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1951 Grenada general strike
Date	19 February – 19 March 1951
Resulted in	Wage rises Paid annual leave Victory of GULP in 1951 general election
Parties
Grenada Manual and Mental Workers Union Grenada plantation owners Colonial Office Grenada police Trinidad police Saint Lucia police Royal Marines
Lead figures
Eric Gairy Robert Arundell George Conrad Green
Casualties and losses
10 deaths 1 injury

The 1951 Grenada general strike

As George Brizan has noted, "1951 marked a watershed in Grenada's history in general and in trade union development in particular."

General strike

HMS Snipe, HMS Devonshire and contingents of police from Trinidad and Saint Lucia.

References

Sources

Academic literature

• Archer, Ewart (July 1985). "Gairyism, revolution and reorganisation: Three decades of turbulence in Grenada". The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 23 (2): 91–111. doi:10.1080/14662048508447470.
• Benoit, Oliver (2007). "Ressentiment and the Gairy Social Revolution". Small Axe. 11 (1): 95–111. ProQuest 195794600.
• Brierley, John S. (January 1992). "A study of land redistribution and the demise of Grenada's estate farming system 1940–1988". Journal of Rural Studies. 8 (1): 67–84. doi:10.1016/0743-0167(92)90031-Z.
• Brizan, George I. (1984). Grenada, island of conflict: from Amerindians to people's revolution, 1498-1979. London: Zed Books. ISBN 0-86232-231-6.
• Jacobs, Curtis (2015). "Grenada, 1949-1979: Precusor to Revolution". In Grenade, Wendy C (ed.). The Grenada Revolution: reflections and lessons. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62846-151-0.
• Marable, Manning (1987). African and Caribbean politics: from Kwame Nkrumah to the Grenada Revolution. London: Verso. ISBN 0-86091-172-1.
• Nitoburg, E. L. (July 1983). "Grenada: the Path to Revolution". Soviet Law and Government. 22 (1): 12–26. doi:10.2753/RUP1061-1940220112.
• Rottenberg, Simon (January 1955). "Labor Relations in an Underdeveloped Economy". Caribbean Quarterly. 4 (1): 50–61. doi:10.1080/00086495.1955.11829656.
• Rougier, Atiba (June 2021). "Histories we've inherited: the Grenada Revolution (1979–1983): Winston Bernard Coard's, Sky Red: A Tale of Two Revolutions (volume III) McDermott publishing. Kingston, Jamaica & St. George's Grenada; January 13th, 2020. 408 pages. $19.50. ISBN-10: 1654186201. ISBN-13: 978-1654186203". Dialectical Anthropology. 45 (2): 195–204. doi:10.1007/s10624-020-09589-z.
• Smith, Michael Garfield (1974). The plural society in the British West Indies. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-02779-5.
• Steele, Beverley A. (March 1974). "Grenada, an Island State, Its History and Its People". Caribbean Quarterly. 20 (1): 5–43. doi:10.1080/00086495.1974.11829213.
• Thorndike, Tony (1985). Grenada: politics, economics, and society. Boulder, Colo.: L. Rienner Publishers. ISBN 0-931477-09-3.

News reports

• "25 Police Rushed to Strike Area". Edmonton Journal. Reuters. 26 February 1951. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Grenada Police Fire on Crowd". The Guardian. Reuters. 16 March 1951. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Grenada Police Superintendent Dismissed". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 15 March 1951. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Grenada Strikers Burn Buildings". The Guardian. Reuters. 26 February 1951. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Grenada Strike Leader Released". The Guardian. Reuters. 7 March 1951. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Grenada Workers Riot in Strike for Higher Pay". The Sun Times. The Canadian Press. 27 February 1951. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
• "More Aid Calls from Grenada Planters". The Daily Telegraph. 1 March 1951. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Restorting Order in Grenada". The Guardian. 27 February 1951. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Strikers Destroy Buildings". Birmingham Post. 26 February 1951. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Trinidad Commandeers Civilian Airlines: Grenada Move as Strike Leader Faces Trial". The Daily Telegraph. 8 May 1951. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Trinidad Police Leaving Grenada". The Daily Telegraph. 22 March 1951. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
• Williams, Douglas (13 March 1951). "Planters Seek Protections". The Daily Telegraph. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
• Williams, Douglas (14 March 1951). "Trouble Comes to Grenada". The Daily Telegraph. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
• Williams, Douglas (14 March 1951). "Wages Council for Grenada". The Daily Telegraph. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.