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Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union

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Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union

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Oilfield workers strike and revolt in Fyzabad

📅 19 June 1937

Oilfield workers assembled at Bhola’s Junction in Fyzabad to hear labour organizer Tubal Uriah “Buzz” Butler. Police attempted to arrest him; the confrontation widened into strikes and unrest across...