USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Known as the “Great Steel Strike of 1919, ” it eventually involved more than 350, 000 workers. The American Federation of Labor organized the strike, and workers demanded higher wages, an eight-hour workday, and recognition of unions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The “labor vs. capital” battle pitted industrial workers who demanded higher wages in the postwar inflation economy against the industrialists who rejected unions as the product of foreign-inspired anarchist and Bolshevik (Communist) agitators.

Detailed explanation-3: -The largest strike in U.S. history was the Steel Strike of 1959, which lasted 116 days between July and November of 1959. The strike involved half a million workers and members of the United Steelworks of America union due to a dispute over wages and changes to workplace rules.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 1919 STEEL STRIKE traces its origins back to 1918, when efforts were first made to try and unionize the steel industry. By the summer of 1919, there was a steel union “in every important mill town.” When U.S. Steel refused to negotiate with the union, union leaders called for a national strike on 22 Sept. 1919.