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You will see 5 dataverses:
  • Remarkable Strikes: These are qualitative accounts of a few selected, exceptional historical strikes.
  • Global Labour Conflicts: Contains the aggregated dataset on labour conflicts for more than 250 countries.
  • Micro Labour Conflicts: Datasets with more detailed accounts of specific (periods of) labour disputes.
  • Aggregate data: Datasets with aggregated data per country for certain time periods.
  • National Labour Conflicts: Datasets with aggregated data per country for certain time periods.

    For researchers with a focus on The Netherlands, the main dataset of interest is "Labour Conflicts in the Netherlands, 1372-2019" (https://hdl.handle.net/10622/APNT4U). This dataset has been converted to linked open data. The converted version can be queried using a sparql endpoint here: https://druid.datalegend.net/IISG/Labourconflicts. For users who are not able to query sparql directly, we provide a "Data story" with a simpler way to enter query terms. There are two data stories for the Dutch dataset:
  • A data story where you can get an overview of the data model: data story: data-model
  • A data story where you can get insights into the data itself, with the most common queries (per year, occupation, place, etc.): data story: dataset queries

    More information about the HUB Global Labour Conflicts and these data can be found here: https://iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/hub-global-labour-conflicts, and in this publication: Aurich, J., Simpson, C., & Kösters, R. (2022). Workers’ resistance across time and space. Arbetarhistoria, 183(3). https://doi.org/10.52024/tseg.14505.

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    Historische Database Vakbonden in Nederland
    Apr 2, 2025 - Labour Unions
    Houkes, Jannes; Hoekman, Piet; Bornebroek, Arno; van der Velden, Sjaak; Mandemakers, Kees, 2025, "Historische Database Vakbonden in Nederland", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/8TYK8M, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:0ZhSG1freZAQwYF2Jpr15g== [fileUNF]
    HISVAK is the Historische Database Vakbonden in Nederland and gives a historical overview of labour unions in the Netherlands
    Labour Unions(International Institute of Social History)
    Apr 2, 2025
    Datasets that give an historical overview of labour unions worldwide
    Workplace Occupations in the Netherlands, 1972-2000
    Mar 11, 2025 - Micro Labour Conflicts
    Knotter, Ad, 2025, "Workplace Occupations in the Netherlands, 1972-2000", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/GQHA2G, IISH Data Collection, V1
    Data on workplace occupations in the Netherlands (1970-2000) collected from several sources.
    Ethiopia, 1941-2020
    Feb 28, 2025 - Micro Labour Conflicts
    Andrea Admasie, 2018, "Ethiopia, 1941-2020", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/6IWVTB, IISH Data Collection, V3
    Data compiled from various sources by Andreas Admasie. First published in 2018 (2018-11-29), updated version from 2023.
    Amok Events in 19th Century Dutch Newspapers
    Dec 10, 2024 - Micro Labour Conflicts
    van Kasteel, Teun; Aurich, Jens, 2024, "Amok Events in 19th Century Dutch Newspapers", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/0WWVWT, IISH Data Collection, V4, UNF:6:YSefEtN1bDpqaOZ/lApgJg== [fileUNF]
    This dataset is the result of a manual data collection process consisting of visual and textual annotations of digitized newspaper articles retrieved from Delpher. For this project, we collected data on an unconventional form of collective labor action: Amok.
    Desertion Events in 19th Century Dutch Newspapers
    Dec 10, 2024 - Micro Labour Conflicts
    Läuferts, Josephine; Aurich, Jens, 2024, "Desertion Events in 19th Century Dutch Newspapers", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/D6OXZ9, IISH Data Collection, V3, UNF:6:PLqCWvjO39KGxxQhgp2J6w== [fileUNF]
    This dataset is the result of a manual data collection process consisting of visual and textual annotations of digitized newspaper articles retrieved from Delpher. For this project, we collected data on an unconventional form of collective labor action: Desertions.
    Sweden, 1903-1927
    Oct 31, 2022 - National Labour Conflicts
    Enflo, Kerstin; Molinder, Jakob; Karlsson, Tobias, 2022, "Sweden, 1903-1927", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/VJP0LI, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:39/qY9CZKH+N47dTnVxhvg== [fileUNF]
    This is a digitization of the official Swedish statistics on work stoppages for the period 1903-1927. For these years, the authorities published information on each recorded work stoppage (N=6,367), distinguishing between strikes, lockouts, and other conflicts. To the published i...
    Sweden,1859–1938
    Oct 31, 2022 - National Labour Conflicts
    Enflo, Kerstin; Molinder, Jakob; Karlsson, Tobias, 2022, "Sweden,1859–1938", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/PZ6SXL, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:7k0R6hVTKPf/vugso1d3Pw== [fileUNF]
    The dataset summarizes work stoppages (strikes and lockouts) in Sweden by location and year (N=4,686). For the periods 1895-1902 and 1903-1927, there are more detailed data (distinguishing between strikes and lockouts, describing the events in terms of participants, start and end...
    Sweden, 1859-1902
    Oct 31, 2022 - National Labour Conflicts
    Enflo, Kerstin; Molinder, Jakob; Karlsson, Tobias, 2022, "Sweden, 1859-1902", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/TAVJXR, IISH Data Collection, V1
    This is a semi-official micro-level dataset on work stoppages, which was mainly compiled retrospectively by Axel Raphael around 1900 (N=1,449). Each observation (row) in this dataset corresponds to an individual work stoppage.
    Germany, 2004-2021
    Jul 19, 2022 - National Labour Conflicts
    Dribbusch, Heiner, 2022, "Germany, 2004-2021", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/3SBBWY, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:XbmhfoLBqW08gSlVfQZ5XA== [fileUNF]
    Comparison between data collected by the WSI and the BA.
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