sep 1, 1919 - Steel Strike
Description:
StrikeReasons: poor working conditions, long hours, low wages, corporate harassment
Description: The American Federation of Labor organized the strike. It quickly grew to have 350,000 strikers, which shut down almost half of the steel industry
Resolution: Company owners turned the public against the strikers, so the strike failed
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Date:
sep 1, 1919
Now
~ 104 years ago
