| 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 | ||
| Goals | Union recognition in the South, a minimum wage of $20 a week, reinstatement of workers fired for union activity | ||
| Resulted in | Defeat of the union Blacklisting of many workers Long-term formation of many union locals[1] | ||
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The United States textile workers' strike of 1934, colloquially known later as The Uprising of '34[4][2][1] 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.
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