Working Class History on Nostr: #OtD 26 Dec 1904 metalworkers in the city of Baku walked out on strike. Within a few ...

#OtD 26 Dec 1904 metalworkers in the city of Baku walked out on strike. Within a few days, the city's crucial oil export was shut down. Workers held out until Jan and successfully reached the first collective agreement in the history of the Russian Empire https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9809/baku-strikes