1946 United States steel strike
The 1946 US steel strike was a several months long strike of 750,000 steel workers of the United Steelworkers union. It was a part of larger wave of labor disputes, known as the US strike wave of 1945–1946 after the end of World War II, and remains the largest strike in US history.
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| Date | January 21, 1946 – April 1946 | |||
| Location | United States | |||
| Caused by | Industry refusal to grant 25¢ an hour wage increase. | |||
| Resulted in | Industry wide 18½ ¢ an hour (~17%) wage increase. Government allowance of $5 a ton increase in steel prices for steel industry | |||
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The strike started on January 21, 1946, after failed negotiations and fully ended by April, after the steel industry agreed to a wage increase of 18½ ¢ an hour for steel workers in individual agreements.
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