jan 30, 1946 - 1946 Bituminous coal strike
Description:
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
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 30, 1946
Now
~ 80 years ago