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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.
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] 1920 1,463,054 1920 Alabama coal strike; Denver streetcar strike; 1921 1,099,247 1922 1,612,562 Great Railroad Strike of 1922; UMW General coal strike (1922) 1922 New England ...
"The coal strike of 1919 in Indiana County and its aftermath". Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Murray, Robert K. (1955). Red Scare: A Study in National Hysteria, 1919–1920. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816658336. - Total pages: 352 "Palmer to Enforce Law". The New York Times. November 1, 1919. ISSN 0362-4331.
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.
2007–2008 CBS News writers strike: 2007–2008 New York City - 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike: 1919 New York City - 1942-43 musicians' strike: 1942–43 nationwide - 1981 Milwaukee Police strike: 1981 Milwaukee - Boston Police Strike: 1919 Boston, Massachusetts - 1971 NYPD Work Stoppage: 1971 New York City - 1995 NBA lockout: 1995 ...
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 ...
1913 Ipswich Mills strike; 1913 Paterson silk strike; 1914–1915 Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills strike; 1916 Atlanta streetcar strike; 1916–1917 northern Minnesota lumber strike; 1916–1917 Springfield streetcar strike; 1917 Twin Cities streetcar strike; 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike; 1919 General Steel Strike; 1919 New York City ...
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.