Railroad strikes of 1903 in the Netherlands

"The entire gearwork stops, if your mighty hand wills it" - cartoon by Albert Hahn

The railroad strikes of 1903 were strikes in the Netherlands by the railway staff regarding the right of workers to organize into a union and negotiate and implement the right to strike.[1]

At the beginning of the 20th century, some employers allowed their workers to have union membership, while in some companies, union membership was obligatory. This led, in January 1903, to a labor dispute in the Amsterdam harbor, which soon spread across the country.[2]

References

  1. ^ "De spoorwegstaking van 1903 – IsGeschiedenis.nl". IsGeschiedenis (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-09-11.
  2. ^ "De hoofdrolspelers van 1903". Vakbondshistorie (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-09-11.


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_Strikes_of_1903