apr 1, 1946 - 1946 Bituminous Coal Strike
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This was a strike. 400,000 bituminous miners went on strike for safer conditions, higher pay, and health benefits. President Truman got his settlement rejected by the workers which gave the workers a $3.5 million fine which ended the strike. Some of the workers demands were met through the Truman Compromise.
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