1946 Strikes
- Created by: Lois_Bradley
- Created on: 03-05-17 10:03
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- 1946 Strikes
- 4.6 million workers went on strike
- 166 working days lost
- Federal budget deficits
- Withdrawal of wartime price controls
- Difficulties of factory readjustments
- Shortages of consumer goods
- 25% inflation
- Use of the Office Price Administration
- Employers refused to increase wages in line with the prices
- 15 million people were unionised
- 800,000 steel workers went on strike in January
- 400,000 miners went on strike in April
- Truman responded by conscripting the railways, explaining that the army would operate, he took the Union leader to court and won (unpopular decision)
- 4985 strikes in total
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