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1Bituminous Coal Miners' Strike of 1894 — The Bituminous Coal Miners Strike was an unsuccessful national eight week strike by miners of hard coal in the United States, which began on April 21, 1894.The Panic of 1893 hit the coal mining industry particularly hard. Wage cuts in the… …
2Coal Strike of 1902 — The Coal Strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. The strike… …
3List of historical sites related to the Illinois labor movement — The following are historic points of labor history in the state of Illinois: Downstate Labor History Sites Beckemeyer Coal Miners MonumentMonument dedicated to Joseph Koch, who along with eight other local miners died in the 1947 Centralia mine… …
4Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 — The Westmoreland County Coal Strike of 1910–1911 was a strike by coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers of America. The strike is also known as the Slovak strike because about 70 percent of the miners were Slovakian immigrants.It… …
5Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978 — The Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977–1978 was a 110 day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America, AFL CIO. It began December 6, 1977, and ended on March 19, 1978. It is generally considered a successful… …
6Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 — The Bituminous Coal Strike of 1974 was a 28 day national coal strike in the United States led by the United Mine Workers of America, AFL CIO. It is generally considered a successful strike by the union.Since the 1940s, the United Mine Workers of… …
7The Iron Heel — Infobox Book name = The Iron Heel title orig = translator = image caption = Book Cover based on the overthrow of the Socialist President Salvador Allende of Chile author = Jack London illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language …
8Jesse Jackson, Jr.: Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1992) — ▪ Primary Source Between the Civil War and the Great Depression, the overwhelming majority of African American voters cast their ballots for the Republican Party. As the party of President Abraham Lincoln, signer of the Emancipation… …
9Cape Breton coal strike of 1981 — The Cape Breton coal strike of 1981 was a strike by coal miners belonging to the United Mine Workers of America against the Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO) of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The strike, which was bitter and… …
10Communists in the United States Labor Movement (1919–1937) — The Communist Party and its allies played an important role in the United States labor movement, particularly in the 1930s and 1940s, but never succeeded, with rare exceptions, either in bringing the labor movement around to its agenda or in… …
