31 déc. 1918 - Steel Strike of 1919

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Dates: September 1919 to January 1920
Strike: 350,000 strikers
Reasons: a strike against poor working conditions, long hours, low wages and corporate harassment regarding union involvement.
What happened: shutting down nearly half of the steel industry. Company owners, however, invoked public concerns over communism and immigration as a way of turning public sentiment against the unions.
Resolution: This resulted in the failure of the strike and ensured absence of union organization in the steel industry for the next 15 years.

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