1941 ⟶ Belgian Congo Mine Workers Strike
General strike begins among native mine-workers in the Belgi...
Year
1941
1944
⛏️ Belgian Congo Mine Workers Strike
General strike begins among native mine-workers in the Belgian Congo.⟶
Belgian CongoStrikeLaborAfricaColonialismEconomicWar Effort
✊ Belgian Workers Launch 'Strike of the 100,000'
The "Strike of the 100,000" begins in Liège in Belgium on the anniversary of the German invasion of 1940. It soon spreads across the whole province until nearly 70,000 workers are on strike.⟶
BelgiumStrikeResistanceLaborGerman OccupationWorld War II
⛏️ Miners Fired on in Belgian Congo
Striking miners of the Union Minière at Elizabethville in the Belgian Congo are fired on by Belgian colonial forces during negotiations, killing an estimated 70 people.⟶
BelgiumCongoLaborColonialismMiningAfricaProtestViolenceElizabethville
⚔️ Mutiny in Luluabourg, Belgian Congo
A colonial military garrison in Luluabourg in the Belgian Congo mutinies, killing three.⟶
colonialismmutinyBelgian CongomilitaryAfricaresistance