1919 United States steel strike

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The 1919 United States steel strike was a massive post–World War I labor conflict in which hundreds of thousands of steelworkers walked out to demand better wages, hours, and union recognition, provoking fierce corporate and government opposition amid Red Scare tensions.

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1919 United States steel strike canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
labor strike ⓘ
cause demand for higher wages ⓘ
demand for shorter working hours ⓘ
demand for union recognition ⓘ
poor working conditions in steel mills ⓘ
post–World War I inflation ⓘ
characterizedBy anti-radical propaganda ⓘ
mass picketing ⓘ
use of police repression ⓘ
use of state troops ⓘ
use of strikebreakers ⓘ
violent clashes ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1920-01-08 ⓘ
followedBy later steel industry unionization in the 1930s ⓘ
hasContext First Red Scare ⓘ
hasEffect delayed union recognition in basic steel industry ⓘ
increased public fear of Bolshevism ⓘ
reinforcement of Red Scare sentiments ⓘ
industry steel industry ⓘ
keyPerson Samuel Gompers ⓘ
William Z. Foster ⓘ
location Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittsburgh ⓘ
industrial steel towns ⓘ
mainSubject steelworkers ⓘ
numberOfParticipants approximately 350000 ⓘ
hundreds of thousands of steelworkers ⓘ
opponent United States Steel Corporation ⓘ
employers ⓘ
federal government officials ⓘ
local authorities ⓘ
steel companies ⓘ
organizer American Federation of Labor ⓘ
National Committee for Organizing Iron and Steel Workers ⓘ
partOf history of the American labor movement ⓘ
post–World War I labor unrest in the United States ⓘ
pointInTime 1919 ⓘ
result defeat of the strike ⓘ
failure to win union recognition ⓘ
setback for steel unionization ⓘ
strengthening of open-shop policies ⓘ
startTime 1919-09-22 ⓘ

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The Great Steel Strike and Its Lessons → subject → 1919 United States steel strike ⓘ