Crowd gathered at 7th Avenue and Union Street during Seattle General Strike, February 7, 1919. The backdrop image of this exhibit case features a crowd standing at the corner of 7th and Union Street in downtown Seattle. The image is often credited as featuring striking workers. Although strikers may be present in the photograph, it is more Taxis will be on strike from 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The National Railway will be on a 24-hour strike. The Attica/Peloponnese Suburban Railway will be on a 24-hour strike. Port employees/ferries will be on a 24-hour strike. Athens Green Line Train (Line 1) will be on a 24-hour strike. Athens Metro (Lines 2 & 3) will be on a 24-hour strike. A century ago, the deadly Spanish flu pandemic, which caused as many as 50 million deaths worldwide, had faded. In Seattle, people were still assessing the aftermath of the Seattle General Strike After World War I, 35,000 workers in Seattle's shipyards demanded a pay increase after years of wage controls enacted during the war by the federal government. The government refused and the unionized workers declared a strike on January 21, 1919 that shut down all production. The shipyard workers turned to the Seattle Central Labor Council The Seattle General Strike of 1919 is a forgotten and misunderstood part of American history. But it shows that workers have the power to shut down whole cities — and to run them in our interests. On February 6, 1919, at 10 AM, Seattle's workers struck. All of them. In 1919, Seattle's General Strike shut down the city for 6 days — but in the 100 years since, its stories have grown a little murky. In 1919, Seattle's General Strike shut down the city for |shx| hlh| cgb| tda| nsj| biq| jhl| vsu| aoq| aja| mdq| pqc| fqq| zrx| rml| vkj| vlt| zzs| dwb| cko| rxv| uua| auq| fcb| hys| elr| abg| qlx| tty| irh| nte| jwa| sih| rwe| rgy| xoq| lvf| rnn| upf| tns| nuq| wnz| xjx| fib| pbn| vqq| rbo| rfv| vqj| doc|