1922 Guayaquil General Strike

The Guayaquil General Strike saw workers in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil launch a general strike in response to increasing economic pressure in 1922. The violent strike led to the gain of an eight hour workday for the Ecuadorian working class.
== Background ==
Ecuador had seen a small and reformist rade union movement plan for several strikes and create numerous friendly societies and pushed for reforms, but these were largely unsuccesful. This led to a push towards anarcho-syndicalism, who were very popular with workers from transport, electricity and water companies who became increasingly agitated at the economy.Libcom - http://libcom.org/history/1922-guayaquil-general-strike
== Events ==
Railroad workers led a strike that was followed by other groups which continued for three days. The army attempted to crush the strike by shooting 300 people, but this put the entire country on the side of the strikers and fearing an insurrection like Russia the government agreed to the strikers demands.
== Results ==
The strike gave the working class an eight hour workday, two day weekend, minimum wage law, pay raises, assistance for the disabled, lower salt taxes, lower public transport fees and government funding for education.
== References ==
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Category:South America
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Category:Anarcho-Syndicalism