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The Allegheny Textile Strikes of 1845 and 1848 occurred in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which was a factory town during the 1840s. Workers were often denouncing their working conditions and the fight for a ten hour day was prominent here. The 1848 strike was a response to lightened laws following the 1845 strike despite agreements made in 1845.
Teamsters Local 776, 346 U.S. 485 (1953), is a US labor law ... and attitudes toward labor controversies. Indeed, Pennsylvania passed a statute the same ...
The 1835 Philadelphia general strike took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was the first general strike in North America and involved some 20,000 workers who struck for a ten-hour workday and increased wages.
The Wagner Act was the most important labor law in American history and earned the nickname "labor's bill of rights". It forbade employers from engaging in five types of labor practices: interfering with or restraining employees exercising their right to organize and bargain collectively; attempting to dominate or influence a labor union ...
The legality of that killing under martial law became a case, Commonwealth v. Shortall , that was taken to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania . The behavior and private role of the Coal and Iron Police during the strike led to the formation of the Pennsylvania State Police , on May 2, 1905, as Senate Bill 278 was signed into law by Governor ...
The 2021 Allegheny Technologies strike was a labor strike involving about 1,300 workers for metals manufacturing company Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI), all unionized with the United Steelworkers (USW). The strike began on March 30 and ended on July 13 with the ratification of a new labor contract. Strikers returned to work by July 19.
The Coal miners' strike of 1873, was a strike against wage cuts in the Mahoning, Shenango, and Tuscarawas Valleys of northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. [1] In the Tuscarawas Valley, the labor action lasted six months, and in the Mahoning Valley four and a half months, [2] but the walkouts failed.
Protesters stoning a trolley car that is attempting to break the strike In December 1909 the Amalgamated union made new demands for a wage increase to 25 cents an hour. PRT flatly refused and on January 1, 1910, without union discussion, announced a complicated "welfare plan" for the workers; keeping the 22 cents an hour pay rate and adding ...