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Hur man trampar strejkbrytare på tårna : Hemföljningar under mellankrigstidens svenska strejker

Ericsson, Martin LU (2020) In Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek 44(175-176). p.64-73
Abstract
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Swedish labour market was characterized by strikes and lockouts. Violent confron-
tations sometimes occured during these strikes, as striking workers clashed with strikebreakers recruited by the employers. Workers used
a variety of protest methods, creating a repertoire of contention including for example bombs and mock trials.
One of the more prevalent methods was to “follow the strikebreakers home”, as it was called. In this essay, this particular form of protest is
examined, briefly at the national level and in more detail through a local case study of the city of Malmö. It is shown that men as well as women
participated in the protests, that protests occurred in several different trades... (More)
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Swedish labour market was characterized by strikes and lockouts. Violent confron-
tations sometimes occured during these strikes, as striking workers clashed with strikebreakers recruited by the employers. Workers used
a variety of protest methods, creating a repertoire of contention including for example bombs and mock trials.
One of the more prevalent methods was to “follow the strikebreakers home”, as it was called. In this essay, this particular form of protest is
examined, briefly at the national level and in more detail through a local case study of the city of Malmö. It is shown that men as well as women
participated in the protests, that protests occurred in several different trades and branches of industry, and that these tactics were regarded as a more or less acceptable form of protest even by thereformist labour movement. (Less)
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Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek
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44
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175-176
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64 - 73
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Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek
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0281-7446
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Swedish
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374155c9-ed4a-4d9a-a20c-18dd8623ad7f
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  abstract     = {{In the 1920s and 1930s, the Swedish labour market was characterized by strikes and lockouts. Violent confron-<br/>tations sometimes occured during these strikes, as striking workers clashed with strikebreakers recruited by the employers. Workers used<br/>a variety of protest methods, creating a repertoire of contention including for example bombs and mock trials.<br/>One of the more prevalent methods was to “follow the strikebreakers home”, as it was called. In this essay, this particular form of protest is<br/>examined, briefly at the national level and in more detail through a local case study of the city of Malmö. It is shown that men as well as women<br/>participated in the protests, that protests occurred in several different trades and branches of industry, and that these tactics were regarded as a more or less acceptable form of protest even by thereformist labour movement.}},
  author       = {{Ericsson, Martin}},
  issn         = {{0281-7446}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  month        = {{12}},
  number       = {{175-176}},
  pages        = {{64--73}},
  publisher    = {{Arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek}},
  series       = {{Arbetarhistoria: Meddelanden från arbetarrörelsens arkiv och bibliotek}},
  title        = {{Hur man trampar strejkbrytare på tårna : Hemföljningar under mellankrigstidens svenska strejker}},
  url          = {{https://www.arbetarhistoria.se/fulltext/175-176.pdf#page=64}},
  volume       = {{44}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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