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1967 US Railroad strike: 1967 nationwide 440,000 [1] 1971 Telephone strike: 1971 nationwide 400,000 [6] 1970 General Motors Strike: 1970 nationwide 400,000 Textile workers' strike (1934) 1934 New England, Mid-Atlantic region and U.S. southern states: 400,000 Great Railroad Strike of 1922: 1922 nationwide 400,000 [7] 1955 Steel strike: 1955 ...
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
In 1915, the Bureau of Labor Statistics had formed a more systemized set of data collection. Data on the number of workers involved remained a rough estimate but more consistent. [ 5 ] : 195, (203 in pdf) The data however also included strikes with fewer than six workers involved, likely leading to slightly higher worker estimates.
Labor actions have long been a part of U.S. history, continuing to this day with strikes by the UAW and Hollywood actors and writers. 28 Biggest Worker Strikes in U.S. History Skip to main content
The largest health care strike in US history is now in its third, and final, day. The temporary work stoppage will end at 6 am Pacific Time on Saturday morning, concluding a massive labor effort ...
Strike over a nickel raise was led and negotiated by Union President Manuel "Manny" Fernandes Jr., who resolved the strike and got the workers a nickel raise. 5 December 1955 (United States) The two largest labor organizations in the U.S. merged to form the AFL–CIO, with a membership estimated at 15 million.
More than 75,000 unionized Kaiser Permanente employees are returning to work after a historic three-day strike. But an even bigger, longer work stoppage could be just around the corner.
In the year after V-J Day, more than five million American workers were involved in strikes, which lasted on average four times longer than those during the war. [2] They were the largest strikes in American labor history. [3] [4] Other strikes occurred across the world including in Europe and colonial Africa. [5] [6]