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 [ca]. 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.