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The Great Steel Strike of 1919 was an attempt by the American Federation of Labor to organize the leading company, United States Steel, in the American steel industry. The AFL formed a coalition of 24 unions, all of which had grown rapidly during World War I.
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 ...
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The Great Strike: nationwide Australia: 1917–19 1917–1919 Brazil strike movement: nationwide Brazil: 1917 1917 Twin Cities streetcar strike: Minneapolis–Saint Paul: United States 1918 BLE strike in New York City: New York City United States 1918–19 British police strikes in 1918 and 1919: nationwide United Kingdom: 1918-20
Strike wave of 1919: 1919 nationwide 750,000–800,000 1946 Steel Strike: 1946 nationwide 675,000 1983 AT&T strike: 1983 nationwide 610,000 1922 UMW General coal strike: 1922 nationwide 560,000 1952 steel strike: 1952 nationwide 540,000 [1] [2] 1971 Rail strike: 1971 nationwide 519,000 Steel strike of 1959: 1959 nationwide 500,000 [3] 1956 ...
In Pictures: Country’s biggest day of strike action for a decade. PA. February 1, 2023 at 11:50 AM. In the biggest mass strike in a decade, up to half a million workers were taking action in ...
Coming out of the smoke : newspaper cartoon depicting the steel strike, New York World, 1919 October 11 22 September 1919 – 8 January 1920 (United States) The "Great Steel Strike" began. [30] Ultimately, 350,000 steel workers walked off their jobs to demand union recognition.