Strategy #11 – Change through Strikes
A strike is a demonstration in which people refuse to work or to attend school as a means of protest. Strikes are often organized around specific concerns or complaints against a government or employer and are intended to exert economic pressure for demands to be met. These are the voices of people who sought to promote change through strikes.  Please review them and answer the questions in the Listening Guide.

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Answer the following about each change-maker:

1. Why did people decide to strike?
   
2. Who participated in the strike?
   
3. What actions were taken against the strikers?
   

For Further Discussion:

• In what ways were these experiences similar?
  
• In what ways were these experiences different?
• Why is unity so important to the outcome of a strike?
  

Change-Makers:

Alfred Bondos, Poland

Jaime Armando Rodriguez Torres, Colombia

Cindy Nzaliwani, South Africa

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Change through Strikes Listening Guide
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