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1946 (United States) Steel Strike of 1946 occurred. [42] 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. [42] 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)
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 ...
Pullman Strike; Bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894; Great Northern Railway strike; Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894; 1895 407,188 1896 248,838 Leadville miners' strike; 1897 416,154 Lattimer massacre; 1898 263,219 1899 431,889 Weight Strike [7] Coeur d'Alene labor confrontation; Newsboys' strike; 1900 567,719 1900 Anthracite coal strike
Augustana College is founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States by Swedish immigrants. The college moves to Paxton, Illinois, in 1862, and to its eventual home in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1875. Sedalia, Missouri is incorporated. The American South has c. 4 million slaves. 1860–1900 – 14 million immigrants come to the United States.
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894: United States Colorado: 1894 Western Federation of Miners: Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1903: United States Colorado: 1903–1904 Colorado Labor Wars: Elliot Lake miners' strike of 1974: Canada Elliot Lake: 1974 United Steelworkers: Empire Zinc strike: United States New Mexico: 1950–1952 Jiu Valley ...
Employers in the United States have had the legal right to permanently replace economic strikers since the Supreme Court's 1937 decision in NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. [31] Meanwhile, employers began to demand more subtle and sophisticated union busting tactics, and so the field called "preventive labor relations" was born. [32]
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Pages in category "1860s strikes in the United States" ... 1865 Upper Peninsula miners' strike;
1967 US truckers strike [5] 1967 nationwide 185,000 1997 UPS Strike: 1997 nationwide 180,000 Bituminous coal miners' strike of 1894: 1894 nationwide 175,000 [27] 1950 US Rail strike: 1950 nationwide 174,000 1946 United Electrical GE strike: 1946 nationwide 166,300 [24] 1976 Ford motor strike: 1976 nationwide 164,000 [28] 1969–1970 General ...