| United States textile workers' strike of 1934 |
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| Date | Sept. 1, 1934 - Sept. 23, 1934 |
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| Caused by | Stretch-outs, reduction in real wages, retaliation |
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| Goals | Union recognition in the South, a minimum wage of $20 a week, reinstatement of workers fired for union activity |
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| Resulted in | Defeat of the union
Blacklisting of many workers
Long-term formation of many union locals |
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At least 18 deaths
At least 162 injured |
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The United States textile workers' strike of 1934, colloquially known later as The Uprising of '34 was the largest textile strike in the labor history of the United States, involving 400,000 textile workers from New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the U.S. Southern states, lasting twenty-two days.