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Mass meeting of Cleveland steel workers in Brookside Park during strike, October 1, 1919. The United States strike wave of 1919 was a succession of extensive labor strikes following World War I that unfolded across various American industries, involving more than four million American workers.
1917 Bloomington Streetcar Strike; 1918 1,239,989 1919 4,160,348 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike; 1919 New York City Harbor Strike; Boston cigar makers' strike of 1919; Los Angeles streetcar strike of 1919; Steel strike of 1919; UMW Coal Strike of 1919; 1919 New England Textile Strike [8]: 122 1919 New York Longshoremen strike [9] [10 ...
1919 – General strikes in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, Brandon, Amherst (NS). The 1919 Vancouver strike in sympathy with Winnipeg is the longest general strike in Canadian history. [25] 1919 – Alberta Coal miners at Drumheller struck for OBU union recognition; 1919 – United Farmers of Ontario-Labour Party coalition ...
November 1 – The Coal Strike of 1919 begins in the United States by the United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis. Final agreement comes on December 10. November 7 – The first of the Palmer Raids is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution : over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 different U.S ...
1946 (United States) Steel Strike of 1946 occurred. [41] 1 April 1946 (United States) A strike by 400,000 mine workers in the U.S. began. U.S. troops seized railroads and coal mines the following month. [41] 4 October 1946 (United States) The U.S. Navy seized oil refineries in order to break a 20-state post-war strike. 1947 (United States)
1974 Northwest contractors strikes: 1974 Northwestern United States: 45,000 [45] [74] [75] 1929 New York City Garment Strike: 1929 New York City: 45,000 [19] 1952 Westcoast lumber strike: 1952 West Coast of the United States: 44,000-60,000 [76] [77] 1945 Pacific Northwest lumber strike: 1945 Pacific Northwest: 44,000 [7] 1955 Westinghouse ...
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. American History: 28 Worker Strikes That Were Incredibly Memorable
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