jan 30, 1946 - 1946 Bituminous coal strike

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400,000> Strikers
-Miners called for safer conditions, health benefits and pay
-Strike came at time of recovering from WW2
-Truman tried to make proposal but it didn't work
-Fined them 3.5 million and that caused the strike to end and they still got benefits because of Truman's compromise

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