1946 Westinghouse Electric strike

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The 1946 Westinghouse Electric strike was work stoppage by Westinghouse Electric Corporation workers beginning on 15 January 1946. [1] 75 000 workers participated. [2] 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. [3] The strike ended in mid-May 1946, after 115 days, with an agreement to raise wages by 18 and a half cents an hour. [4] The strike cost Westinghouse over 42 million dollars. [5]

References

  1. ↑ casetext.com
  2. ↑ "ELECTRIC WORKERS CLOSE LONG STRIKE; 75,000 Employes Start Back to Westinghouse Today After Ratifying Rise". The New York Times. 13 May 1946. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Westinghouse 1946 Strike Photos". University of Pittsburgh. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "LABOR: After 115 Days". Time Magazine. 20 May 1946. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "LOSS FOR WESTINGHOUSE; Reconversion and Strike Cost $42,920,652 in First Half". The New York Times. 9 August 1946. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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