Workers Anger to Explode in 1974 Strike: La Ira de los Trabajadores Explota En La Huelga de 1974

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In 1974, under the Nixon Administration, hundreds of workers went on strike from varying industries. They demanded high wages and better working conditions. Workers were angry due to low wages and high unemployment rates. Throughout the United States, workers went on strike and boycott various goods in an effort to improve the working conditions of workers across the nation.

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Workers, farm workers, American Workers, strikes, union, 1974, economic policies, Nixon Administration, union contracts, contracts, manufacturing, wages, communications, steel, longshoremen, miniers, metal workers, boycotts, economic situation, organizing, General Motors, unemployment, United Mine Workers, campaign, corporate power, greed, Chatham, Alabama, picketing, season workers, gains, inter-racial unity, woodcutters, wood deals, demands, recognition, collective bargaining, companies, anti-picket line, traveling, Carney

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1974

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English

Location

Alabama

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El Malcriado Newspaper Collection

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Archives & Special Collections of California State University, Monterey Bay

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"Workers Anger to Explode in 1974 Strike: La Ira de los Trabajadores Explota En La Huelga de 1974" (1974). Subjects. 239.
https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/elmalcriado_subjects/239