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...

March 27, 2017

Seattle General Strike 1919

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March 27, 2017