Serifos miners strike was a strike action by mineworkers on the Greek island of Serifos that occurred in the summer of 1916. The strike resulted in the workers taking control of the island after a fight with the police. Five workers and four police officers died during the fight. The strike and the events that followed caused the government to send a warship and to imprison some of strikers. However, many of the workers' demands were satisfied, including the establishment of the 8-hour workday for the first time in Greece.
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1893 Serifos, Cyclades
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1943 (aged 49)
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