General strike of 1956

Town square meeting in support of the general strike in Jyväskylä, 1956.

The general strike of 1956 was the last of the three general strikes in Finnish history, after the first two in 1905 and 1917). The central federation of the trade unions (the predecessor of the current SAK) started the industrial action on 1 March and ended it on 20 March 1956. The outcome of the action was a wage increase of 6 to 10 percent.

The general strike intensified the internal contradictions of the Social Democratic Party of Finland and resulted in a leftist faction centred around Emil Skog to leave SDP shortly after.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Jukka Tarkka ja Allan Tiitta: Itsenäinen Suomi – seitsemän vuosikymmentä kansakunnan elämästä, s. 217.


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