5 September 2013: Saint Helena Airport strike
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On This Day in Working Class History — 5 September 2013: Saint Helena Airport strike. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On this day in working class history, the 5th of September. On the 5th of September 2013, it was reported that South African workers employed in the construction of the airport, on St Helena, the remote British overseas territory in the South Atlantic, went on strike. The portedly, workers were unhappy with prefabricated steelhuts which were to be their accommodation. It is unclear how the dispute concluded, although the airport was constructed on time and completed in 2016. For sources, maps and all about anniversaries each day, check out the on this day section of our stories at at stories.com and if you value our work, support us at patreon.com slash work and class history links in the show notes. The music by the cardo are here. See you tomorrow.
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