1945Event
General strike shuts down key colonial services
Nigerian workers launched a major general strike over wages and wartime cost-of-living pressures.
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1945
General strike shuts down key colonial services
Nigerian workers launched a major general strike over wages and wartime cost-of-living pressures.
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Nigerian workers launched a major general strike over wages and wartime cost-of-living pressures. The strike lasted weeks and demonstrated labor's national reach.
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