Textile workers' strike (1934)
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The textile workers' strike of 1934 was the largest strike in the labor history of the United States at the time, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty-two days.
| Textile workers strike | |||
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| Date | 1934 | ||
| Location | |||
| Caused by | Stretch-outs, reduction in real wages, retaliation | ||
| Goals | Union recognition in the South, a minimum wage of $20 a week, reinstatement of workers fired for union activity | ||
| Resulted in | Defeat of the union | ||
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