• The 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike was a labor action of the splinter union "Maritime Federation of the Gulf Coast" lasting from October 31,...
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  • East Coast and the Gulf Coast. The strike began at midnight EST on October 1, 2024, following the expiration of a contract between the port workers and...
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  • The 1936 Pacific Coast maritime workers' strike was a 99-day strike of sailors and longshore workers from October 1936 to February 1937 located on the...
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    rubber workers at Goodyear. They did not leave the plant—they occupied it blocking strikebreakers. The strike began on December 30, 1936, when workers at...
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    looting. He was also active the following year during the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike. At the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, he and 49 other...
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  • until they were dismissed as part of the resolution of the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike in January 1937, engineered by incoming Mayor Richard Fonville...
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    The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace...
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  • Seamen's Defense Committee. In October 1936, Curran called a second strike, the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike, in part to improve working conditions...
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    and authorities, during the 1935 Gulf Coast longshoremen's strike and the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike among other incidents. In 1911, there...
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  • Organized labor portal United States portal List of strikes List of striking US workers by year Statistics, United States Bureau of Labor (1973-01-01)...
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  • Retrieved 25 April 2017. "1 Dead, 40 Hurt; Strike Pickets, Workers Clash". Chicago Tribune. 12 December 1936. Retrieved 26 April 2017. “Police set limit...
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    Throughout the history of labor in the United States, many workers have gone on strike. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the predecessor organizations...
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  • in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. In October 1936, Curran called another strike, the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike, in part to improve working...
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    The Great Railroad Strike of 1922, or the Railway Shopmen's Strike, was a nationwide strike of railroad workers in the United States. Launched on July...
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    by Pullman. The company laid off workers and reduced the wages of retained workers. Among the reasons for the strike were the absence of democracy within...
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    and 1937 in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. In October 1936, Curran called the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike, in part to improve working conditions...
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    Communist-created Marine Workers Industrial Union (MWIU). In 1936, he supported the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike and joined its national committee...
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  • International Longshoremen's Association (category Port workers' trade unions)
    workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast,...
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    the 1936 Gulf Coast maritime workers' strike, in part to improve working conditions and in part to embarrass the ISU. The four-month strike idled 50,000...
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    gathered in support of the railroad workers. Due to violence against workers refusing to take part in the strike, and since the police proved ineffective...
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  • Seamen's Union, the Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union, and the Seamen's and Firemen's Union of the Gulf Coast. Formed by maritime labor representatives from...
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  • marine forces matured during the maritime history of the United States (1900–1999). In 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or "the Wobblies")...
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  • 1916 West Coast waterfront strike was the first coast-wide strike of longshore workers on the Pacific Coast of the United States. The strike was a major...
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  • during the finals days of the strike after the Maritime Employers Association announced its intention to use replacement workers to unload the sitting containers...
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    were technically not on strike and thus had no standing in the federal court regarding the strike. Ball's use of replacement workers to keep the railroad...
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    The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces...
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    Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a labor union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Beginning on March 1, 1886, railroad workers in five states...
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    Israeli strike kills 7 workers". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024. "Gaza aid convoy strike: what happened...
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    Oman (category Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council)
    a country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. It overlooks the mouth of the Persian Gulf. It shares land borders with Saudi...
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  • switchmen's strike was a two-week strike in August 1892 by railroad workers employed by three railroads in Buffalo, New York. The strike collapsed after...
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