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In Chicago, the movement's center, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 workers had gone on strike [11] and there were perhaps twice as many people out on the streets participating in various demonstrations and marches, [15] [16] as, for example, a march by 10,000 men employed in the Chicago lumber yards. [12]
May Day, or International Workers' Day was a day for remembering the workers who died during the Haymarket affair of 1886. [3] During a General Strike in Chicago, Illinois, an unknown person threw a bomb into the crowd, prompting police to fire into the crowd, killing civilians and police alike.
On August 26, after the Chicago Freedom Movement had declared that it would march into Cicero, an agreement, consisting of positive steps to open up housing opportunities in metropolitan Chicago, was reached. [16] The Summit Agreement was the culmination of months of organizing and direct action.
A 1911 headline in Votes for Women about William Ball being force-fed in prison to end his hunger strike Clipping from World Magazine, September 6, 1914. In the early 20th century suffragettes frequently endured hunger strikes in British prisons. Marion Dunlop was the first in 1909. She was released, as the authorities did not want her to ...
1977 Chicago gravediggers' strike, 55-day strike by cemetery workers in Chicago, United States. [20] 1977 Chilean hunger strike, strike by relatives of detainees disappeared by the Military dictatorship of Chile held in the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. [21] [22]
A luxury cruise from South Africa to Argentina canceled its leg to Antarctica after an engine issue. Some passengers on the ship, the SH Diana, wanted more compensation to reflect their inconvenience.
In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the Little Steel strike in the United States.
According to a social media post from Teamsters' official X page, the strike in Chicago follows the expiration of the union's contract with US Foods on Dec. 29.