Boston Police Strike

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The Boston Police Strike was a major 1919 labor action by Boston police officers that led to widespread disorder, a harsh government crackdown, and became a defining episode of anti-radical sentiment during the First Red Scare in the United States.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
1919 Boston Police Strike 3
Boston Police Strike canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
police strike ⓘ
affiliatedWith American Federation of Labor ⓘ
conflict public safety concerns in Boston ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBySource American Federation of Labor records ⓘ
Massachusetts state government reports ⓘ
contemporary newspaper accounts ⓘ
endTime 1919-09-13 ⓘ
followedBy rise in Calvin Coolidge’s national political prominence ⓘ
strengthening of anti-union sentiment in public sector ⓘ
genre labor history of the United States ⓘ
hasCause denial of police union recognition ⓘ
low police wages ⓘ
poor working conditions ⓘ
refusal to allow affiliation with the American Federation of Labor ⓘ
hasConsequence deployment of state guard troops in Boston ⓘ
rioting and looting in Boston ⓘ
several civilian deaths during unrest ⓘ
hasEffect association of public employee strikes with disloyalty ⓘ
intensification of anti-radical sentiment in the United States ⓘ
long-term resistance to police unionization ⓘ
public fear of Bolshevism and radicalism ⓘ
location Boston ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
numberOfParticipants over 1,100 police officers ⓘ
opponent Boston Police Commissioner Edwin Upton Curtis ⓘ
Boston city government ⓘ
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts

Governor Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
linked to: Calvin Coolidge
participant Boston Police Department ⓘ
Boston police officers ⓘ
Massachusetts State Guard ⓘ
Massachusetts militia ⓘ
partOf First Red Scare ⓘ
pointInTime 1919 ⓘ
politicalContext First Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare

post–World War I labor unrest in the United States ⓘ
result defeat of the police unionization effort ⓘ
improved pay and conditions for replacement officers ⓘ
mass dismissal of striking officers ⓘ
replacement of strikers with new recruits ⓘ
significance defining episode in U.S. public-sector labor relations ⓘ
key event in the political career of Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
significantPerson Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
Edwin Upton Curtis ⓘ
Samuel Gompers ⓘ
startTime 1919-09-09 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Red Scare → significantEvent → Boston Police Strike ⓘ
The Given Day → historicalEventDepicted → 1919 Boston Police Strike ⓘ
linked to: Boston Police Strike
Seattle General Strike → followedBy → Boston Police Strike ⓘ
Danny Coughlin → timePeriod → 1919 Boston Police Strike ⓘ
linked to: Boston Police Strike
Danny Coughlin → associatedEvent → 1919 Boston Police Strike ⓘ
linked to: Boston Police Strike