Luisa Lallana
Argentine dockworker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luisa Lallana (1910 – 8 May 1928) was an Argentine dockworker. An anarcho-syndicalist activist affiliated with the Argentine Regional Workers' Federation (FORA), she was murdered by a strikebreaker during a labour dispute in 1928. She immediately became known as a revolutionary martyr and her murder sparked a general strike that resulted in a pay increase for dockworkers.
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Luisa Lallana | |
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Born | 1910 (1910) |
Died | 8 May 1928(1928-05-08) (aged 17–18) Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina |
Cause of death | Murder by gunshot |
Occupation | Dockworker |
Organization | Argentine Regional Workers' Federation |
Movement | Anarchism in Argentina |
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