Loray Mill strike of 1929

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The Loray Mill strike of 1929 was a major and violently suppressed textile workers’ labor strike in Gastonia, North Carolina, that became a landmark conflict in U.S. labor history.

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Gastonia strike of 1929 1
Gastonia textile strike 1
Loray Mill 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
industrial dispute ⓘ
labor conflict ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
textile workers strike ⓘ
affiliatedWith Communist Party USA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gastonia strike of 1929 ⓘ
Gastonia textile strike ⓘ
characterizedBy anti-communist sentiment ⓘ
mass arrests of strikers ⓘ
use of troops and police ⓘ
violent repression ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demand better working conditions ⓘ
end to stretch-out system ⓘ
higher wages ⓘ
union recognition ⓘ
endTime 1929-09 ⓘ
hasCause anti-union policies of mill management ⓘ
long working hours ⓘ
poor working conditions ⓘ
speedup of work ⓘ
wage cuts ⓘ
historicalContext Southern textile strikes of the late 1920s ⓘ
prelude to broader U.S. labor unrest during the Great Depression ⓘ
industry textile industry ⓘ
influenced later labor organizing strategies in the American South ⓘ
location Gastonia, North Carolina ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national press attention ⓘ
notableEvent killing of Gastonia police chief Orville Aderholt ⓘ
trial of strike leaders for murder ⓘ
opposedBy anti-union civic organizations in North Carolina ⓘ
local business elites in Gastonia ⓘ
organizer National Textile Workers Union ⓘ
participant North Carolina National Guard ⓘ
local law enforcement in Gastonia ⓘ
local vigilantes ⓘ
mill management of Loray Mill ⓘ
strikebreakers ⓘ
textile workers at Loray Mill ⓘ
result defeat of the strike ⓘ
eviction of many strikers from company housing ⓘ
weakening of communist-led union organizing in Southern textiles ⓘ
significance example of state and employer repression of labor organizing ⓘ
landmark conflict in U.S. labor history ⓘ
symbol of Southern textile workers’ struggles ⓘ
startTime 1929-04 ⓘ
workplace Loray Mill ⓘ

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Gastonia, North Carolina → hasHistoricEvent → Loray Mill strike of 1929 ⓘ
Loray Mill strike of 1929 → alsoKnownAs → Gastonia textile strike ⓘ
linked to: Loray Mill strike of 1929
Loray Mill strike of 1929 → alsoKnownAs → Gastonia strike of 1929 ⓘ
linked to: Loray Mill strike of 1929
Loray Mill strike of 1929 → workplace → Loray Mill ⓘ
linked to: Loray Mill strike of 1929