1946: The Oakland general strike – Stan Weir
1946: The Oakland general strike – Stan Weir An account by Stan Weir of the gen strike in Oakland, California, in 1946. The Oakland (California) General Strike was an extension of the national strike wave. It was not a ‘called’...
1946 Oakland General Strike – Oakland – LocalWiki
1946 Oakland General Strike – Oakland – LocalWiki In 1946, the largest general strike in U.S. history took place in Oakland. The strike effectively shut the city down for nearly three days (1946) Protestors surround a mail truck at the...
The 1946 Oakland General Strike
The 1946 Oakland General Strike The 1946 Oakland general strike began with a dispute at two downtown department stores, Hastings’ and Kahn’s, where 425 clerks (mostly women) were on strike for union recognition.
The General Strike of 1934 – FoundSF
The General Strike of 1934 – FoundSF The General Strike of 1934 Historical Essay by Chris Carlsson Strikers shot by police, July 5, 1934
KCTS 9 – History Making: General Strike
In 1919, workers in Seattle staged the first general strike in the United States. Sixty thousand union men and women walked off their jobs in shipyards, bakeries, restaurants, and lumber mills. This five day citywide shutdown was an important first...
Seattle General Strike
Seattle General Strike The Seattle General Strike of February 1919 was the first city-wide labor action in America to be proclaimed a “general strike.” It led off a tumultuous era of post-World War I labor conflict that saw massive strikes...
IWW History Project
IWW History Project Founded in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World captured the attention of a generation with its fiery rhetoric, daring tactics, and program of revolutionary industrial unionism. Pledging to replace the narrow craft unionism of the American...