1946 Westinghouse Electric strike

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title: 1946 Westinghouse Electric strike
text: The 1946 Westinghouse Electric strike was work stoppage by Westinghouse Electric Corporation workers beginning on 15 January 1946. 75 000 workers participated. On 6 March, the Pennsylvania State Police were called in to break up a picket line of 2000 workers in Pittsburgh after a fight broke out between the striking workers and supervisors of the Westinghouse east Pittsburgh plant. The strike ended in mid-May 1946, after 115 days, with an agreement to raise wages by 18 and a half cents an hour.
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date created: 2024-06-25T12:02:40Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T15:38:25Z
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