The Portland Waterfront strike of 1922 was a labor strike conducted by the International Longshoremen's Association which took place in Portland, Oregon...
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The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast longshoremen's strike, as well as a number of variations on these names) lasted...
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Railroad Strike of 1922, or the Railway Shopmen's Strike, was a nationwide strike of railroad workers in the United States. Launched on July 1, 1922 by seven...
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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 defeat...
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List of striking United States workers by year (category Strikes in the United States)
Throughout the history of labor in the United States, many workers have gone on strike. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the predecessor organizations it cites...
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The Pullman Strike was two interrelated strikes in 1894 that shaped national labor policy in the United States during a period of deep economic depression...
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from the north terminated on the waterfront at India Street. In 1873, when the B&M completed their line to Portland, their northern terminal (at 43°39′07″N...
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a year. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first strike that spread across multiple states in the U.S. The strike finally ended 52 days later...
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Gallery founded.[relevant?] 1977 – Portland Transit Mall and Adventist Medical Center building open. 1978 – Waterfront Park opens. 1979 – Save the Refugees...
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presence among waterfront workers in Boston, New York City, New Orleans, Houston, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Eureka, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle...
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Battle of Ballantyne Pier (category 1935 labor disputes and strikes)
the power of the ILA. A strike broke out in October 1923 which saw 1400 men joining picket lines at the Vancouver waterfront. However, provisions had...
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Sea". Portland Press. 23 June 1925. p. 10. Haskell, Thomas L. (14 August 1923). "On Land and Sea". Portland Press Herald. p. 13. "Along The Waterfront". Evening...
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1922. The shipowners had created a company union after the International Longshoremen's Association local in San Francisco was destroyed by a strike it...
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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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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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Textile Strike of 1934 in the American South", University of Illinois Press, Urbana Selvin, David F. (1996). A Terrible Anger: The 1934 Waterfront and General...
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The New York City Harbor Strike of 1919 started on January 9, 1919. It involved 15,000–16,000 workers striking after it was called by the executive committee...
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Streetcars in North America (section Strikes)
the Pearl District and Northwest Portland, Portland State University, and in 2005 was extended to the South Waterfront district, a new mixed-use development...
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The 1985 Pan Am strike was a labor strike involving several thousand workers, all members of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), at Pan American...
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called an end to the strike eight months later. The shopmen would strike again in 1922. Taft, Philip; Ross, Philip (1969). "AMERICAN LABOR VIOLENCE: ITS...
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The Great Southwest railroad strike of 1886 was a labor union strike involving more than 200,000 workers. Beginning on March 1, 1886, railroad workers...
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Longshore Strike, May 9 – October 12, San Francisco Bay Area, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington 1934 – Textile workers strike (1934) 1934...
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Hoffman Construction Company (category Companies based in Portland, Oregon)
construction company founded in 1922 based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Lee Hoffman (May 15, 1850 - August 8, 1959) moved to Portland in the 1870s with his...
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Joseph K. Carson (category Mayors of Portland, Oregon)
support the government, not that the government supports the people". A waterfront strike of longshoremen in 1934 was considered by Carson to be the most unpleasant...
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The Burlington railroad strike of 1888 was a failed union strike which pitted the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (B of LE), the Brotherhood of Locomotive...
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in 1913, their site is now Henry Law Park. In 1922, it was affected by the 1922 New England Textile Strike, shutting down the mills in the city over an...
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The 2020 Port of Montreal strike began at 7:00 AM on August 10, 2020, after Local 375 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (Syndicat des débardeurs...
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The United Parcel Service strike of 1997, led by International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) President Ron Carey, started on August 4, 1997, and involved...
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During the strike wave of 1945–46, a strike of almost 3,500 tugboat workers in New York City occurred on Monday, February 1, 1946. The expectations of...
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The Camp Dump strike was a labor dispute that began on March 9, 1882 at the Burlington Yards in Omaha, Nebraska. The event pitted state militia against...
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