 02°10′37″E / 41.38278°N 2.17694°E / 41.38278; 2.17694
Resulted inStrike ended in exchange for the promise that the government would authorize mixed arbitration panels[1]

The 1855 Catalan general strike was a general strike that took place in 1855 after the execution of Josep Barceló Cassadó. It was the first general strike in Spanish history, resulting in mass demonstrations and the death of a factory manager in Sants, Barcelona.[2][3]

  1. ^ "La vaga general del 1855" [The general strike of 1855]. enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ Pons, Marc (15 July 2018). "1855: "Association or death", the story of Catalonia's first general strike". ElNacional.cat. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ Gow, Richard (2016). "Civil and Military Relations in Spain in the Context of World War I". Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War I. Brill. p. 133. ISBN 978-90-04-31001-8.

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