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Allen declared the strike illegal and proceeded to have multiple lawsuits over the fact. The result of the strike set back Boeing with their orders about 1.25 billion dollars. Boeing was then forced to hire about 50,000 to make for lost time and pushing out orders. Most of the orders were for the government making B-47s, B-50s, and C-97s. [14]
Florida statewide teachers' strike of 1968: 1968 Florida: 25,000 - 60,000 Anti-Rent War and strikes: 1839-45 Hudson Valley, Upstate New York: 24,000 [59] 1951 Caterpillar strike: 1951 East Peoria, Illinois: 23,000 [85] 1973 Chicago teachers strike: 1973 Chicago: 20,000 [86] 1948 Caterpillar strike: 1948 Peoria, Illinois +20,000 1982 garment ...
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 ...
The last Boeing strike, in 2008, lasted eight weeks and cost the company about $100 million daily in deferred revenue. ... 10 types of valuable vintage maps that could be hiding in your attic ...
The previous Boeing machinists strike, in 2008, lasted nearly two months; however, in a note to clients, Bank of America analyst Ronald Epstein said the latest one could prove as short as a week.
Telephone Strike; 1948 [21] 1,960,000 1948 US Meatpacking strike; 1948 Caterpillar strike; Boeing Strike of 1948; Goodyear strike; 1948 Miami Garment workers strike; 1949 3,030,000 1949 New York City brewery strike; Puget Sound fishermen's strike of 1949; 1949 Calvary Cemetery strike; 1950 2,410,000 Atlanta transit strike of 1950; 1951 ...
At the heart of the Boeing strike that began Friday is a story about what happens when penny-pinching executives lose the plot and it falls to workers to get everyone back on track.
A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties.