Marikana miners' strike

2012 killing of striking miners by police in Wonderkop, North West, South Africa
Event wildcat_strike_action Q1203203
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Marikana miners' strike

Summary

Marikana miners' strike is a wildcat strike action[1]. It draws 287 Wikipedia views per month (wildcat_strike_action category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Marikana miners' strike is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Marikana miners' strike's image is recorded as Church on Green Market Square Marikana (cropped).JPG[4].
  • Marikana miners' strike's instance of is recorded as wildcat strike action[5].
  • Marikana miners' strike's instance of is recorded as protest[6].
  • Marikana miners' strike's instance of is recorded as massacre[7].
  • Marikana miners' strike's location is recorded as Marikana[8].
  • Marikana miners' strike's Commons category is recorded as Marikana massacre[9].
  • Marikana miners' strike's start time is recorded as +2012-08-10T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Marikana miners' strike's end time is recorded as +2012-09-20T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Marikana miners' strike's point in time is recorded as +2012-08-16T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Marikana miners' strike's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -25.677777777777777, 'lon': 27.509166666666665}[13].
  • Marikana miners' strike's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l8qdyt[14].
  • Marikana miners' strike's participant is recorded as National Union of Mineworkers[15].
  • Marikana miners' strike's participant is recorded as Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union[16].
  • Marikana miners' strike's participant is recorded as South African Police Service[17].
  • Marikana miners' strike's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+47'}[18].
  • Marikana miners' strike's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+250'}[19].
  • Marikana miners' strike's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h7hyx2t2[20].

Why It Matters

Marikana miners' strike draws 287 Wikipedia views per month (wildcat_strike_action category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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