| 1946 US steel strike | ||||
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| Date | January 21, 1946 – April 1946 | |||
| Location | United States | |||
| Caused by | Industry refusal to grant 25¢ an hour wage increase. | |||
| Resulted in | Industry wide 18½ ¢ an hour (~17%) wage increase. Government allowance of $5 a ton increase in steel prices for steel industry | |||
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The 1946 US steel strike was a several months long strike of 750,000 steel workers of the United Steelworkers union.[1][2] It was a part of larger wave of labor disputes, known as the US strike wave of 1945–1946 after the end of World War II, and remains the largest strike in US history.[1][2][3]
The strike started on January 21, 1946, after failed negotiations and fully ended by April, after the steel industry agreed to a wage increase of 18½ ¢ an hour for steel workers in individual agreements.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b c Brecher, Jeremy (2014). "Chapter 6 : The War and Post-War Strike Wave". Strike! (Revised, expanded and updated ed.). Oakland, Calif: PM Press. ISBN 978-1-60486-428-1.
- ^ a b c "Work Stoppages Caused by Labor Management Disputes in 1946" (PDF). Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Barton J. (1966). "The Truman Administration and the Steel Strike of 1946". The Journal of American History. 52 (4): 791–803. doi:10.2307/1894347. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 1894347.