Industrial disputes and widespread strikes in the " Winter of Discontent " of 1978 – 79, made Callaghan's government unpopular and the defeat of the referendum on devolution for Scotland led to the passage of a motion of no confidence on 28 March 1979.

Labour lost the general election to the Conservatives ( led by Margaret Thatcher ) in May 1979, following the Winter of Discontent in which Britain had been brought to a virtual standstill by endless public sector strikes.

Discontent with the school's inability to reform climaxed in the " Protest for Nothing " in May 1969, which was led by Brian Blugerman, Michael Eccles, Paul Eprile and David Glennie.

Discontent continued and in early 1802 a revolt in Capriasca led to the autumn pronunciamento of Pian Povrò, which declared the independence of Lugano from the Helvetic client republic.

Discontent led to the Land War of the 1870s onwards, the Irish Land Acts of 1870, the founding of the Land League 1879 to establish fair rents and the fixity of tenures.

Opposed by many socialists and trade unionists, it had little success as union militants, many close to the CPGB, led the successful 1974 UK miners ' strike, the well-supported but ultimately unsuccessful Grunwick dispute, and the 1978-79 Winter of Discontent.

Discontent with the 1863 draft law led to riots in several cities and in rural areas as well, By far the most important were the New York City draft riots of July 13 to July 16, 1863.

He was made General Secretary ( leader ) of the Trades Union Congress in 1973, and led the group during the time of the Winter of Discontent, and of confrontations with Margaret Thatcher's government.

Discontent brewed among Ministerialists who were bitter at missing out on Cabinet positions, and in August 1903 Digby Denham crossed the floor with supporters to bring down the government and form a coalition led by Arthur Morgan.

Discontent with the internal environment of the company led her to pursue work elsewhere.

The phrase " Winter of Discontent " is from the opening line of William Shakespeare's Richard III: " Now is the Winter of our Discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York …", and was first applied to the events of the winter by Robin Chater, a writer at Incomes Data Report.

*" The Problem of Discontent " ( first published in Hope College Anchor, 1903 )

The Little Red Songbook was first published by a committee of Spokane, Washington locals in 1909, ( It was originally called Songs of the Workers, on the Road, in the Jungles, and in the Shops — Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent.

John Steinbeck wrote about this feeling in The Winter of Our Discontent and referred to it as the Welshrats ; and in East of Eden, Samuel Hamilton feels it after meeting Cathy Trask for the first time.

In 2003, Immanion Press published the first " Wraeththu Mythos " book, Breeding Discontent, written by two fans ( Wendy Darling and Bridgette Parker ) and edited by Constantine herself.

State of Discontent is the fifth official and first album on Hellcat Records ( subsidiary label of Epitaph Records ) by the punk group The Unseen.

Government opposition to Trade unionism in the United Kingdom was a major factor in economic crises during the 1960s and in particular the 1970s, culminating some would argue in the Winter of Discontent of late 1978 and early 1979, when a significant percentage of the nation's public sector workers went on strike.

Discontent had become nationwide by 1845, when an insurrection in Guayaquil forced Flores from the country.

Discontent spread rapidly through the country, and many looked to Elizabeth as a focus for their opposition to Mary's religious policies.

Callaghan also later admitted in regard to the Winter of Discontent that he had " let the country down ".

Her campaign benefited from the Winter of Discontent, in which a wave of strikes the previous winter had crippled the country.

Burial at sea was a method hypothetically suggested by the then Medical Officer of Health for Liverpool, Dr Duncan Dolton, in which unburied bodies could be buried at sea during any extended strike by gravediggers union the GMWU during the Winter of Discontent.

* Farmers, Mao, and Discontent in China: From the Great Leap Forward to the Present by Dongping Han, Monthly Review, November 2009

A naming contest held by the Siskiyou Daily News in November 1941 considered the possibilities for the would be state: Orofino, Bonanza, Discontent, Jefferson, Del Curiskiyou, and Siscurdelmo.

The trade unions rejected continued pay restraint and in a succession of strikes over the winter of 1978 – 79 ( known as the Winter of Discontent ) secured higher pay.

The Winter of Discontent of 1978 – 79 was portrayed by the New Right as illustrative of the overextension of the state.

The " Winter of Discontent " is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978 – 79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members, because the Labour government of James Callaghan sought to hold a pay freeze to control inflation.

The phrase " Winter of Discontent " is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978 – 79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members.

" Distress, Relief, and Discontent in the United States during the Depression of 1873 – 78 ," Journal of Political Economy, Vol.

( 2008 ) Seeds of Discontent: The Deep Roots of the American Revolution 1650 – 1750.

Decades of Discontent: The Women's Movement, 1920 – 1940.

Righteous Discontent: The Woman ’ s Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880 – 1920 ( Harvard UP, 1993 )

Discontent with the Spartan hegemony that followed ( including the fact that it ceded Ionia and Cyprus to the Persian Empire at the conclusion of the Corinthian War ( 395 – 387 BC ); see Treaty of Antalcidas ) induced the Thebans to attack.

This happened in December 1996 to the Conservative government of John Major ( 1990 – 97 ) and in mid 1978 to the Labour government of James Callaghan ( 1976 – 79 ); this latter period covers the era known as the Winter of Discontent.

Discontent at grievances and resentment persisted but resistance to British rule now largely manifested itself along sectarian lines as in the Tithe War of 1831 – 36.

#" The Summer of Discontent " ( Michael Timmins, Greg Clarke, Brodie Lodge ) – 4: 35

* 2002 – Divine Discontent – Sixpence None the Richer

* 1978 – 79 Winter of Discontent ( UK )

A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870 – 1920 ( 2003 )

* It's Good to Blow Your Top: Women's Magazines and a Discourse of Discontent, 1945 – 1965, in Journal of Women's History, vol.

Twentieth Century Populism: Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West 1900-1939 ( 1951 ) pp 321 – 41

* 1965: Seasons of Discontent: Dramatic Opinions 1959-1965 ( Simon and Schuster ) – " an assemblage of his best magazine pieces from 1959 to "