What the records say
- When
- Jun 1906
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 30.98° N, 110.30° W
- Description
- 1906 miners' strike in Cananea, Mexico
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Cananea strike
1906 miners' strike in Cananea, Mexico
The Cananea strike, also known as the Cananea riot, or the Cananea massacre, took place on June 1, 1906, in the mining town of Cananea in Sonora, Mexico. Workers initiated the strike in response to poor working conditions and unequal pay between Mexican and American workers.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En el estado de Sonora en México estalla la huelga de Cananea”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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